FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY

FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY operates as a roomy K-12 campus in TEMPLE TERRACE, Florida, part of HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 5,748 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 1528% larger than the state mean of about 353.

HILLSBOROUGH comprises 300 schools with combined enrollment of 221,318 students; FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY is among them.

Demographically, FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY logs that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 43.2:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY operates from a suburban location. FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

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