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.