📍 202 Green Dragon Dr, Lake Placid, Highlands County, 33852
Lake Placid High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lake Placid, Highlands County. The school has 868 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kevin Tunning. It is part of the Highlands school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 36% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers 4 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lake Placid High School enrolls 868 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 401 | 46% |
| White | 320 | 37% |
| Black or African American | 116 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
573 of the school's 868 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 545 qualify for free lunch and 28 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 High 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 High 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 868 students, Lake Placid High 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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