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Polk County Schools
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With an enrollment of nearly 93,000 students, the school district of Polk County is the eighth largest in Florida and the thirty-first largest in the United States. The district has 160 school sites including 66 elementary schools, 19 middle schools and 17 high schools. Also included are charter schools, career centers, adult schools, alternative schools and pre-kindergarten sites.
The district is the largest employer in Polk County with more than 12,000 employees. The school district’s percentage of core content courses taught by teachers classified by the federal government as “highly qualified” is 96.4 percent.
Polk County Public Schools has a strong commitment to optimizing partnerships. In 2010-2011, community involvement to the district consisted of more than 26,000 volunteers performing more than 800,000 hours of service. Students provided more than 120,000 hours of service to the community through service projects linking curriculum to community needs. The Polk Education Foundation awards more than $600,000 in scholarships to Polk students annually. More than 2,500 local businesses and organizations partner with Polk County Public Schools in programs and projects.
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