FOCUS ACADEMY
TEMPLE TERRACE · FL · HILLSBOROUGH · Public charter · K-12 combined
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY AT BOWERS WHITLEY → HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND/HOMEBASED PROGRAMS → IDEA VICTORY → MEDICAL ACADEMY AT D.W. WATERS → BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF ADVANCED STUDIES OF HILLSBOROUGH → BRANDON SUCCESS CENTER → FLORIDA AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE → PINECREST ACADEMY WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How FOCUS ACADEMY compares for families
What families should know about FOCUS 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: BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY AT BOWERS WHITLEY, HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND/HOMEBASED PROGRAMS, IDEA VICTORY 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% 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.
👩🏫 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.
🏛️ 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.
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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.
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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 +3.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 110 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY AT BOWERS WHITLEY TAMPA |
Public | 3.2 | 76 | +46.2% |
| HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND/HOMEBASED PROGRAMS TAMPA |
Public | 4.4 | 74 | +37.0% |
| IDEA VICTORY TAMPA |
Public · charter | 4.0 | 108 | — |
| MEDICAL ACADEMY AT D.W. WATERS TAMPA |
Public | 7.0 | 95 | — |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF ADVANCED STUDIES OF HILLSBOROUGH RIVERVIEW |
Public · charter | 11.0 | 91 | — |
| BRANDON SUCCESS CENTER SEFFNER |
Public | 6.8 | 61 | — |
| FLORIDA AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE TAMPA |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 49 | — |
| PINECREST ACADEMY WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL |
Public · charter | 14.3 | 82 | +51.9% |