📍 2175 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, Brevard County, 32935
South Area Alternative Learning Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Melbourne, Brevard County. The school has 67 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Brevard school district. It serves grades 5–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet.
South Area Alternative Learning Center enrolls 67 students across grades 5–12. The student body is 64% male and 36% female. A teaching staff of 7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% White, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 21% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 30 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 13% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
47 of the school's 67 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 43 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
South Area Alternative Learning Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-80, state senate district 17, state house district 52.
South Area Alternative Learning Center is one of 111 schools in BREVARD, based in VIERA, Florida. The district serves 71,198 students district-wide and employs 4,386 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 67 students, South Area Alternative Learning Center is smaller than the district average of about 641 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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