📍 420 4th St, Alturas, Polk County, 33820
Alturas Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alturas, Polk County. The school has 350 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Charles Pemberton Jr Jr. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alturas Elementary School enrolls 350 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 9.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 196 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 108 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 34 | 9.7% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
214 of the school's 350 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 214 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alturas Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 56.
Alturas Elementary School is one of 164 schools in POLK, based in BARTOW, Florida. The district serves 111,372 students district-wide and employs 5,972 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 350 students, Alturas Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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