Lake County Schools, Florida

Lake County Schools
Lake County, Florida
District details
Superintendent: Diane Kornegay
# of school board members: 5
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Lake County Schools is a school district in Florida.

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• Superintendent
• School board
• Elections
• Budget
• Teacher salaries
• Academic performance
• Students
• Staff
• Schools
• Contact information

Superintendent

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Diane Kornegay is the superintendent of Lake County Schools. Kornegay was appointed superintendent in December 2016. Kornegay's previous career experience includes working as the deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent for instruction, and director of school improvement and teacher training of Clay County Schools in Florida.

Past superintendents

• Susan Moxley was the superintendent of Lake County Schools from 2008 to 2017. Moxley's previous career experience included working as a senior director of professional development, associate superintendent of career and technical education, and principal.

School board

The Lake County Schools school board consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Board members are elected to specific geographical districts in at-large elections.

Office	Name	Date assumed office
Lake County Schools Board of Education District 1	William John Mathias	2012
Lake County Schools Board of Education District 2	Tyler Brandeburg	June 4, 2022
Lake County Schools Board of Education District 3	Marc Anthony Dodd	2014
Lake County Schools Board of Education District 4	Mollie Cunningham	November 17, 2020
Lake County Schools Board of Education District 5	Stephanie Ann Luke	2014

Elections

See also: Lake County Schools, Florida, elections

Elections are held on a staggered basis in the November general election.

Two seats on the school board were expected to be up for general election on November 5, 2024. The election was unnecessary after both races were decided in the August 20, 2024, primary. Candidates could win outright in the primary election if they were unopposed or if they received a majority of votes cast in the primary.

Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 367 school districts in 29 states in 2024. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 12,203,404 students. Click here to read an analysis of those elections.

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Public participation in board meetings

The Lake County Schools school board maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:

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The School Board recognizes the value to school governance of public comment on educational issues and the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves on school matters of community interest. Members of the public shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on a proposition before the Board. For purposes of the policy, a proposition is an item before the Board for a vote. A proposition may also include a vote on a motion to rescind or to amend action previously taken, but does not generally include items on the special order agenda. A proposition does not include items wherever found on the agenda upon which the Board votes in its quasi-judicial capacity. The opportunity to be heard need not occur at the same meeting at which the Board takes official action on the proposition if the opportunity occurs at a meeting that is during the decision-making process and is within reasonable proximity in time before the meeting at which the Board takes the official action. This policy does not prohibit the Board from maintaining orderly conduct or proper decorum in a public meeting. The opportunity to be heard is subject to policies adopted by the Board as follows: A. Guidelines regarding the amount of time an individual has to address the Board: 1. Each statement made by a member of the public shall be limited to three (3) minutes duration. 2. The time period may be extended by the presiding officer. 3. The presiding officer may direct that public comment be heard immediately before the agenda item is addressed. B. Procedures for allowing representatives of groups or factions on a proposition to address the Board: Rather than all members of groups or factions for or against a proposition addressing the Board at meetings in which a large number of individuals wish to be heard, the Board encourages representatives of such groups or factions to address the proposition in their representative capacity. C. Procedures or forms for an individual to use in order to inform the Board of a desire to be heard: Attendees must register their intention to participate in the public portion of the meeting upon their arrival at the meeting by completing a speaker's form at the entry of the meeting hall indicating his/her support, opposition, or neutrality on a proposition; and indicating his/her designation of a representative to speak for him/her or his/her group on a proposition if s/he so chooses. D. Designated period of time for public comment: The portion of the meeting during which the participation of the public is invited shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes, unless extended by the presiding officer, except that all speakers who signed up to speak and who were outside of the thirty (30) minute time limit may address the Board at the end of the meeting or at such other time as determined by the presiding officer. The presiding officer of each Board meeting at which public participation is permitted shall administer the rules of the Board for its conduct. The presiding officer shall be guided by the following rules: A. Participants must be recognized by the presiding officer and will be requested to preface their comments by an announcement of their name, address, and group affiliation, if and when appropriate. B. All statements shall be directed to the presiding officer; no person may address or question Board members individually. Staff members shall not be expected to answer questions from the audience unless called upon by the Board Chairman or the Superintendent. C. The presiding officer may: 1. interrupt, warn, or terminate a participant's statement when the statement is too lengthy, personally directed, abusive, obscene, or irrelevant; 2. request any individual to leave the meeting when that person does not observe reasonable decorum; 3. request the assistance of law enforcement officers in the removal of a disorderly person when that person's conduct interferes with the orderly progress of the meeting; 4. call for a recess or an adjournment to another time when the lack of public decorum so interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting as to warrant such action. No Board action shall be taken on requests made during public discussion unless the Board declares the matter to be an emergency in accordance with current law. Any other requests that the Board chooses to take action on shall be placed on an agenda for a subsequent meeting. The requirement for public comment on action items does not apply to: A. an official act that must be taken to deal with an emergency situation affecting the public health, welfare, or safety, if compliance with the requirements would cause an unreasonable delay in the ability of the Board to act; B. an official act involving no more than a ministerial act, including, but not limited to, approval of minutes and ceremonial proclamations; C. a meeting that is exempt from F.S. 286.011 (the Public Meetings Law); or D. a meeting at which the Board is sitting in its quasi-judicial capacity. These exceptions do not affect the right of a person to be heard as otherwise required by law or Board policy.

