ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY

ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY is one of the minimally staffed elementary schools in LAKELAND, Florida, overseen by POLK, with 157 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 74% leaner than the state mean of about 604.

POLK comprises 163 schools with combined enrollment of 116,552 students; ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY is among them.

Demographically, ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 36% White, 20% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Polk County's rate of about 65%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Polk County shows median household income runs about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Polk County's 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY.

The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY has remained close to its prior level, going from 157 students in 2018 to 157 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 50% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 6.3:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 in 2025.

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