📍 1722 W Airport Blvd, Sanford, Seminole County, 32771
Journeys Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Sanford, Seminole County. The school has 122 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Seminole school district. It serves grades 4–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 9.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. The four-year graduation rate is 24%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Journeys Academy enrolls 122 students across grades 4–12. The student body is 61% male and 39% female. A teaching staff of 9.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Black or African American, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 22% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 51 | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 35 | 29% |
| White | 27 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 6.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
95 of the school's 122 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 90 qualify for free lunch and 5 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.
Journeys 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-70, state senate district 9, state house district 29.
Journeys Academy is one of 77 schools in SEMINOLE, based in SANFORD, Florida. The district serves 63,934 students district-wide and employs 3,458 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 122 students, Journeys Academy is smaller than the district average of about 830 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small