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District map

School district map

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$59,465,000	$1,361	11%
Local:	$236,370,000	$5,408	45%
State:	$226,804,000	$5,189	43%
Total:	$522,639,000	$11,958

Expenditures, 2020-2021

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$488,650,000	$11,180
Total Current Expenditures:	$422,746,000	$9,672
Instructional Expenditures:	$257,195,000	$5,884	53%
Student and Staff Support:	$48,609,000	$1,112	10%
Administration:	$35,585,000	$814	7%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$81,357,000	$1,861	17%
Total Capital Outlay:	$54,245,000	$1,241
Construction:	$45,355,000	$1,037
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$4,205,000	$96
Interest on Debt:	$7,454,000	$170

Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year	Minimum	Maximum
2024-2025	$49,500	$64,800
2023-2024	$44,750	$64,800
2020	$44,750	-

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	49	65	29	43	45-49	47	59
2018-2019	56	71	37	50	55-59	55	65
2017-2018	57	74	38	50	55-59	58	66
2016-2017	54	70	35	48	55-59	55	61
2015-2016	51	70	31	45	55-59	53	58
2014-2015	50	66	31	44	50-54		57
2013-2014	54	73	36	49	60-64		61
2012-2013	54	75	35	48	50-54		61
2011-2012	54	74	35	48	55-59		61
2010-2011	66	84	46	60	70-74		73

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	50	64	33	45	45-49	49	58
2018-2019	54	69	39	48	55-59	56	61
2017-2018	53	68	38	47	50-54	55	60
2016-2017	51	64	35	45	50-54	53	58
2015-2016	49	64	30	43	50-54	50	56
2014-2015	50	68	32	44	40-44		56
2013-2014	56	68	37	49	55-59		64
2012-2013	55	71	37	48	55-59		62
2011-2012	55	70	36	48	45-49		63
2010-2011	60	72	42	52	50-54		67

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	91	>=95	88	92	>=80	90-94	91
2018-2019	87	>=95	79	89	60-79	80-84	88
2017-2018	84	90-94	78	85	80-89	85-89	85
2016-2017	78	90-94	67	79	>=50	75-79	80
2015-2016	78	90-94	70	76	>=50	75-79	81
2014-2015	76	85-89	70	75	60-79	85-89	77
2013-2014	77	90-94	68	73	60-79		79
2012-2013	78	85-89	67	78	>=80		81
2011-2012	78	90-94	68	75	>=80		80
2010-2011	75	85-89	67	71	60-79		79

