GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 3315 KATHLEEN RD, in LAKELAND, Florida, GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that hosts 431 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by POLK. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 604.

Within POLK, which oversees 163 schools and 116,552 students, GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 36% Black, 19% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Polk County's rate of about 65%.

With demographic context factored in, GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household income runs about $65,978, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Polk County's 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 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 GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 23%: 349 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 27% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 today.

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