📍 2909 Delaware Ave, Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, 34947
Performance Based Preparatory Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County. The school has 139 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Lucie school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. The four-year graduation rate is 47%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Performance Based Preparatory Academy enrolls 139 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 63% male and 37% female. A teaching staff of 9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% Black or African American, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 23% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 52 | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 46 | 33% |
| White | 32 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 5.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
105 of the school's 139 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 103 qualify for free lunch and 2 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.
Performance Based Preparatory Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 25, state house district 84.
Performance Based Preparatory Academy is one of 52 schools in ST. LUCIE, based in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida. The district serves 49,308 students district-wide and employs 2,369 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 139 students, Performance Based Preparatory Academy is smaller than the district average of about 948 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
Browse live education vacancies at or near Performance Based Preparatory Academy.
Find vacancies →