📍 329 Se Port St Lucie Blvd, Port St Lucie, St. Lucie County, 34984
Acceleration Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Port St Lucie, St. Lucie County. The school has 263 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Lucie school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 52.6:1. The four-year graduation rate is 22%. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Acceleration Academy enrolls 263 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 52.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% White, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 26% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 104 | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 68 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 4.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
149 of the school's 263 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 148 qualify for free lunch and 1 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.
Acceleration 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 83.
Acceleration 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 263 students, Acceleration 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: City - Midsize
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