📍 1860 Gibbons St e, Bartow, Polk County, 33830
Transition School is a Special Education serving high age pupils, located in Bartow, Polk County. The school has 48 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 12 in a small-town setting.
Transition School enrolls 48 students across grades 12. The student body is 67% male and 33% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 33% White and 23% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 42% |
| White | 16 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
15 of the school's 48 students (31%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 15 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.
Transition School 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.
Transition School 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 48 students, Transition School 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