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Alumni: what's one memory from KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001768
KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3515 SHERETZ RD, LAKELAND, FL 33810 · (863) 853-6030 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
357 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 | 60 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
66%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
40.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 44.4% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 453 | 78.8% | 41.4% |
| ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 490 | 76.9% | 48.4% |
| COMBEE ACADEMY OF DESIGN AND ENGINEERING LAKELAND | 479 | 76.2% | 56.3% |
| SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 523 | 81.3% | 45.3% |
| GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 393 | 75.6% | 35.2% |
| SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 376 | 77.7% | 54.4% |
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 KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,752 of 2,136 | #61 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #1,864 of 2,149 ▼ 204 | #62 of 86 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,748 of 2,149 ▼ 95 | #62 of 86 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #1,597 of 2,267 | #65 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #963 of 2,077 | #18 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #500 of 2,108 | #34 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.8% | #176 of 2,188 | #20 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #616 of 1,374 | #10 of 39 |
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
453
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 894
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 453 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 79% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 81% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 63% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 33 | 13.5:1 | 72% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 66% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 70% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 80% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 37 | 19.4:1 | 58% (419) |
| 1990-91 | 894 | 44 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in LAKELAND, Florida. The school enrolls 453 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
The 163 schools in POLK enroll 116,552 students altogether, KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, with 42% of students. The next largest groups are 35% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's White share is 13 points below the 56% share among Polk County residents. The diversity index for KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 29 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. The school's 15.6:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 79%. The rate at public schools in Polk County averages 65%, lower than here.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 41.4%. Predicted: 41.7%.
The county, Polk County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $65,978 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Polk County has 172 public schools with about 117,004 students, including KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 446 in 2020-21, 453 in 2024-25. The ratio was 13.5:1 in 2020-21 and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 LAKELAND
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,861 students
- MCKEEL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGYHigh · 1,750 students
- SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMYElementary · 1,200 students
Nearby schools
- KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 742
- DR. NE ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 697
- R. CLEM CHURCHWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 662
- SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 711
- SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 886
- SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 42% White, 35% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by POLK in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.