IDEA LAKELAND

Set in LAKELAND, Florida, IDEA LAKELAND is a compact primary school, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It caters to 452 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 4,602 students; IDEA LAKELAND is among them.

In terms of who attends, IDEA LAKELAND lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 29% Black, 19% White. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 82% of students at IDEA LAKELAND qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Polk County (around 65%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,978 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IDEA LAKELAND is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

Nearest neighbor: LINCOLN AVENUE ACADEMY, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

IDEA LAKELAND operates from a downtown location. IDEA LAKELAND is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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