HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in DAVENPORT, Florida, HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a substantial primary school, operated by POLK. It instructs 1,543 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 155% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

POLK comprises 163 schools with combined enrollment of 116,552 students; HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Black, 10% White. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Polk County shows median household earnings sit near $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), HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 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 HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 21%, going from 1,277 students in 2018 to 1,543 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 16% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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