# BROOKSVILLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (B.E.S.T.)

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `120081008214`
- **School name**: BROOKSVILLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (B.E.S.T.)
- **Location**: BROOKSVILLE, FL 34601
- **Address**: 835 SCHOOL ST
- **District**: HERNANDO (LEAID `1200810`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Middle
- **Grade range**: 6–8
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 28.54352, -82.37930
- **Phone**: (352)544-2373

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 88
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 6
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 14.7:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 45.5%

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 20.0% (18 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]
- **2015**: chronic absence 17.5% (17 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 1.1%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 10.1%
- **Black/African American**: 0.0%
- **Asian**: 22.5%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 61.8%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 4.5%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 50.5%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 8.3% — 8 students
- **English Learners**: 0.0%

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 2 students
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 2 students
- **Autism**: 1 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 1 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $12,301,401
- **Federal share**: 15.1%
- **State share**: 44.9%
- **Local share**: 39.9%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $5,514,741

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $46,250
- **Poverty rate**: 19.0%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 20.3%
- **Unemployment**: 5.5%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,105
- **Foreign-born residents**: 2.3%
- **Single-parent households**: 19.0%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 33.8 miles (ARKLA TERRA PROPERTY)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 2
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 6
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.19 miles (BLUE WAVE INVESTMENTS PROPERTY)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: HERNANDO CO UTL-WEST
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2025-03-01

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville
- **Performance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/brooksville-engineering-science-and-technology-b-e-s-t-brooksville/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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