📍 7700 State Road 544, Winter Haven, Polk County, 33881
Ridge Technical Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Winter Haven, Polk County. The school has 84 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. 25% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 24%.
Ridge Technical Academy enrolls 84 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 48% |
| White | 29 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 2.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
45 of the school's 84 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 45 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.
Ridge Technical Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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.
Ridge Technical 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 84 students, Ridge Technical Academy is smaller than the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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