📍 201 S Tangerine Ave, Lake Placid, Highlands County, 33852
Lake Placid Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lake Placid, Highlands County. The school has 621 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Sanchez. It is part of the Highlands school district. It serves grades 6–9 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lake Placid Middle School enrolls 621 students across grades 6–9. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 260 | 42% |
| White | 232 | 37% |
| Black or African American | 101 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
465 of the school's 621 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 441 qualify for free lunch and 24 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 Middle 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 Middle 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 621 students, Lake Placid Middle 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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