CLARENCE BOSWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 2820 K VILLE AVE, in AUBURNDALE, Florida, CLARENCE BOSWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized K-5 school that educates 600 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of POLK.

POLK runs 163 schools in total, collectively educating 116,552 students. CLARENCE BOSWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, CLARENCE BOSWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 37% White, 17% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, CLARENCE BOSWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at CLARENCE BOSWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Polk County's rate of about 65%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CLARENCE BOSWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of +7.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Polk County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,978 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Polk County runs 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), of which CLARENCE BOSWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LENA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 2.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLARENCE BOSWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 14%: 526 students in 2018 compared to 600 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 37% across the same window.

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