Editing Sebring, Florida (section)

==Education==
The School Board of Highlands County operates eight public schools drawing from the city of Sebring with a combined enrollment of approximately 6200 students; one kindergarten center, four elementary schools (Woodlawn Elementary, Fred Wild Elementary, Cracker Trail Elementary, and Sun 'n Lake Elementary, serving students in 1st through 5th grades), two middle schools (Sebring Middle School and Hill-Gustat Middle School, serving students in 6th through 8th grades), and one high school ([[Sebring High School]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highlands.k12.fl.us/schools.html |title=Schools |publisher=School Board of Highlands County |access-date=April 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801130106/http://www.highlands.k12.fl.us/schools.html |archive-date=August 1, 2009  }}</ref>
In 2023 grades released by the Florida Department of Education, three of the elementary schools (Cracker Trail Elementary School, Woodlawn Elementary School, and Sun 'n Lake Elementary School) received "B" grades; Fred Wild Elementary School received a "C" grade. In the same report, Sebring Middle School received a "C", and [[Sebring High School]], home of the county's sole [[International Baccalaureate]] program, received a "C" grade.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fldoe.org/accountability/accountability-reporting/school-grades | title=Florida Informational Baseline School Grades – 2023 | date=November 22, 2022 |publisher=Florida Department of Education |access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>

In 2021, the county's high school graduation rate was 84.4%, reflecting an increase every year over the previous 11 years<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.flhealthcharts.gov/ChartsDashboards/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=NonVitalIndGrpExtn.Dataviewer | title=High School Graduation Rate }}</ref>

During segregation time, [[E. O. Douglas High School]], Home of the Mighty Tigers, was located in this city for Black people throughout Highlands County. The last graduating class from this school was in 1967. After desegregation, students from E. O. Douglas transferred to schools which were formerly whites-only. The E. O. Douglas campus now houses the headquarters of the School Board of Highlands County.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://highlandstoday.com/hi/local-news/name-recognition-414025 |title=Name recognition |publisher=Highlands Today |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref>