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Polk County High School, Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 53 | 53 | 52 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 664 | 698 | 715 | 722 | 729 | 736 | 698 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 180 | 27.1% | 196 | 28.1% | 207 | 29.0% | 196 | 27.1% | 212 | 29.1% | 221 | 30.0% | 195 | 27.9% |
| Grade 10: | 167 | 25.2% | 189 | 27.1% | 168 | 23.5% | 179 | 24.8% | 198 | 27.2% | 180 | 24.5% | 179 | 25.6% |
| Grade 11: | 168 | 25.3% | 165 | 23.6% | 181 | 25.3% | 184 | 25.5% | 167 | 22.9% | 177 | 24.0% | 170 | 24.4% |
| Grade 12: | 149 | 22.4% | 148 | 21.2% | 159 | 22.2% | 163 | 22.6% | 152 | 20.9% | 158 | 21.5% | 154 | 22.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 340 | 51.2% | 353 | 50.6% | 358 | 50.1% | 386 | 53.5% | 365 | 50.1% | 382 | 51.9% | 343 | 49.1% |
| Female: | 324 | 48.8% | 345 | 49.4% | 357 | 49.9% | 336 | 46.5% | 356 | 48.8% | 346 | 47.0% | 336 | 48.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.7% |
| Hispanic: | 59 | 8.9% | 59 | 8.5% | 66 | 9.2% | 53 | 7.3% | 46 | 6.3% | 46 | 6.3% | 36 | 5.2% |
| Black: | 46 | 6.9% | 46 | 6.6% | 46 | 6.4% | 46 | 6.4% | 75 | 10.3% | 80 | 10.9% | 61 | 8.7% |
| White: | 533 | 80.3% | 577 | 82.7% | 585 | 81.8% | 603 | 83.5% | 605 | 83.0% | 605 | 82.2% | 581 | 83.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 20 | 3.0% | 11 | 1.6% | 14 | 2.0% | 18 | 2.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 255 | 38.4% | 264 | 37.8% | 278 | 38.9% | 231 | 32.0% | 235 | 32.2% | 165 | 22.4% | 143 | 20.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 52 | 7.8% | 51 | 7.3% | 58 | 8.1% | 56 | 7.8% | 60 | 8.2% | 71 | 9.6% | 68 | 9.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.42 | 13.28 | 13.76 | 14.54 | 12.99 | 12.20 | 11.80 | |||||||
* Polk County High School, Students and Teachers was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.