📍 306 Florida Ave, Lake Wales, Polk County, 33853
Janie Howard Wilson School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake Wales, Polk County. The school has 448 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Janie Howard Wilson School enrolls 448 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 28% Black or African American and 20% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 210 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 126 | 28% |
| White | 91 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
334 of the school's 448 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 314 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Janie Howard Wilson School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Janie Howard Wilson 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 448 students, Janie Howard Wilson 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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