📍 13895 Hwy 27, Lake Wales, Polk County, 33859
Bok Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lake Wales, Polk County. The school has 611 pupils enrolled. The Principal is April Barnhardt. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 53% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths.
Bok Academy enrolls 611 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 266 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 197 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 122 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
374 of the school's 611 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 333 qualify for free lunch and 41 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.
Bok Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Bok 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 611 students, Bok Academy is close to the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe