📍 1301 Nw Labonte Ln, Lake City, Columbia County, 32055
Pathways Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Lake City, Columbia County. The school has 87 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michael Christie. It is part of the Columbia school district. It serves grades K–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths.
Pathways Academy enrolls 87 students across grades K–12. The student body is 79% male and 21% female. A teaching staff of 8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% White, 34% Black or African American and 5.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 48 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 4.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
67 of the school's 87 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 66 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pathways 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.
Pathways 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 87 students, Pathways Academy is smaller than the district average of about 500 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant