POLK STATE COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL
LAKELAND · FL · POLK · Public charter
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POLK STATE LAKELAND GATEWAY TO COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHO → BILL DUNCAN OPPORTUNITY CENTER → MAYNARD A TRAVISS TECHNICAL ACADEMY → The Cape Academy → Parkway Christian Academy → Lakeland Institute For Learning, Org., Corp → GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH → REAL ACADEMY (REACHING EVERY ADOLESCENT LEARNER) →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 78th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How POLK STATE COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL compares for families
What families should know about POLK STATE COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL.
- ▸ 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: POLK STATE LAKELAND GATEWAY TO COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHO, BILL DUNCAN OPPORTUNITY CENTER, MAYNARD A TRAVISS TECHNICAL ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2178th percentile by test-taker volume
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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 343 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $11,803 per student in district revenue, the 12 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $141,636/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLK STATE LAKELAND GATEWAY TO COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHO LAKELAND |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 296 | +22.3% |
| BILL DUNCAN OPPORTUNITY CENTER LAKELAND |
Public | 0.3 | 49 | — |
| MAYNARD A TRAVISS TECHNICAL ACADEMY LAKELAND |
Public | 0.5 | 137 | +7.0% |
| The Cape Academy Cape Coral |
Private | 1.6 | 205 | +241.7% |
| Parkway Christian Academy Lakeland |
Private | 2.0 | 275 | +292.9% |
| Lakeland Institute For Learning, Org., Corp Lakeland |
Private | 2.4 | 64 | -7.2% |
| GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH LAKELAND |
Public | 2.9 | 2,469 | +7.1% |
| REAL ACADEMY (REACHING EVERY ADOLESCENT LEARNER) LAKELAND |
Public | 3.1 | 52 | — |