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ENDEAVOR SCHOOL → HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND PROGRAM → LEGACY SCHOLARS ACADEMY → SCPS CONSEQUENCE UNIT → DEVEREUX TREATMENT PROGRAM → TBD → SEMINOLE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER → JUVENILE OFFENDERS PROGRAM →For Parents
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENDEAVOR SCHOOL LAKE MARY |
Public | 1.8 | 12 | — |
| HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND PROGRAM SANFORD |
Public | 1.2 | 15 | — |
| LEGACY SCHOLARS ACADEMY ENTERPRISE |
Public | 8.6 | 12 | — |
| SCPS CONSEQUENCE UNIT SANFORD |
Public | 3.4 | 17 | — |
| DEVEREUX TREATMENT PROGRAM ORLANDO |
Public | 14.1 | 10 | — |
| TBD WINTER PARK |
Public | 10.6 | — | — |
| SEMINOLE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER SANFORD |
Public | 0.3 | 25 | — |
| JUVENILE OFFENDERS PROGRAM ORLANDO |
Public | 18.1 | 11 | — |