State/Public Middle Open

Richardson Sixth Grade Academy

๐Ÿ“ 646 Se Pennsylvania St, Lake City, Columbia County, 32025

450
Pupils
17.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Richardson Sixth Grade Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lake City, Columbia County. The school has 450 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbia school district. It serves grades 6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. 56% of students are proficient in reading. 58% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Columbia

Enrollment & staffing

Richardson Sixth Grade Academy enrolls 450 students across grades 6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.

Male students
227 (50%)
Female students
223 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
25.4
Student-teacher ratio
17.7:1
Grade span
6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 28% Black or African American and 9.1% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White25757%
Black or African American12428%
Hispanic or Latino419.1%
Two or more races235.1%
Asian4<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

275 of the school's 450 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 260 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades 6Title I

Richardson Sixth Grade Academy is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-30, state senate district 5, state house district 10.

School district: COLUMBIA

Richardson Sixth Grade Academy is one of 19 schools in COLUMBIA, based in LAKE CITY, Florida. The district serves 9,508 students district-wide and employs 548 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 450 students, Richardson Sixth Grade Academy is close to the district average of about 500 students per school.

9,508
District students
19
Schools
548
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

56%
Reading proficient
58%
Math proficient
22%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Town - Distant

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