📍 501 Burns Ave, Lake Wales, Polk County, 33853
Victory Ridge Academy is a Special Education serving other age pupils, located in Lake Wales, Polk County. The school has 298 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 75%. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Victory Ridge Academy enrolls 298 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 71% male and 29% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Hispanic or Latino, 39% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 119 | 40% |
| White | 117 | 39% |
| Black or African American | 51 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
161 of the school's 298 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 149 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Victory Ridge Academy 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.
Victory Ridge Academy 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 298 students, Victory Ridge Academy is smaller 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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