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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
657
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001794
DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY
215 FREDERICK AVE, DUNDEE, FL 33838 · (863) 421-3316 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
419 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
58.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
65.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.3pp 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 66 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
657
+135 (+26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.1:1
% White
30%
was 32%
% Hispanic
49%
was 49%
% Black
17%
was 18%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY
DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in DUNDEE, Florida, run under POLK, with 657 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
POLK runs 163 schools in total, collectively educating 116,552 students. DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY is one of those campuses.
On demographics, DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 30% White, 17% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY 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 49.2%; this one delivers 64.6%, a residual of +15.4 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Polk County put median household income runs about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), of which DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY is one.
DON E WOODS OPPORTUNITY CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 42.7%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY has increased 26%, going from 522 students in 2018 to 657 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 DUNDEE
- DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMYMiddle · 725 students
- DON E WOODS OPPORTUNITY CENTERHigh · 82 students
Nearby schools
- DON E WOODS OPPORTUNITY CENTER0.2 mi · 82
- DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY1.5 mi · 725
- GARDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 652
- SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,111
- ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 780
- RIDGE TEEN PARENT PROGRAM4.1 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY?
DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 657 students in grades PK-05.
Is DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY have?
DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY?
DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY reports a student body of 30% White, 49% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY?
DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY is overseen by POLK in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.