📍 1301 Bell Ave, Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, 34982
St. Lucie Detention Center is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County. The school has 39 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Lucie school district. It serves grades K–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
St. Lucie Detention Center enrolls 39 students across grades K–12. The student body is 85% male and 15% female. A teaching staff of 3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 28% White and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 21 | 54% |
| White | 11 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 2.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
14 of the school's 39 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 12 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.
St. Lucie Detention Center is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. 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.
St. Lucie Detention Center 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 39 students, St. Lucie Detention Center 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
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