Regular local school district · Highlands County
Highlands County Public Schools, FL: schools, enrollment and spending
Highlands County Public Schools runs 24 public schools with 12,040 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Florida figure of 18.2.Listed in NCES data as "HIGHLANDS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 24
- Students
- 12,040
- Teachers (FTE)
- 654
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- FL: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 426 School St, Sebring, FL 33870
- Phone
- (863)471-5000
- County
- Highlands County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1200840
- State district ID
- FL-28
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,593
- School counselors (FTE)
- 19.0About 634 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 38.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.4
Florida18.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (12,111), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $138.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $26.4 million
- State revenue
- $65.6 million
- Local revenue
- $46.6 million
- Total spending
- $133.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,034
- Salaries
- $68.0 million50.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $38.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.0%
- State: 47.3%
- Local: 33.6%
Florida overall
- Federal: 13.9%
- State: 36.7%
- Local: 49.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,034
Florida$12,074
United States$16,826
Schools in Highlands County Public Schools
By level: 7 high, 4 middle, 9 elementary, 2 other, 2 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Avon Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 503 | 14.4 |
| Avon Park High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 980 | 19.2 |
| Avon Park Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 600 | 16.7 |
| Cracker Trail Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 710 | 16.1 |
| Fred Wild Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 576 | 16.5 |
| Highlands County Hospital/Homebound Program | Other | K to 12 | 17 | |
| Highlands County Schools Jail Program | High | 9 to 12 | 2 | |
| Highlands Virtual Franchise | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Highlands Virtual Franchise | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Highlands Virtual School | Other | K to 12 | 141 | |
| Hill-Gustat Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 12 | 669 | 19.7 |
| Lake Country Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 604 | 15.5 |
| Lake Placid Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 569 | 16.7 |
| Lake Placid High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 829 | 21.3 |
| Lake Placid Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 507 | 16.9 |
| Memorial Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 466 | 16.6 |
| Non-Enrolled PK Exceptional Ed Program | Prekindergarten | PK | 6 | |
| Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 557 | 16.9 |
| Sebring High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,849 | 24.7 |
| Sebring Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 840 | 19.5 |
| Sebring Pre-K CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 136 | 17.0 |
| Sun 'N Lake Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 588 | 17.8 |
| The Academy at Youth Care LaneCEP school | High | 5 to 12 | 57 | |
| Woodlawn Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 834 | 17.7 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.