CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY

CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY is one of the substantial elementary-level communitys in DAVENPORT, Florida, overseen by POLK, with 1,108 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY sits 83% larger than that benchmark.

CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY is one of 163 schools operated by POLK, a district that enrolls 116,552 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY records that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black, 17% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 51.5%; this one comes in at 36.5%, -15.1 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household income runs about $65,978, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF POLK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 41%: 1,879 students in 2018 compared to 1,108 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 28% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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