📍 101 Green Dragon Dr, Lake Placid, Highlands County, 33852
Lake Placid Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake Placid, Highlands County. The school has 594 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Candis Dean. It is part of the Highlands school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lake Placid Elementary School enrolls 594 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% White, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 235 | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 199 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 118 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 4.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 6 | 1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
478 of the school's 594 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 452 qualify for free lunch and 26 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lake Placid Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 55.
Lake Placid Elementary School is one of 24 schools in HIGHLANDS, based in SEBRING, Florida. The district serves 12,040 students district-wide and employs 620 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 594 students, Lake Placid Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 502 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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