LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment primary school in LAKE ALFRED, Florida, one of the schools within POLK. Current enrollment sits at 1,059 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 75% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 163 schools in POLK (116,552 students total), LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 28% Black, 19% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the resource side, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household income runs about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

Nearest neighbor: LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 68%, going from 632 students in 2018 to 1,059 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 33% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.