RIDGE TECHNICAL ACADEMY

Located at 7700 STATE ROAD 544, in WINTER HAVEN, Florida, RIDGE TECHNICAL ACADEMY is a micro-enrollment high school that caters to 103 students (grades 6 through 12), part of POLK. Enrollment runs roughly 90% below the state mean of about 1,035.

Within POLK, which oversees 163 schools and 116,552 students, RIDGE TECHNICAL ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RIDGE TECHNICAL ACADEMY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% White, 17% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, Polk County reports that median household income runs about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Polk County's 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), RIDGE TECHNICAL ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RIDGE TEEN PARENT PROGRAM, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIDGE TECHNICAL ACADEMY.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

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