PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS

LAKELAND · FL · POLK · Public · K-12 combined

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LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → Pathways School Of Excellence → Geneva Classical Academy → FRESH START COMMUNITY SCHOOL → POLK GRAD ACADEMY → REAL ACADEMY (REACHING EVERY ADOLESCENT LEARNER) → POLK FULL TIME ESCHOOL → Lakeland Institute For Learning, Org., Corp →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

✅ Gifted & talented program

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 6% by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS compares for families

What families should know about PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS.

▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Pathways School Of Excellence, Geneva Classical Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 6% by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

8.1

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Compared against

18,426

US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

100.0%

Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

60.0%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

83.1%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

67.8%

Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 59 students:

2025

2027

2029

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LAKELAND	Public	0.5	1,985	-1.0%
Pathways School Of Excellence Lakeland	Private	1.5	52	—
Geneva Classical Academy Lakeland	Private	1.6	183	+23.6%
FRESH START COMMUNITY SCHOOL LAKELAND	Public	1.8	105	+5.0%
POLK GRAD ACADEMY LAKELAND	Public	1.8	14	—
REAL ACADEMY (REACHING EVERY ADOLESCENT LEARNER) LAKELAND	Public	1.9	52	—
POLK FULL TIME ESCHOOL LAKELAND	Public	2.1	196	-57.2%
Lakeland Institute For Learning, Org., Corp Lakeland	Private	2.3	64	-7.2%