HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND

Located at 1909 FLORAL AVE S, in BARTOW, Florida, HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND is an intimate all-grades campus that teaches 151 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under POLK. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 353 students each, so HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND sits 57% leaner than that benchmark.

HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND is one of 163 schools operated by POLK, a district that instructs 116,552 students overall.

On the student-mix side, HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 36% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 75.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Polk County) records that median household income runs about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Polk County's 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FLORAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND's enrollment has expanded 57% since 2018, when it stood at 96 (now 151). White enrollment moved from 49% to 44% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.