WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY

WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY is a mid-tier secondary school in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, part of HILLSBOROUGH. The school enrolls 1,055 students in grades 9 through 12.

HILLSBOROUGH comprises 300 schools with combined enrollment of 221,318 students; WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY is among them.

Looking at the student body, WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 27% Black, 23% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 39.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 26% of students at WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 68.1%; this one comes in at 49.3%, -18.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) reports that median household income runs about $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

Nearest neighbor: SUMMERFIELD CROSSINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY operates from a commuter-belt location. WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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