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Highlands Virtual School

Serves grades KG - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
426 School St
Sebring, FL 33870
Phone
(863) 471-5610
District
HIGHLANDS
County
HIGHLANDS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
329
Classroom Teachers
1

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

5

(10 is best)

Better than 41.2% of all FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Highlands Virtual School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
45%
55%
60%
53%
30%
58%
45%
55%
60%
53%
30%
58%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
53%
47%
55%
24%
52%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
54%
50%
46%
52%
62%
48%
54%
50%
46%
52%
62%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
64%
46%
65%
48%
63%
44%
64%
46%
65%
48%
63%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
44%
50%
49%
44%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
32%
49%
46%
49%
17%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

340 320 300 280 260 240 220 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
329
19
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 9 2.7%
Grade 1 10 3.0%
Grade 2 22 6.7%
Grade 3 13 4.0%
Grade 4 14 4.3%
Grade 5 26 7.9%
Grade 6 16 4.9%
Grade 7 30 9.1%
Grade 8 34 10.3%
Grade 9 20 6.1%
Grade 10 35 10.6%
Grade 11 46 14.0%
Grade 12 54 16.4%
Total 329 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 40.6% 42.7% 37.9%
Black 16.6% 17.0% 22.1%
Hispanic 41.6% 38.4% 36.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.3% 1.5% 2.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.4% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 50.8% 66.2% 54.0%
Free lunch eligible 48.9% 64.4% 50.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.8% 1.8% 3.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 101,174 22,244,823
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 91.5 409
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.5% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.4% 16.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.0% 31.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.9% 26.1%
65 OR OLDER 35.3% 20.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 43,977 8,353,441
Single Parent Households With Children 7.0% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.9% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.8% 32.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.6% 16.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 9.8% 16.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.5% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.3% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.0% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.5% 11.8%
$15,000 or less 12.4% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,422 $65,497,760 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $542 $6,547,360 5.1%
Staff $708 $8,552,640 6.7%
General Administration $117 $1,413,360 1.1%
School Administration $565 $6,825,200 5.3%
Operation $973 $11,753,840 9.2%
Transportation $471 $5,689,680 4.4%
Other $265 $3,201,200 2.5%
Total Support $3,643 $44,007,440 34.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,531 $18,494,480 14.5%
Total Expenditures $10,595 $127,987,600 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,112 $17,265,628,708 52.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $478 $1,349,528,117 4.1%
Staff $630 $1,780,076,891 5.5%
General Administration $94 $266,053,333 0.8%
School Administration $539 $1,522,617,570 4.7%
Operation $1,033 $2,918,193,171 8.9%
Transportation $354 $999,510,943 3.1%
Other $265 $749,659,946 2.3%
Total Support $3,393 $9,585,888,752 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,041 $5,766,642,880 17.7%
Total Expenditures $11,546 $32,617,996,570 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%