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Does HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
958
High
DISTRICT 777 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARDEE·NCES 120075000878
HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
2401 US HIGHWAY 17 N, WAUCHULA, FL 33873 · (863) 773-3147 · Hardee County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL958 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Florida public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
736 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 317 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 331 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 303 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 11 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 12 | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
50.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 50.4% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 958 | 76.8% | 50.4% |
| FORT MEADE MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORT MEADE | 731 | 76.6% | 49.4% |
| HARDEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAUCHULA | 1,347 | 70.9% | 46.5% |
| OKEECHOBEE HIGH SCHOOL OKEECHOBEE | 1,718 | 75.8% | 42.5% |
| MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH KISSIMMEE | 536 | 78.0% | 41.7% |
| FROSTPROOF MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH FROSTPROOF | 998 | 69.6% | 40.4% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #309 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #180 of 549 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #381 of 559 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 958 | #413 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #65 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #390 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #22 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #64 of 289 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
958
-226 (-19%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 986
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 18.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 958 | 55 | 17.4:1 | 77% (736) |
| 2023-24 | 1,089 | 66 | 16.5:1 | 69% (753) |
| 2022-23 | 1,141 | 62 | 18.4:1 | 74% (847) |
| 2020-21 | 1,184 | 63 | 18.8:1 | 63% (741) |
| 2017-18 | 1,202 | 70 | 17.2:1 | 65% (787) |
| 2015-16 | 1,185 | 69 | 17.2:1 | 65% (767) |
| 2010-11 | 1,155 | 69 | 16.7:1 | 77% (893) |
| 2000-01 | 1,143 | 74 | 15.4:1 | 73% (839) |
| 1990-91 | 986 | 65 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school in WAUCHULA, Florida, under HARDEE. It reported 958 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25.
The district for HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is HARDEE, with 9 schools and 4,547 students.
More than half of the students at HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are Hispanic (64%). Other reported shares: 27% White and 6% Black. That compares with about 42% Hispanic among all Hardee County residents. The diversity index for HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.4:1. The average for high schools in Florida is 23.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 77% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hardee County average a similar 75%.
Among Florida public high schools, HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.7%. HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 50.4%.
For the population of Hardee County, median household income comes to about $60,489, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hardee County counts 11 public schools with about 4,547 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, HILLTOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 19% decline, from 1,184 to 958. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.8:1 in 2020-21, and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Hardee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,675
Census ACS
Median income
$60,489
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
4,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARDEE
- HARDEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,347 students
- WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 577 students
- NORTH WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 512 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 298 students
- BOWLING GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 260 students
Other schools in WAUCHULA
- HARDEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,347 students
- WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 577 students
- NORTH WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 298 students
- HARDEE VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 52 students
- PIONEER CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 27 students
Nearby schools
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 298
- NORTH WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 516
- HARDEE VIRTUAL FRANCHISE2.0 mi · 52
- PIONEER CAREER ACADEMY2.8 mi · 27
- WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 577
- BOWLING GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 958 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 27% White, 64% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by HARDEE in Hardee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.