📍 9400 Old Dade City Rd, Lakeland, Polk County, 33810
Socrum Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lakeland, Polk County. The school has 546 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Johna Jozwiak. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 44% are proficient in maths.
Socrum Elementary School enrolls 546 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 21% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 258 | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 153 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 114 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
354 of the school's 546 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 354 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.
Socrum 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 20, state house district 39.
Socrum 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 546 students, Socrum 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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