Students

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	47,452	3.4
2021-2022	45,845	4.7
2020-2021	43,706	-2.5
2019-2020	44,793	1.9
2018-2019	43,941	1.7
2017-2018	43,174	1.6
2016-2017	42,472	0.0
2015-2016	42,462	0.7
2014-2015	42,152	0.8
2013-2014	41,794	0.7
2012-2013	41,495	0.4
2011-2012	41,319	0.5
2010-2011	41,110	0.1
2009-2010	41,050	0.2
2008-2009	40,960	0.7
2007-2008	40,669	2.6
2006-2007	39,623	3.9
2005-2006	38,060	5.1
2004-2005	36,117	5.9
2003-2004	33,992	6.5
2002-2003	31,782	3.4
2001-2002	30,689	4.5
2000-2001	29,293	2.5
1999-2000	28,548	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Lake County Schools (%)	Florida K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.5	0.2
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	2.4	2.8
Black	16.0	21.0
Hispanic	29.6	36.4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.3	0.2
Two or More Races	5.0	4.1
White	46.3	35.3

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Lake County Schools had 2,719.64 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 17.45.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	46.00
Kindergarten:	175.00
Elementary:	967.23
Secondary:	1,031.26
Total:	2,719.64

Lake County Schools employed 34.00 district administrators and 155.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	34.00
District Administrative Support:	80.00
School Administrators:	155.00
School Administrative Support:	375.14

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	665.57
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	35.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	105.53
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	36.94
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	55.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	35.50
Library/Media Support:	1.00
Student Support Services:	640.74
Other Support Services:	1,106.51

Schools

Lake County Schools operates 61 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Alee Academy Charter School	158	9-12
Altoona School	292	KG-5
Astatula Elementary School	656	PK-5
Beverly Shores Elementary School	626	PK-5
Carver Middle School	837	6-8
Clermont Elementary School	572	PK-5
Cypress Ridge Elementary School	593	PK-5
East Ridge High School	2,604	9-12
East Ridge Middle School	1,182	6-8
Eustis Elementary School	358	PK-5
Eustis Heights Elementary School	676	PK-5
Eustis High School	1,368	9-12
Eustis Middle School	824	6-8
Fruitland Park Elementary School	733	PK-5
Grassy Lake Elementary School	1,209	PK-5
Gray Middle School	1,148	6-8
Groveland Elementary School	744	PK-5
Hope Forest Academy	19	3-12
Imagine Schools At South Lake	1,053	KG-8
Lake County Acer Program	7	6-12
Lake Hills School	233	PK-12
Lake Minneola High School	2,176	9-12
Lake Pointe Academy	1,070	PK-8
Lake Success Academy	34	KG-12
Lake Technical College	0	9-12
Lake Virtual Franchise	357	KG-12
Lake Virtual Instruction Program	8	KG-12
Lake Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided)	0	KG-12
Leesburg Elementary School	822	PK-5
Leesburg High School	1,641	9-12
Lost Lake Elementary School	1,143	PK-5
Mascotte Elementary School	855	PK-5
Minneola Conversion Charter School	1,717	PK-8
Mt. Dora High School	1,334	9-12
Mt. Dora Middle School	846	6-8
Nonschool Exceptional Education	26	PK-12
Non School Pk	3	PK-PK
Oak Park Middle School	575	6-8
Pinecrest Academy Four Corners	510	KG-8
Pinecrest Academy Tavares	812	KG-8
Pinecrest Lakes Academy	1,006	PK-8
Pinecrest Lakes Middle/High Academy	242	6-12
Pine Ridge Elementary School	773	PK-5
Rimes Early Learning & Literacy Center	233	PK-2
Round Lake Elementary School	1,194	PK-8
Sawgrass Bay Elementary School	735	PK-5
Seminole Springs Elementary School	479	PK-5
Sorrento Elementary	862	PK-5
South Lake High School	2,169	9-12
Spring Creek Charter School	630	PK-8
Tavares Elementary School	875	PK-5
Tavares High School	1,507	9-12
Tavares Middle School	1,070	6-8
The Academy At Lake Hills School- South	29	6-12
The Villages Elementary Of Lady Lake School	761	PK-5
Treadway Elementary School	879	PK-5
Triangle Elementary School	783	PK-5
Umatilla Elementary School	660	PK-5
Umatilla High School	861	9-12
Umatilla Middle School	595	6-8
Windy Hill Middle School	1,280	6-8

Contact information

Lake County Schools
201 West Burleigh Blvd.
Tavares, FL 32778
Phone: 352-253-6500

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