📍 1 Highlander Way, Lake Wales, Polk County, 33853
Lake Wales Senior High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lake Wales, Polk County. The school has 1,586 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 94%. The school offers 11 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lake Wales Senior High School enrolls 1,586 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 66 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 21% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 671 | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 523 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 327 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 41 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 20 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,008 of the school's 1,586 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 859 qualify for free lunch and 149 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.
Lake Wales Senior High School 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 26, state house district 42.
Lake Wales Senior High School is one of 164 schools in POLK, based in BARTOW, Florida. The district serves 111,372 students district-wide and employs 5,972 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,586 students, Lake Wales Senior High School is larger than the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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