📍 411 Florida Ave N, Lakeland, Polk County, 33801
McKeel Academy Central is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lakeland, Polk County. The school has 610 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. 76% of students are proficient in reading. 80% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
McKeel Academy Central enrolls 610 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 385 | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 124 | 20% |
| Black or African American | 63 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 13 | 2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
236 of the school's 610 students (39%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 205 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
McKeel Academy Central is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 22, state house district 40.
McKeel Academy Central 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 610 students, McKeel Academy Central is close to the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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