CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in LAKELAND, Florida, overseen by POLK, instructing 374 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 38% leaner than typical.

Within POLK, which oversees 163 schools and 116,552 students, CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 56% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.1%; this one delivers 68.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Polk County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,978 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

Nearest neighbor: SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 374). White enrollment moved from 52% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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