JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Set in WINTER HAVEN, Florida, JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, overseen by POLK. It serves 746 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS sits 24% larger than that benchmark.

Within POLK, which oversees 163 schools and 116,552 students, JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS reports that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 22% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 51.5%, a residual of +1.9 points.

Across the wider county, Polk County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,978, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

Nearest neighbor: JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. On composite proficiency, JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 776 (now 746). The White share of enrollment decreased from 36% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.