ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER
FORT PIERCE · FL · ST. LUCIE · Public · K-12 combined
📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 22% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER compares for families
What families should know about ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER.
- ▸ 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, SOMERSET CAREER ACADEMY, PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 22% 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
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.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
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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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 +28.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST FORT PIERCE |
Public | 2.6 | 37 | — |
| SOMERSET CAREER ACADEMY PORT SAINT LUCIE |
Public · charter | 5.5 | 29 | — |
| PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY FORT PIERCE |
Public | 3.5 | 86 | -13.1% |
| IR PREP VERO BEACH |
Public | 17.1 | 43 | — |
| ST LUCIE COUNTY JAIL - ROCK ROAD ACADEMY FT PIERCE |
Public | 6.0 | 25 | — |
| DALE CASSENS EDUCATION COMPLEX FORT PIERCE |
Public | 2.4 | 102 | +14.6% |
| HOMEBOUND PROGRAM PORT SAINT LUCIE |
Public | 7.6 | — | — |
| TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMY STUART |
Public · charter | 20.0 | 33 | — |