📍 110 Polk Ave e, Lake Wales, Polk County, 33853
Polk Avenue Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake Wales, Polk County. The school has 531 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Anna Barcenas. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths.
Polk Avenue Elementary School enrolls 531 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 26% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 225 | 42% |
| White | 152 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 136 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
409 of the school's 531 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 387 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Polk Avenue Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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 42.
Polk Avenue 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 531 students, Polk Avenue 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: Suburb - Large
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