CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI

CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI is an elementary school of close-knit scale in WINTER HAVEN, Florida, part of POLK, enrolling 317 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 48% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

POLK comprises 163 schools with combined enrollment of 116,552 students; CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI is among them.

In terms of who attends, CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI shows that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household income runs about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Polk County runs 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), of which CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI is one.

The closest other public school is LANGUAGE & LITERACY ACADEMY FOR LEARNING, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI has edged up 101%, going from 158 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 70% to 51%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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