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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001769
GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3315 KATHLEEN RD, LAKELAND, FL 33810 · (863) 853-6020 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
348 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
68%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
35.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
46.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.1% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 44.5% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 431 | 80.7% | 43.4% |
| JANIE HOWARD WILSON SCHOOL LAKE WALES | 462 | 78.1% | 37.3% |
| CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 437 | 79.9% | 28.1% |
| IDEA LAKELAND LAKELAND | 452 | 81.9% | N/A |
| BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALMETTO | 452 | 79.6% | 40.8% |
| MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AVON PARK | 466 | 76.8% | 49.4% |
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 GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #1,667 of 2,136 | #54 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #1,708 of 2,149 ▼ 55 | #49 of 86 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #1,947 of 2,149 ▼ 176 | #77 of 86 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #1,673 of 2,267 | #70 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,035 of 2,077 | #83 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #356 of 2,108 | #24 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #140 of 2,188 | #13 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.5% | #163 of 621 | #10 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
431
+95 (+28%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 431 | 19 | 22.7:1 | 81% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 80% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 65% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 74% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 68% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 77% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 85% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 74% (416) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 23 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in Florida, with an address in LAKELAND. It educates 431 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
POLK oversees GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 162 other schools, with 116,552 students in total.
The most common group at GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 39%. It is also 36% Black, 19% White, and 5% multiracial. Polk County's residents are about 29% Hispanic, 10 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 19 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 22.7:1. That is 5.2 students per teacher above the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 81%. The gap from the 65% average for public schools in Polk County is 16 points.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 40.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Polk County show that the median household income is $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 172 public schools in the county.
SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is located about 0.6 miles from GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 95 more students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (22.7:1) than in 2020-21 (12.0:1).
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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
Related schools
Other schools in POLK
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- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
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Other schools in LAKELAND
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- LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,861 students
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Other Griffin Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Griffin Elementary. GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 6.
- GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCOOPER CITY, FL · 556 students
- Griffin Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 782 students
- Griffin Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 717 students
- Griffin Elementary SchoolTYLER, TX · 649 students
- Griffin Elementary SchoolGRAND HAVEN, MI · 308 students
Nearby schools
- SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 886
- SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 711
- IDEA LAKELAND1.6 mi · 452
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,861
- NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE2.1 mi · 658
- WINSTON ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING2.4 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 431 students in grades PK-05.
Is GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 19% White, 39% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by POLK in Polk County.
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