INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY
FORT PIERCE · FL · ST. LUCIE · Public charter · K-12 combined
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PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST → DATA HOUSE → FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL → Loving Care Young Achievers Club → St James Academy → PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY → Liberty Baptist Academy → ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY compares for families
What families should know about INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY.
- ▸ 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: PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST, DATA HOUSE, FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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 +23.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 557 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,742 per student in district revenue, the 1,023 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $13,035,066/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST FORT PIERCE |
Public | 1.5 | 37 | — |
| DATA HOUSE FORT PIERCE |
Public | 2.1 | 3 | — |
| FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FORT PIERCE |
Public | 2.3 | 3,178 | +11.4% |
| Loving Care Young Achievers Club Fort Pierce |
Private | 2.4 | 117 | +95.0% |
| St James Academy Fort Pierce |
Private | 2.6 | 300 | — |
| PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY FORT PIERCE |
Public | 2.7 | 86 | -13.1% |
| Liberty Baptist Academy Fort Pierce |
Private | 2.8 | 340 | -21.3% |
| ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER FORT PIERCE |
Public | 2.9 | 46 | — |