📍 640 Evenhouse Rd, Lake Alfred, Polk County, 33850
Discovery High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lake Alfred, Polk County. The school has 911 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Darryl Jemison. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 5 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Discovery High School enrolls 911 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 45 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 435 | 48% |
| White | 292 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 153 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 9 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
653 of the school's 911 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 599 qualify for free lunch and 54 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.
Discovery High School 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 22, state house district 41.
Discovery High 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 911 students, Discovery High School is larger 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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