Alternative/PRU High Open

Pace Center for Girls

๐Ÿ“ 213 Tyler Ave, Lakeland, Polk County, 33801

49
Pupils
8.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Pace Center for Girls is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Lakeland, Polk County. The school has 49 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 6โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.2:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths.

School details

School district
Polk

Enrollment & staffing

Pace Center for Girls enrolls 49 students across grades 6โ€“12. The student body is 0% male and 100% female. A teaching staff of 6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.2:1.

Male students
0 (0%)
Female students
49 (100%)
Teachers (FTE)
6
Student-teacher ratio
8.2:1
Grade span
6โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% White, 29% Black or African American and 18% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White2653%
Black or African American1429%
Hispanic or Latino918%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

35 of the school's 49 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 35 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.

School setting & status

City, MidsizeGrades 6โ€“12Title I

Pace Center for Girls is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 40.

School district: POLK

Pace Center for Girls 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 49 students, Pace Center for Girls is smaller than the district average of about 679 students per school.

111,372
District students
164
Schools
5,972
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

10%
Reading proficient
10%
Math proficient
27%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: City - Midsize

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