📍 3333 Winter Lake Rd, Lakeland, Polk County, 33803
Bill Duncan Opportunity Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Lakeland, Polk County. The school has 62 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 4.8:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bill Duncan Opportunity Center enrolls 62 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 76% male and 24% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 4.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Black or African American, 27% White and 18% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 29 | 47% |
| White | 17 | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 6.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
46 of the school's 62 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 46 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.
Bill Duncan Opportunity 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 22, state house district 39.
Bill Duncan Opportunity Center 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 62 students, Bill Duncan Opportunity Center is smaller than the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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