📍 1140 N Combee Rd, Lakeland, Polk County, 33801
Eckerd Connects is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Lakeland, Polk County. The school has 25 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 6–12.
Eckerd Connects enrolls 25 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 88% male and 12% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 20% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 13 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 24% |
| White | 5 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
21 of the school's 25 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 21 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.
The school's NCES locale classification is 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-15, state senate district 22, state house district 40.
Eckerd Connects 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 25 students, Eckerd Connects 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