INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY

Set in FORT PIERCE, Florida, INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY is a roomy all-grades campus, one of the schools within ST. LUCIE. It enrolls 557 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 58% bigger than the state mean of about 353.

Within ST. LUCIE, which oversees 53 schools and 49,308 students, INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY lists that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Lucie County (around 57%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 75.1%; INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY posts 48.0%, -27.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Lucie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,457 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Lucie County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), of which INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.