📍 304 Druid Hills Rd, Temple Terrace, Hillsborough County, 33617
Focus Academy is a Special Education serving high age pupils, located in Temple Terrace, Hillsborough County. The school has 123 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hillsborough school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 90%.
Focus Academy enrolls 123 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 72% male and 28% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% White, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 21% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 43 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 42 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 5.7% |
| Asian | 5 | 4.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
65 of the school's 123 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 54 qualify for free lunch and 11 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.
Focus Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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.
Focus Academy 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 123 students, Focus Academy 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