High · Florida

New Beginnings High School

CharterAlternativeFree meals for all

New Beginnings High School, a public high school in Winter Haven, Florida: grades 6–12, 997 students, 66.5 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
997
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Students per teacher
66.5
Grades
6–12
High

More students per teacher than 98% of high schools in Florida

Median 21.6 · 762 schools compared

More students per teacher than 99% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 52% of high schools in Florida

Median 948 · 833 schools compared

Larger than 74% 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%

8.9%proficient

+0.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 86% of high schools in Florida

Median 45% · 146 high schools compared

56 students tested, grades 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Math

Florida: 59%

18%proficient

A lower share proficient than 70% of high schools in Florida

Median 39% · 146 high schools compared

34 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
Charter school · Alternative
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city
Run by
Polk

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Polk.

Location

Address
250 Magnolia Ave SW, Winter Haven, FL 33880
Phone
(863)268-5666
City or town
Winter Haven

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
10–1234048.6
9–122,64824.3
9–121,77023.9
9–1289820.0
Ridge Teen Parent ProgramAlternativeFree meals for all
6–1211—
Ridge Technical AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all
6–1210312.9

Sources

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.

NCES 120159007899