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Enrollment
780
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001722
ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
801 SCENIC HWY S, HAINES CITY, FL 33844 · (863) 421-3235 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL780 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
553 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 154 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
34.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.2% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 39.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 780 | 70.9% | 34.6% |
| RUSKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSKIN | 838 | 71.5% | 31.2% |
| CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING KISSIMMEE | 729 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
| STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANTANA | 792 | 67.3% | 38.8% |
| KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 714 | 68.8% | 36.2% |
| FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 731 | 74.6% | 38.4% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,994 of 2,136 | #81 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #2,018 of 2,149 ▼ 190 | #77 of 86 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,968 of 2,149 ▼ 82 | #78 of 86 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 780 | #515 of 2,267 | #22 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,523 of 2,077 | #44 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #1,246 of 2,108 | #75 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #428 of 2,188 | #47 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #398 of 621 | #27 of 35 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
780
+79 (+11%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 780 | 45 | 17.3:1 | 71% (553) |
| 2023-24 | 760 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 75% (568) |
| 2022-23 | 769 | 45 | 17.1:1 | 60% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 42 | 16.7:1 | 70% (490) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 47 | 15.5:1 | 68% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 832 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 78% (647) |
| 2010-11 | 867 | 63 | 13.8:1 | 87% (752) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 86% (620) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 26 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in HAINES CITY, Florida, under POLK. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 780 students. That is 29% bigger than the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
The district for ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is POLK, with 163 schools and 116,552 students.
Hispanic students are 63% of those enrolled at ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 24% Black and 10% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Polk County's population at about 29%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
There are 45 full-time-equivalent teachers at ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 17.3:1. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. By family income, 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of Florida public elementary schools.
Test results at ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 11.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (34.6% actual, 45.6% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Polk County show that the median household earns about $65,978 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Polk County, 172 public schools serve about 117,004 students.
About 1.2 miles separate ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 780, compared with 701 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
790,694
Census ACS
Median income
$65,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
172
117,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POLK
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,105 students
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,632 students
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- BARTOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,276 students
Other schools in HAINES CITY
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,105 students
- SHELLEY S. BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,329 students
- SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,111 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 725 students
- DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 506 students
- BETHUNE ACADEMYElementary · 430 students
Other Alta Vista Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Alta Vista Elementary. ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 9.
- ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSARASOTA, FL · 453 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryLos Gatos, CA · 584 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 547 students
- Alta Vista Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 531 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryPorterville, CA · 531 students
Nearby schools
- DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 506
- SHELLEY S. BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,329
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 3,105
- RIDGE TECHNICAL ACADEMY1.9 mi · 103
- RIDGE TEEN PARENT PROGRAM1.9 mi · 11
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 725
Frequently asked questions
About ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 780 students in grades PK-05.
Is ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 10% White, 63% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.