Highlands School District 鈥� Highlands County, FL

Key statistics

12,040

Students enrolled

24

Public schools

654

Classroom teachers (FTE)

18.4:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Pre-K 284
Kindergarten 853
Grade 1 866
Grade 2 869
Grade 3 904
Grade 4 881
Grade 5 914
Grade 6 864
Grade 7 881
Grade 8 924
Grade 9 1,009
Grade 10 968
Grade 11 942
Grade 12 881

By race/ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino 39%
White 38%
Black or African American 17%
Two or more races 4%
Asian 1%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 7,537 of 12,032 students in the 20 of its 22 schools that report

Free lunch 58%
Reduced-price lunch 5%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,205 spent per student on day-to-day operations Florida median: $12,447 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $6,937
Support services $5,332
Other (food service, etc.) $935

Where the money comes from

Local 36%
State 40%
Federal 24%

Total revenue $179.3 milliontotal spending $177.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: SmallStudents: 49% suburb, 20% rural, 16% town, 15% city

Total staff (FTE)

1,594

District office

426 SCHOOL ST, Sebring FL 33870

Phone

(863) 471-5000

County

Highlands County

Official website

NCES District ID

1200840

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About HIGHLANDS

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Mission Statement Through the individual commitment of all, the Highlands County School District will provide educational opportunities in a safe environment that prepare all students to achieve their potential; to be independent thinkers; and to be responsible, productive members of a global society. Vision Statement "Where Excellence is a Tradition."

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