📍 1000 Nw 34th St, Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, 34972
Okeechobee Achievement Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County. The school has 199 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Okeechobee school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 24%.
Okeechobee Achievement Academy enrolls 199 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 66% male and 34% female. A teaching staff of 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 85 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 80 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 9% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 5.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
158 of the school's 199 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 148 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Okeechobee Achievement Academy is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 55.
Okeechobee Achievement Academy is one of 13 schools in OKEECHOBEE, based in OKEECHOBEE, Florida. The district serves 6,143 students district-wide and employs 348 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 199 students, Okeechobee Achievement Academy is smaller than the district average of about 473 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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