📍 2401 Us Highway 17 N, Wauchula, Hardee County, 33873
Hardee Junior High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Wauchula, Hardee County. The school has 1,141 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hardee school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths.
Hardee Junior High School enrolls 1,141 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 62 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 5.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 722 | 63% |
| White | 335 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 58 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 11 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
847 of the school's 1,141 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 794 qualify for free lunch and 53 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hardee Junior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 56.
Hardee Junior High School is one of 11 schools in HARDEE, based in WAUCHULA, Florida. The district serves 4,547 students district-wide and employs 287 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,141 students, Hardee Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 413 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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