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If you had an hour of school board time for ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001730
ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
205 15TH ST NE, WINTER HAVEN, FL 33881 · (863) 291-5364 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
400 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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
67%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
37.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
36.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 42.3% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 549 | 72.9% | 39.4% |
| ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY LAKELAND | 562 | 74.9% | 38.6% |
| VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 586 | 73.5% | 47.1% |
| GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEY WEST | 674 | 74.6% | 39.9% |
| PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 546 | 71.4% | 64.1% |
| LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 576 | 77.6% | 39.3% |
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 ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #1,840 of 2,136 | #66 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #2,012 of 2,149 ▼ 269 | #76 of 86 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #1,856 of 2,149 ▼ 322 | #70 of 86 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #1,226 of 2,267 | #50 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,829 of 2,077 | #63 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #423 of 2,108 | #29 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #352 of 2,188 | #42 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.7% | #180 of 1,374 | #4 of 39 |
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
549
-129 (-19%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 765
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 549 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 73% (400) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 32 | 18.6:1 | 72% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 62% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 678 | 49 | 13.8:1 | 64% (434) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 49 | 16.2:1 | 62% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 61% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 43 | 12.8:1 | 69% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 60% (289) |
| 1990-91 | 765 | 40 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A medium-sized elementary school in WINTER HAVEN, Florida, ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of POLK. The school serves 549 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
POLK counts 163 schools and 116,552 students, including ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 40%. After that, the student body is 36% Hispanic, 20% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Polk County, the Black share is about 15%. By the diversity index, ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 67%.
Its teaching staff equals 29 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.9:1. That ratio is over the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Around 73% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 65% average for public schools in Polk County is 8 points.
The model predicts 44.6% for a school in Florida with ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 39.4%.
Polk County census figures show that median household income is about $65,978, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 172 public schools operate in Polk County, serving about 117,004 students.
The closest public school to ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is CHAIN OF LAKES COLLEGIATE HIGH, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 678 students in 2020-21 and 549 in 2024-25, a 19% decrease. The ratio was 13.8:1 in 2020-21 and 18.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 WINTER HAVEN
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- CHAIN OF LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,007 students
- NEW BEGINNINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 997 students
- FRED G. GARNER ACADEMYElementary · 817 students
- JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · 746 students
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 712 students
Other Elbert Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Elbert Elementary. ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Elbert Elementary SchoolELBERT, CO · 141 students
Nearby schools
- CHAIN OF LAKES COLLEGIATE HIGH0.8 mi · 340
- FRANK E. BRIGHAM ACADEMY0.9 mi · 547
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,648
- DENISON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 684
- LANGUAGE & LITERACY ACADEMY FOR LEARNING1.3 mi · 332
- JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET1.8 mi · 566
Frequently asked questions
About ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 20% White, 36% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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.