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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001780
EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY
110 LEELON RD, LAKELAND, FL 33809 · (863) 853-6044 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
379 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 | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
70%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
41.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
50.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 50.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 53.0% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY
EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY this school | 531 | 71.4% | 45.8% |
| LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE PLACID | 569 | 72.9% | 63.4% |
| JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 600 | 72.2% | 39.1% |
| GARDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 652 | 74.4% | 48.9% |
| MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEFFNER | 526 | 74.0% | 46.0% |
| W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 652 | 74.7% | 60.7% |
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 EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,538 of 2,136 | #44 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #1,549 of 2,149 ▼ 299 | #41 of 86 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #1,706 of 2,149 ▲ 13 | #59 of 86 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #1,294 of 2,267 | #54 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,297 of 2,077 | #33 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #234 of 2,108 | #9 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #408 of 2,188 | #45 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #580 of 621 | #32 of 35 |
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
531
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 1,287
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 531 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 71% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 72% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 57% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 61% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 58% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 65% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 76% (499) |
| 2000-01 | 837 | 41 | 20.4:1 | 49% (410) |
| 1990-91 | 1,287 | 57 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY.
About EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY
At 110 LEELON RD in LAKELAND, Florida, EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 531 students.
The POLK system has 163 schools and 116,552 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY is White (37%). Other students are 32% Hispanic, 26% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 56% White share among all Polk County residents. By the diversity index, EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY comes in at 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 32 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.6:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Around 71% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (45.8%) and its predicted rate (45.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Polk County, median household income is about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 172 public schools operate in Polk County, serving about 117,004 students.
The nearest public school is LAKE GIBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 0.5 miles. EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 507 in 2020-21 and 531 in 2024-25, a rise of 24 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.3:1 to 16.6:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at EDGAR L. PADGETT 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 LAKELAND
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,861 students
- MCKEEL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGYHigh · 1,750 students
- SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMYElementary · 1,200 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE GIBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,149
- LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,973
- DR. NE ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 697
- WENDELL WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 764
- NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE2.7 mi · 658
- R. CLEM CHURCHWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARYHow large is EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY?
EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-05.
Is EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY have?
EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY are roughly 37% White, 32% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY public or private?
EDGAR L. PADGETT ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.