📍 1202 W Grant St, Plant City, Hillsborough County, 33563
Simmons Career Center is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Plant City, Hillsborough County. The school has 181 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hillsborough school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 67%.
Simmons Career Center enrolls 181 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 27% White and 9.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 109 | 60% |
| White | 49 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 17 | 9.4% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
148 of the school's 181 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 139 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Simmons Career Center is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 20, state house district 58.
Simmons Career Center 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 181 students, Simmons Career Center is smaller than the district average of about 713 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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