THE ACADEMY AT YOUTH CARE LANE
SEBRING · FL · HIGHLANDS · Public · K-12 combined
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Heartland Christian School → SEBRING HIGH SCHOOL → HIGHLANDS COUNTY HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND PROGRAM → HIGHLANDS COUNTY SCHOOLS JAIL PROGRAM → Divine Academy Inc. → HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL → AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOL → Parkview Prep Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How THE ACADEMY AT YOUTH CARE LANE compares for families
What families should know about THE ACADEMY AT YOUTH CARE LANE.
- ▸ 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: Heartland Christian School, SEBRING HIGH SCHOOL, HIGHLANDS COUNTY HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND PROGRAM and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% 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?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
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.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Florida
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
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 +15.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 57 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Christian School Sebring |
Private | 0.7 | 325 | +81.6% |
| SEBRING HIGH SCHOOL SEBRING |
Public | 0.8 | 1,848 | +12.3% |
| HIGHLANDS COUNTY HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND PROGRAM SEBRING |
Public | 1.6 | 8 | — |
| HIGHLANDS COUNTY SCHOOLS JAIL PROGRAM SEBRING |
Public | 1.6 | 2 | — |
| Divine Academy Inc. Sebring |
Private | 1.8 | 98 | — |
| HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL SEBRING |
Public | 6.1 | 3 | — |
| AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOL AVON PARK |
Public | 8.9 | 980 | +9.1% |
| Parkview Prep Academy Avon Park |
Private | 9.5 | 196 | — |