TRANSITION SCHOOL

TRANSITION SCHOOL operates as a very small secondary school in BARTOW, Florida, part of POLK. Current enrollment sits at 50 students spanning grade 12. That puts it 95% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

POLK comprises 163 schools with combined enrollment of 116,552 students; TRANSITION SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, TRANSITION SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 28% White, 24% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Polk County (around 65%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Polk County put median household earnings sit near $65,978, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. TRANSITION SCHOOL is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

Nearest neighbor: POLK COUNTY SHERIFFS REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. TRANSITION SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 44 (now 50). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 16% to 46%.

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