AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, an expansive senior high in AUBURNDALE, Florida, part of POLK, enrolls 1,770 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 71% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

POLK runs 163 schools in total, collectively educating 116,552 students. AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 34% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.9:1. The state averages about 23.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Polk County) shows that median household income runs about $65,978, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Polk County's 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,638 (now 1,770). The White share of enrollment decreased from 50% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 today.

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