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Enrollment
1,543
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159007399
HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1700 FOREST LAKE DR, DAVENPORT, FL 33837 · (863) 419-3430 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,543 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
988 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 61 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 207 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 233 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 226 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 314 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 227 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 275 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (207) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (275).
Student demographics
54%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
36.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 36.4% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,543 | 64.0% | 36.0% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 1,402 | 65.7% | 37.7% |
| SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,456 | 68.5% | 36.8% |
| MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,237 | 65.0% | 52.1% |
| VETERANS PARK ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS LEHIGH ACRES | 1,937 | 60.1% | 48.5% |
| LEHIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,207 | 65.9% | 39.9% |
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 HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,949 of 2,136 | #76 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,885 of 2,149 ▲ 52 | #65 of 86 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #1,898 of 2,149 ▲ 21 | #72 of 86 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,543 | #24 of 2,267 | #1 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,880 of 2,077 | #67 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #1,181 of 2,108 | #72 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.0% | #737 of 2,188 | #58 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.8% | #191 of 621 | #11 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
1,543
+548 (+55%) vs 2020
+98% since 2010-11, when it was 781
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 1,543 | 80 | 19.3:1 | 64% (988) |
| 2023-24 | 1,500 | 90 | 16.7:1 | 64% (957) |
| 2022-23 | 1,468 | 83 | 17.7:1 | 42% (620) |
| 2020-21 | 995 | 75 | 13.3:1 | 62% (617) |
| 2017-18 | 1,277 | 84 | 15.2:1 | 56% (718) |
| 2015-16 | 1,378 | 82 | 16.8:1 | 65% (895) |
| 2010-11 | 781 | 55 | 14.2:1 | 85% (661) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a large elementary school in DAVENPORT, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 1,543 students. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 155% larger than average.
POLK has a total of 163 schools and 116,552 students, HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
About 63% of the student body at HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic. Other groups include 24% Black and 10% White. By comparison, Polk County residents are about 29% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 19.3:1, based on 80 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Polk County average a similar 65%.
HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.0% and a predicted 49.1%.
The school is in Polk County, where the median household earns about $65,978 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Polk County, 172 public schools serve about 117,004 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT, is about 0.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 995 in 2020-21 and 1,543 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.3:1) than in 2020-21 (13.3:1).
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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
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,105 students
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,632 students
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- BARTOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,276 students
Other schools in DAVENPORT
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,632 students
- RIDGEVIEW GLOBAL STUDIES ACADEMYCombined · 1,581 students
- DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · 1,440 students
- FOUR CORNERS UPPER SCHOOLHigh · 1,401 students
- LOUGHMAN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,179 students
Other Horizons Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Horizons Elementary. HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Horizons ElementaryLacey, WA · 580 students
- Horizons ElementaryAppleton, WI · 264 students
- Horizons ElementaryLenoir, NC · 29 students
Nearby schools
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT0.4 mi · 977
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,632
- DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 938
- BETHUNE ACADEMY3.1 mi · 430
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 725
- DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL4.4 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,543 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the student diversity at HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 10% White, 63% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of POLK.
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