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What's the most underrated thing about DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001779
DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY
815 SCENIC HWY N, BABSON PARK, FL 33827 · (863) 678-4664 · Polk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
209 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
46%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
58.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
64.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.3% | 64.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 65.5% |
% 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY
DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY this school | 453 | 46.1% | 62.3% |
| KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 405 | 44.9% | 70.7% |
| CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCOA | 431 | 49.9% | 61.6% |
| DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 524 | 46.4% | 57.2% |
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FERNANDINA BEACH | 591 | 46.4% | N/A |
| LULA J. EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NICEVILLE | 501 | 46.5% | 70.5% |
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 DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #759 of 2,136 | #16 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #895 of 2,149 ▼ 167 | #17 of 86 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #909 of 2,149 ▼ 314 | #19 of 86 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #1,598 of 2,267 | #66 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #964 of 2,077 | #19 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #1,527 of 2,108 | #83 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #1,414 of 2,188 | #82 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #1,226 of 1,374 | #34 of 39 |
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
453
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 453 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 46% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 41% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 40% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 37% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 45% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 46% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 56% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 52% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 22 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY.
About DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY
Federal records list DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY as an elementary school in BABSON PARK, Florida. It reported 453 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 25% below average.
DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY is a school in POLK. The district has 163 schools and 116,552 students.
At DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY, 70% of students are White. The school is also 21% Hispanic and 7% Black. That is higher than the 56% White share among all Polk County residents. The diversity index for DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 29 full-time-equivalent teachers at DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY, giving a ratio of 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. A total of 209 students, or 46%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 65% average among public schools in Polk County.
On the allk12 Grade, DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY lands at B, ahead of 62% of Florida public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 58.0% at DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.3%.
For Polk County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $65,978, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 172 public schools and about 117,004 students.
BOK ACADEMY is about 4.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area. DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY is a publicly funded charter school.
From 465 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 453 by 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- BOK ACADEMY4.0 mi · 640
- FROSTPROOF BEN HILL GRIFFIN JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 853
- FROSTPROOF MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH5.0 mi · 998
- HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.0 mi · 667
- MCLAUGHLIN ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE5.2 mi · 758
- POLK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARYHow many students attend DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY?
DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 453 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY serve?
DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY have?
DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY?
DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 70% White, 21% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY public or private?
DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.