📍 327 e Palmetto St, Avon Park, Highlands County, 33825
Park Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Avon Park, Highlands County. The school has 527 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Robert Germaine. It is part of the Highlands school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Park Elementary School enrolls 527 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 19% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 232 | 44% |
| White | 159 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 100 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
420 of the school's 527 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 389 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Park Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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.
Park 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 527 students, Park Elementary School is close to the district average of about 502 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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