📍 2250 S Jenkins Rd, Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, 34947
Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County. The school has 794 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Lucie school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies enrolls 794 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 51 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 35% Black or African American and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 394 | 50% |
| Black or African American | 277 | 35% |
| White | 88 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
646 of the school's 794 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 599 qualify for free lunch and 47 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.
Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies 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.
Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies 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 794 students, Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies 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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