New Beginnings High School
Charter · Grades 6–12 · 997 students
Discovery High School
1000 N Buena Vista Dr, Lake Alfred, FL 33850
Grades
9–12
High
Students
898
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
20 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Polk
Polk County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 560 Florida high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Florida high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Discovery High School
Discovery High School is a charter high school in Lake Alfred, Florida, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Polk. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Polk County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 898 students were enrolled, with about 20 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Florida high school (21.0 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Polk District Office. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 560 Florida high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 898 students
- Students per teacher
- 20 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 6
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Polk District Office
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- Polk
- County
- Polk County
- NCES school ID
- 120159008515
Schools near Discovery High School
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Ridge Technical Academy
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Chain of Lakes Collegiate High
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Ridge Community High School
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.