# RIDGE TECHNICAL ACADEMY

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `120159008701`
- **School name**: RIDGE TECHNICAL ACADEMY
- **Location**: WINTER HAVEN, FL 33881
- **Address**: 7700 STATE ROAD 544
- **District**: POLK (LEAID `1201590`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Alternative/other
- **School level**: High
- **Grade range**: 6–12
- **Coordinates**: 28.07659, -81.65424
- **Phone**: (863)419-3060

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 103
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 8
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 12.9:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 68.9%

## Graduation rates
- **2021**: N/A (cohort of 5)

## SAT/ACT participation (2020)
- **SAT/ACT takers**: 4

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 53.6% (30 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

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

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.0%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 57.1%
- **Black/African American**: 0.0%
- **Asian**: 10.7%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 30.4%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 1.8%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 60.1%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 13.3% — 19 students
- **English Learners**: 0.0%

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented
- Career & Technical Education / Dual Enrollment

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $10,921
- **Federal share**: $1,459
- **State + local share**: $9,463
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $13,489,537
- **Federal share**: 21.0%
- **State share**: 43.8%
- **Local share**: 35.2%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $7,033,238

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $74,462
- **Poverty rate**: 18.0%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 29.9%
- **Unemployment**: 10.4%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,784
- **Foreign-born residents**: 13.3%
- **Single-parent households**: 19.0%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 20.0 miles (LANDIA CHEMICAL COMPANY)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 1
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 8
- **Nearest brownfield**: 3.06 miles (LAKE HAMILTON PROPERTY)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: WINTER HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 6
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 6
- **Most recent violation**: 2025-09-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.73333 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 18.8 miles

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven
- **Performance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/ridge-technical-academy-winter-haven/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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