📍 2800 Us Highway 441 N, Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, 34972
Okeechobee High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County. The school has 1,692 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Okeechobee school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 77.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 88%. The school offers 13 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program.
Okeechobee High School enrolls 1,692 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 77.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 42% White and 6.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 768 | 45% |
| White | 713 | 42% |
| Black or African American | 110 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 2.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 35 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 18 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,049 of the school's 1,692 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 994 qualify for free lunch and 55 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Okeechobee High 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.
Okeechobee High School is one of 13 schools in OKEECHOBEE, based in OKEECHOBEE, Florida. The district serves 6,143 students district-wide and employs 348 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,692 students, Okeechobee High School is larger than the district average of about 473 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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