📍 1490 West Washington Street, Monticello, Jefferson County, 32344
Turning Point is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Monticello, Jefferson County. The school has 15 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting.
Turning Point enrolls 15 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 80% male and 20% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Black or African American and 27% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 11 | 73% |
| White | 4 | 27% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
15 of the school's 15 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 15 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Turning Point is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-20, state senate district 3, state house district 7.
Turning Point is one of 6 schools in JEFFERSON, based in MONTICELLO, Florida. The district serves 701 students district-wide and employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 15 students, Turning Point is smaller than the district average of about 117 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant