📍 2222 Edgewood Dr S, Lakeland, Polk County, 33803
South McKeel Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lakeland, Polk County. The school has 1,200 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michelle Poppell. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. It operates as a public charter school. 74% of students are proficient in reading. 74% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South McKeel Academy enrolls 1,200 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 68 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 744 | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 223 | 19% |
| Black or African American | 108 | 9% |
| Asian | 72 | 6% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 4.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
405 of the school's 1,200 students (34%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 338 qualify for free lunch and 67 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.
South McKeel Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. 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.
South McKeel Academy 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 1,200 students, South McKeel Academy is larger than 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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