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INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 2200 AVENUE G NW, in WINTER HAVEN, Florida, INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary-level community that serves 423 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within POLK. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 604.
INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 163 schools operated by POLK, a district that caters to 116,552 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 13% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.0%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,978 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has expanded 13%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 25% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.
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