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Tavares High School

Serves grades 9 - 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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
603 N New Hampshire Ave
Tavares, FL 32778
Phone
(352) 343-3007
District
LAKE
County
LAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1488
Classroom Teachers
64

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

3

(10 is best)

Better than 21.8% of all FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Tavares High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
29%
46%
45%
53%
12%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
39%
53%
44%
53%
34%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 364 24.5%
Grade 10 386 25.9%
Grade 11 354 23.8%
Grade 12 384 25.8%
Total 1488 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 52.9% 47.5% 36.4%
Black 18.9% 17.0% 21.7%
Hispanic 25.7% 32.1% 38.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.5% 2.5% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 0.8% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 39.2% 40.2% 50.3%
Free lunch eligible 35.1% 36.6% 46.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.1% 3.5% 3.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 398,696 22,610,726
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 418.7 416
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.1% 16.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.2% 31.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.3% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 26.6% 21.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 159,474 8,550,911
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.9% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.8% 33.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.1% 18.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.1% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.4% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.6% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.3% 15.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.5% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 6.9% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,751 $277,663,000 54.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $546 $26,348,000 5.2%
Staff $558 $26,947,000 5.3%
General Administration $69 $3,317,000 0.7%
School Administration $442 $21,322,000 4.2%
Operation $931 $44,936,000 8.8%
Transportation $392 $18,946,000 3.7%
Other $314 $15,182,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,251 $156,998,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,516 $73,223,000 14.4%
Total Expenditures $10,518 $507,884,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,487 $18,612,485,000 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $557 $1,598,221,000 4.5%
Staff $697 $2,000,201,000 5.6%
General Administration $134 $383,750,000 1.1%
School Administration $570 $1,634,810,000 4.6%
Operation $1,148 $3,294,917,000 9.2%
Transportation $379 $1,088,371,000 3.1%
Other $335 $960,812,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,820 $10,961,082,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,114 $6,064,456,000 17.0%
Total Expenditures $12,421 $35,638,023,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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