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Enrollment
938
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159008768
DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY
8 W PALMETTO ST, DAVENPORT, FL 33837 · (863) 534-0500 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL938 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
632 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 92 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 164 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 154 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (154).
Student demographics
53%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
43.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 44.9% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY
DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY this school | 938 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
| LIBERTY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 914 | 66.7% | 39.6% |
| AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,072 | 67.2% | 35.8% |
| HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,103 | 67.8% | 39.9% |
| STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANTANA | 792 | 67.3% | 38.8% |
| SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 1,111 | 68.5% | 35.1% |
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 DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #1,605 of 2,136 | #50 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,896 of 2,149 ▼ 274 | #66 of 86 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #1,644 of 2,149 ▼ 281 | #52 of 86 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 938 | #255 of 2,267 | #13 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #2,062 of 2,077 | #85 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #1,240 of 2,108 | #74 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #568 of 2,188 | #53 of 88 |
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
938
+410 (+78%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 938 | 37 | 25.4:1 | 67% (632) |
| 2023-24 | 880 | 42 | 20.9:1 | 66% (582) |
| 2022-23 | 786 | 38 | 20.7:1 | 49% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 66% (351) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY.
About DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY
DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school that serves part of DAVENPORT, Florida. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 938 students. Enrollment is 55% higher than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
A total of 163 schools make up POLK, with 116,552 students enrolled.
Hispanic students account for 65% of enrollment at DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY. Other students are 20% Black and 13% White. That is higher than the 29% Hispanic share among all Polk County residents. DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 25.4 students per teacher and 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 67%. Across public schools in Polk County, the average is about the same, 65%.
DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (44.6%) and its predicted rate (47.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Polk County has about 790,694 residents, and median household income is about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Polk County number 172 and enroll about 117,004.
Nearest public school: RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 528 students at DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY; in 2024-25, 938. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. By 2024-25, the school had 25.4 students per teacher, compared with 13.5 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other schools in DAVENPORT
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,632 students
- RIDGEVIEW GLOBAL STUDIES ACADEMYCombined · 1,581 students
- HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,543 students
- DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · 1,440 students
- FOUR CORNERS UPPER SCHOOLHigh · 1,401 students
Other Davenport Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Davenport Elementary. DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 5.
- Davenport Elementary SchoolEureka, IL · 430 students
- Davenport Elementary SchoolNorristown, PA · 361 students
- Davenport ElementaryDAVENPORT, WA · 351 students
- Davenport Elementary SchoolDavenport, OK · 266 students
Nearby schools
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,632
- HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,543
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT2.0 mi · 977
- BETHUNE ACADEMY2.8 mi · 430
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 725
- SHELLEY S. BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL3.9 mi · 1,329
Frequently asked questions
About DAVENPORT ELEMENTARYHow large is DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY?
DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 938 students in grades PK-05.
Is DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY have?
DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.4:1.
What is the student diversity at DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY are roughly 13% White, 65% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY?
DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY is overseen by POLK in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.