LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE

LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE is one of the rural-scale high schools in KEY WEST, Florida, operated by MONROE, with 12 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 99% below the state mean of about 1,035.

MONROE comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 8,928 students; LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE is among them.

On demographics, LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 17% White, 8% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, Monroe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,738 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Monroe County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,928 students), of which LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE is one.

The closest other public school is KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

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