JOHN POLK ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL

Located at 400 E LAKE MARY BLVD, in SANFORD, Florida, JOHN POLK ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL is an one-room-style high school that teaches 6 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by SEMINOLE. Enrollment runs roughly 99% below the state mean of about 1,035.

SEMINOLE comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 63,934 students; JOHN POLK ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, JOHN POLK ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL logs that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 17% multiracial. By comparison, Seminole County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Seminole County put median household income runs about $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Seminole County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students), of which JOHN POLK ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SEMINOLE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN POLK ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 6 students in 2018 compared to 6 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 100% to 83% across the same window.

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