CHAIN OF LAKES COLLEGIATE HIGH
WINTER HAVEN · FL · POLK · Public charter
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POLK STATE COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL → POLK STATE LAKELAND GATEWAY TO COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHO → RIDGEVIEW GLOBAL STUDIES ACADEMY → FORT MEADE MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → NEW BEGINNINGS HIGH SCHOOL → NEW DIMENSIONS HIGH SCHOOL → DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL → MAIN STREET HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 77th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How CHAIN OF LAKES COLLEGIATE HIGH compares for families
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- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: POLK STATE COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL, POLK STATE LAKELAND GATEWAY TO COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHO, RIDGEVIEW GLOBAL STUDIES ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2177th percentile 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?
90th percentile nationally
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.
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Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 340 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $11,803 per student in district revenue, the 24 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $283,272/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLK STATE COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL LAKELAND |
Public · charter | 11.1 | 343 | +2.1% |
| POLK STATE LAKELAND GATEWAY TO COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHO LAKELAND |
Public · charter | 11.1 | 296 | +22.3% |
| RIDGEVIEW GLOBAL STUDIES ACADEMY DAVENPORT |
Public · charter | 15.4 | 376 | +43.0% |
| FORT MEADE MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORT MEADE |
Public | 19.2 | 397 | -1.7% |
| NEW BEGINNINGS HIGH SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN |
Public · charter | 2.2 | 900 | +45.2% |
| NEW DIMENSIONS HIGH SCHOOL KISSIMMEE |
Public · charter | 17.9 | 445 | +1.4% |
| DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL LAKE ALFRED |
Public · charter | 5.6 | 898 | +1.9% |
| MAIN STREET HIGH SCHOOL KISSIMMEE |
Public · charter | 26.6 | 398 | +66.5% |