High · Florida
Gause Academy of Leadership
AlternativeFree meals for allGause Academy of Leadership, a public high school in Bartow, Florida: grades 6–12, 97 students, 5.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Polk.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 97
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.0
- Students per teacher
- 5.7
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 96% of high schools in Florida
Median 21.6 · 762 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 95% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 81% of high schools in Florida
Median 948 · 833 schools compared
Smaller than 82% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Florida: 57%23%proficient
+6.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 68% of high schools in Florida
Median 45% · 146 high schools compared
22 students tested, grades 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Math
Florida: 59%13%proficient
−3.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 77% of high schools in Florida
Median 39% · 146 high schools compared
16 students tested, grades 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Town near a city
- Run by
- Polk
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Polk.
Location
- Address
- 1395 Polk St W, Bartow, FL 33830
- Phone
- (863)534-7425
- City or town
- Bartow
- County
- Polk County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Bartow Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,276 | 22.3 |
Transition SchoolSpecial education | 12 | 50 | — |
Polk County Sheriff's Central CenterAlternative | 7–12 | 45 | 22.5 |
George W. Jenkins Senior HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,469 | 21.5 |
Mulberry Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,451 | 22.7 |
| 10–12 | 343 | 68.6 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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