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International Baccalaureate Program (Top 100, #3)

Polk County School District
Polk County

1270 S. Broadway Avenue
Bartow, Florida
(863)534-0194

Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index:	4.07
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap:	65.0
College Readiness Index	100.0

For more information on this school, visit the SchoolMatters website.

Grades Served	9-12
Magnet School	No
Charter School	No
Admissions Type	Application-Merit Selection
NCES Locale Type	Urban Fringe of a Mid-Size City
Receives Title I Funding	No

Enrollment	262
Minority Enrollment (% of total)	10.7%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total)	6.5%

State Test Performance Index	185.3
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index	4.07

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	100.0
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap	65.0
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	99.5
Current State Test Achievement Gap	-0.5

AP Participation Rate	100.0%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate	100.0%
Exams Per Test Taker	5.4
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker	4.3
AP Pass Rate	76.6%
College Readiness Index	100.0

Criteria for Medals

Gold Medal

Top 100 schools nationally based on College Readiness Index

Silver Medal

all other schools with a college-readiness index of at least 20, but that are not in the top 100 nationally

Bronze Medal

either do not offer AP, or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20, but successfully meet other two key performance indicator criteria

Notes