📍 815 Scenic Hwy N, Babson Park, Polk County, 33827
Dale R Fair Babson Park Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Babson Park, Polk County. The school has 472 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 68% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dale R Fair Babson Park Elementary enrolls 472 students across grades K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 7.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 345 | 73% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 74 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 7.8% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
189 of the school's 472 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 180 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dale R Fair Babson Park Elementary 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.
Dale R Fair Babson Park Elementary 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 472 students, Dale R Fair Babson Park Elementary 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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