📍 2390 Bob Phillips Rd, Bartow, Polk County, 33830
Polk County Sheriffs Regional Detention Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Bartow, Polk County. The school has 39 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 5–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
Polk County Sheriffs Regional Detention Center enrolls 39 students across grades 5–12. The student body is 77% male and 23% female. A teaching staff of 2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% Black or African American, 31% White and 31% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 14 | 36% |
| White | 12 | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 2.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
3 of the school's 39 students (7.7%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Polk County Sheriffs Regional Detention Center is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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.
Polk County Sheriffs Regional Detention Center 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 39 students, Polk County Sheriffs Regional Detention Center is smaller than the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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