📍 2810 John Sherman Way, Ruskin, Hillsborough County, 33570
South County Career Center is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Ruskin, Hillsborough County. The school has 196 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hillsborough school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 52%.
South County Career Center enrolls 196 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 64% male and 36% female. A teaching staff of 12 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Hispanic or Latino, 23% Black or African American and 22% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 96 | 49% |
| Black or African American | 46 | 23% |
| White | 43 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
143 of the school's 196 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 131 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
South County Career Center 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 21, state house district 70.
South County 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 196 students, South County 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: Rural - Fringe
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