IR PREP
VERO BEACH · FL · INDIAN RIVER · Public · K-12 combined
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PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST → ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER → WABASSO SCHOOL → ST LUCIE COUNTY JAIL - ROCK ROAD ACADEMY → PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY → SOMERSET CAREER ACADEMY → DALE CASSENS EDUCATION COMPLEX → INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Limited
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How IR PREP compares for families
What families should know about IR PREP.
- ▸ 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: PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST, ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER, WABASSO SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 29% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 4% 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.
👩🏫 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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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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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.
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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 +18.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 62 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST FORT PIERCE |
Public | 14.7 | 37 | — |
| ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER FORT PIERCE |
Public | 17.1 | 46 | — |
| WABASSO SCHOOL SEBASTIAN |
Public | 8.6 | 24 | — |
| ST LUCIE COUNTY JAIL - ROCK ROAD ACADEMY FT PIERCE |
Public | 12.6 | 25 | — |
| PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY FORT PIERCE |
Public | 13.6 | 86 | -13.1% |
| SOMERSET CAREER ACADEMY PORT SAINT LUCIE |
Public · charter | 20.6 | 29 | — |
| DALE CASSENS EDUCATION COMPLEX FORT PIERCE |
Public | 14.8 | 102 | +14.6% |
| INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY FORT PIERCE |
Public · charter | 15.5 | 14 | — |