📍 426 School St, Sebring, Highlands County, 33870
Highlands Virtual School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Sebring, Highlands County. The school has 168 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Highlands school district. It serves grades K–12 in a suburban setting. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 90%. The school offers 5 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Highlands Virtual School enrolls 168 students across grades K–12. The student body is 45% male and 55% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 82 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 21 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
84 of the school's 168 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 81 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Highlands Virtual School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). It operates as a fully virtual school. 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.
Highlands Virtual 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 168 students, Highlands Virtual School is smaller than 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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