📍 516 County Road 29, Lake Placid, Highlands County, 33852
Lake Country Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake Placid, Highlands County. The school has 685 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Laura Halloran. It is part of the Highlands school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. 54% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths.
Lake Country Elementary School enrolls 685 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 43% White and 9.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 297 | 43% |
| White | 295 | 43% |
| Black or African American | 62 | 9.1% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
500 of the school's 685 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 473 qualify for free lunch and 27 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 Country Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 Country 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 685 students, Lake Country 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: Rural - Fringe
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