Original Research by School Decision on Data House
Data House is a small alternative school in Fort Pierce, Florida, operating within St. Lucie Public Schools. It serves grades six through twelve, though in practice the current enrollment is extremely small, with only a handful of students spread across middle and upper grades and none enrolled at the sixth or seventh grade level at the time of reporting. This is not a typical neighborhood school, and a parent comparing it to a conventional middle or high school would be misreading what it is.
Because Data House is classified as an alternative school and its enrollment is this small, the state's published assessment results for math, ELA, and science were suppressed, likely to protect student privacy given the size of the tested group. That suppression means there is no public proficiency data to characterize academic performance here. The comparison metrics relative to other districts in St. Lucie County were likewise not applicable for the same reason. A parent wanting to understand academic outcomes at this school would need to ask the school directly.
The demographic picture, to the extent the very small enrollment allows one to be drawn, shows a majority of students identifying as white, with Black students making up most of the remainder and a small Hispanic representation. Free and reduced price lunch participation sits below the county norm for the district overall, though with enrollment this small, those rates can shift meaningfully with just one or two students. Data on students with IEPs or English learner status was not available in the data provided.
No program offerings were listed for Data House. Whether that reflects a genuine absence of formal programs or simply a gap in the data, a parent should ask the school directly about curriculum, course pathways, and any graduation or career planning supports it provides. Graduation rate data was not reported, which is not unusual for a school of this type and size; the alternative designation and thin enrollment mean the standard graduation accountability metrics that apply to comprehensive high schools do not translate here in any straightforward way.
The school sits on Selvitz Road in Fort Pierce, a working waterfront city that serves as St. Lucie County's seat. Fort Pierce carries an Old Florida character shaped by commercial fishing, a historic pedestrian-scale downtown along the Indian River Lagoon, an arts scene, and locally owned businesses. The downtown waterfront is genuinely walkable, with a riverside park, marina, farmers market, and library branches anchoring daily civic life. A major mixed-use redevelopment on the former H.D. King Power Plant site has been publicly reported as moving forward, with a revised site plan approved in late 2025 and later phases projected into 2029; some longtime residents have raised affordability concerns about that project. Indian River State College's main campus provides a higher-education anchor west of downtown.
For families thinking about the broader district context, St. Lucie Public Schools voters extended both an operating property tax and a capital sales tax in recent years, funding teacher pay, school resource officers, mental health services, and a substantial school construction program. The district's first new high school in many years opened in Tradition in 2025, and a new K-8 is set to open in 2026, both driven by rapid enrollment growth in the county's western communities.
Housing in the Fort Pierce zip code tracks close to statewide values, with prices that have dipped slightly over the past year while the state overall has also seen modest softening. The price-to-income ratio at current mortgage rates places homeownership at a stretch relative to national median incomes.
Data House is a school that, by its nature, serves a specific and likely specialized student population. The extremely thin enrollment and suppressed academic data make it difficult to characterize in the terms a parent would use for a comprehensive school. Anyone seriously considering it should speak directly with the school about its program model, student supports, and intended population before drawing any conclusions.
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