📍 3948 W Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tampa, Hillsborough County, 33614
Detention Center West is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Tampa, Hillsborough County. The school has 66 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hillsborough school district. It serves grades 3–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. The four-year graduation rate is 10%.
Detention Center West enrolls 66 students across grades 3–12. The student body is 70% male and 30% female. A teaching staff of 7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Black or African American, 12% White and 9.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 48 | 73% |
| White | 8 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 9.1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 6.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
28 of the school's 66 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 27 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Detention Center West is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 18, state house district 62.
Detention Center West is one of 309 schools in HILLSBOROUGH, based in TAMPA, Florida. The district serves 220,360 students district-wide and employs 12,405 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 66 students, Detention Center West is smaller than the district average of about 713 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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