📍 910 Lowry Ave, Lakeland, Polk County, 33801
Fresh Start Community School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Lakeland, Polk County. The school has 154 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 10–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 30.8:1. The four-year graduation rate is 2%.
Fresh Start Community School enrolls 154 students across grades 10–12. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 30.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black or African American and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 82 | 53% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 21% |
| White | 29 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 4 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
84 of the school's 154 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 84 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.
Fresh Start Community School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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.
Fresh Start Community 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 154 students, Fresh Start Community 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: Suburb - Large
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