📍 2145 Bob Phillips Rd, Bartow, Polk County, 33830
Polk Halfway House is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Bartow, Polk County. The school has 23 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 5–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
Polk Halfway House enrolls 23 students across grades 5–12. The student body is 100% male and 0% female. A teaching staff of 1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Black or African American, 26% White and 4.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 15 | 65% |
| White | 6 | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 4.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 4.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
3 of the school's 23 students (13%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 3 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.
Polk Halfway House is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 56.
Polk Halfway House 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 23 students, Polk Halfway House is smaller than the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe