ECKERD CONNECTS STRIVE ACADEMY

ECKERD CONNECTS STRIVE ACADEMY operates as a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in LAKELAND, Florida, one of the schools within POLK. Current enrollment sits at 19 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 98% smaller than the state mean of about 1,035.

ECKERD CONNECTS STRIVE ACADEMY is one of 163 schools operated by POLK, a district that works with 116,552 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ECKERD CONNECTS STRIVE ACADEMY records that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% White, 21% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, ECKERD CONNECTS STRIVE ACADEMY runs at roughly -2.0:1 students per teacher. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Polk County) logs that median household earnings sit near $65,978, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ECKERD CONNECTS STRIVE ACADEMY is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

DORIS A. SANDERS LEARNING CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ECKERD CONNECTS STRIVE ACADEMY.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

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