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What's something GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
2,469
High
DISTRICT 1,012 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001985
GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH
6000 LAKELAND HIGHLANDS RD, LAKELAND, FL 33813 · (863) 648-3566 · Polk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,469 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
115 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
1,161 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 698 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 667 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 556 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 548 | 22% |
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
57.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -10.0pp 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 26 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 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.5% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH
GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH this school | 2,469 | 47.0% | 52.5% |
| DELAND HIGH SCHOOL DELAND | 2,936 | 45.4% | 57.3% |
| LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | 2,813 | 43.5% | 52.9% |
| SEBRING HIGH SCHOOL SEBRING | 1,849 | 50.4% | 47.1% |
| FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 1,853 | 46.5% | 45.8% |
| UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE CITY | 2,855 | 43.5% | 55.7% |
Matched among Florida high 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 GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #281 of 555 | #3 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #458 of 549 ▼ 182 | #6 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #251 of 559 ▼ 23 | #5 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,469 | #78 of 830 | #5 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #248 of 575 | #7 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #123 of 594 | #10 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #280 of 630 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #178 of 246 | #10 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,469
+240 (+11%) vs 2020
+34% since 2000-01, when it was 1,837
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 2,469 | 115 | 21.5:1 | 47% (1,161) |
| 2023-24 | 2,517 | 112 | 22.5:1 | 46% (1,149) |
| 2022-23 | 2,451 | 109 | 22.5:1 | 37% (907) |
| 2020-21 | 2,229 | 109 | 20.4:1 | 34% (769) |
| 2017-18 | 2,338 | 113 | 20.7:1 | 35% (808) |
| 2015-16 | 2,319 | 115 | 20.2:1 | 39% (893) |
| 2010-11 | 2,211 | 122 | 18.1:1 | 32% (717) |
| 2000-01 | 1,837 | 106 | 17.3:1 | 14% (266) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH.
About GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH
GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH is a large high school in LAKELAND, Florida, (ZIP code 33813). The school had 2,469 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Florida) has about 1,035 students.
GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH is part of POLK, where 163 schools serve 116,552 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH, at 46%. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Polk County residents are about 56% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 115 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH was 21.5:1. This ratio sits 2.0 below the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 47%. Among public schools in Polk County, the average eligibility rate is 65%.
The allk12 Grade for GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH is B-. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (52.5%) and its predicted rate (57.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
In Polk County (population about 790,694), the median household income is $65,978, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 172 public schools in Polk County, enrolling about 117,004 students in all.
The closest public school to GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH is VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 59.7% proficiency; GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH posts 52.5%.
In the federal locale system, GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment increase, from 2,229 in 2020-21 to 2,469 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 20.4:1 to 21.5:1.
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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
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- MCKEEL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGYHigh · 1,750 students
- SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMYElementary · 1,200 students
- LAKE GIBSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,149 students
Nearby schools
- VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 783
- SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 735
- HIGHLANDS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 691
- HIGHLAND CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 414
- LAKELAND HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,118
- POLK STATE LAKELAND GATEWAY TO COLLEGE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHO2.9 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH?
GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 2,469 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH serve?
GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH.
How diverse is GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH?
GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH reports a student body of 46% White, 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH?
GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH is overseen by POLK in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.