LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, a modestly sized high school in NAPLES, Florida, part of COLLIER, works with 588 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 43% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

Within COLLIER, which oversees 69 schools and 48,252 students, LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 12% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 29.4:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Collier County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.0%; LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL posts 87.3%, +35.3 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Collier County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,045 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Collier County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), of which LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: THE PHOENIX PROGRAM NAPLES, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 598 (now 588). White enrollment moved from 19% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 29.4:1 today.

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