FROSTPROOF BEN HILL GRIFFIN JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FROSTPROOF BEN HILL GRIFFIN JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized primary school in FROSTPROOF, Florida, run under POLK. The school hosts 853 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 41% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 163 schools in POLK (116,552 students total), FROSTPROOF BEN HILL GRIFFIN JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, FROSTPROOF BEN HILL GRIFFIN JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% White, 9% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Polk County's rate of about 65%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FROSTPROOF BEN HILL GRIFFIN JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.6%; this one delivers 47.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Polk County runs 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), of which FROSTPROOF BEN HILL GRIFFIN JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FROSTPROOF MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FROSTPROOF BEN HILL GRIFFIN JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FROSTPROOF BEN HILL GRIFFIN JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 103%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 853 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

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