TURNING POINT

TURNING POINT is a four-year high school of tiny scale in MONTICELLO, Florida, part of JEFFERSON, teacheing 32 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% leaner than the state mean of about 1,035.

JEFFERSON runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 701 students. TURNING POINT is one of those campuses.

Demographically, TURNING POINT logs that nearly all students (81%) are Black. The remainder consists of 19% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting TURNING POINT tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that median household income runs about $61,212, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Jefferson County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 701 students), TURNING POINT is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12, roughly 3.5 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

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