DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is one of the well-populated K-5 schools in DAVENPORT, Florida, one of the schools within POLK, with 1,440 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 138% above typical.

POLK runs 163 schools in total, collectively educating 116,552 students. DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 26% White, 16% Black, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS qualify 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 55.6%; this one delivers 70.1%, a residual of +14.5 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Polk County) shows that 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%. DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

The closest other public school is DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. On composite proficiency, DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's enrollment has ticked up 30% since 2018, when it stood at 1,110 (now 1,440). The White share of enrollment fell from 39% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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