Charter High Schools
Polk State College operates three charter high schools. Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School at the Lakeland Campus and Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School at the Winter Haven Campus serve the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College Collegiate High School on the Lakeland Campus serves 11th and 12th.
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School and Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School welcomed their first 10th-grade classes for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. Application dates vary by school.
Click here for Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School
Click here for Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School
Click here for Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College Collegiate High School
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School Info Sessions
Thursday, January 9, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Polk State Lakeland Campus | 3425 Winter Lake Road | LTB 1100
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Polk State Lakeland Campus | 3425 Winter Lake Road | LTB 1100
Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School Info Sessions
Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 6:30 p.m.
Polk State Winter Haven Campus | 999 Ave. H N.E. | WST 126
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Polk State Winter Haven Campus | 999 Ave. H N.E. | WST 126
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Polk State Winter Haven Campus | 999 Ave. H N.E. | WST 126
Thursday, February 20, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Polk State Winter Haven Campus | 999 Ave. H N.E. | WST 126
Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College Collegiate High School
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | 6:30 p.m.
Center for Public Safety | 1251 Jim Keene Blvd. | Auditorium
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Polk State Lakeland Campus | 3425 Winter Lake Road | LTB 1100
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Polk State Lakeland Campus | 3425 Winter Lake Road | LTB 1100
The purpose of these two collegiate high schools is to provide academic and technical education for serious high school juniors and seniors who desire to undertake college-level study. Students are offered a program of high school and college courses to meet the requirements for a standard Florida high school diploma with the opportunity to college courses at Polk State College at no cost to them.
The newest of the three charter schools, Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College Collegiate High School, helps students who have disengaged from traditional high school settings get back on academic track, enabling them to complete their high school diplomas and also earn college credit.
In addition to the AS, AAS, or AA degree programs, courses that lead to industry certification specific to criminal justice, computer programming and infrastructure, and allied health are also available to students.
