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What advice would you give to incoming students at LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,059
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001735
LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
550 CUMMINGS ST E, LAKE ALFRED, FL 33850 · (863) 295-5985 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,059 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
688 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 | 32 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 157 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 201 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 185 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 194 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (157) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (194).
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
44.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
50.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 50.6% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,059 | 65.0% | 48.0% |
| HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL KEY WEST | 1,011 | 60.8% | 39.4% |
| SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 1,111 | 68.5% | 35.1% |
| MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 1,196 | 65.6% | 39.5% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 1,402 | 65.7% | 37.7% |
| WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,056 | 61.9% | 54.2% |
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 LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,425 of 2,136 | #35 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,542 of 2,149 ▼ 184 | #39 of 86 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #1,589 of 2,149 ▼ 218 | #48 of 86 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,059 | #163 of 2,267 | #9 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,826 of 2,077 | #62 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #515 of 2,108 | #37 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.0% | #688 of 2,188 | #55 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +67.6% | #34 of 621 | #2 of 35 |
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
1,059
+437 (+70%) vs 2020
+74% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 1,059 | 56 | 18.9:1 | 65% (688) |
| 2023-24 | 880 | 50 | 17.6:1 | 68% (595) |
| 2022-23 | 821 | 41 | 20.0:1 | 49% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 59% (368) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 62% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 64% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 81% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 567 | 30 | 18.9:1 | 69% (393) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 31 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school in LAKE ALFRED, Florida. It educates 1,059 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within POLK, which has 163 schools and 116,552 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic (48%). Other students are 28% Black, 19% White, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 29% Hispanic share among all Polk County residents. LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 56 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 18.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, lower than at this school. Around 65% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Polk County, the average is about the same, 65%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Polk County, median household income is about $65,978, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 172 public schools in Polk County.
The nearest public school is LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY, at about 1.2 miles. LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 52.4% proficiency; LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 48.0%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 622 students at LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; in 2024-25, 1,059. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.9:1, from 15.6:1.
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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 LAKE ALFRED
- DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF LAKE ALFREDMiddle · 1,039 students
- DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 898 students
- LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMYMiddle · 734 students
- KAREN M. SIEGEL ACADEMYCombined · 175 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY1.2 mi · 734
- KAREN M. SIEGEL ACADEMY1.3 mi · 175
- DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF LAKE ALFRED1.4 mi · 1,039
- DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 898
- HARTRIDGE ACADEMY2.0 mi · 200
- NEW BEGINNINGS HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 997
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,059 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
How diverse is LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 19% White, 48% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE ALFRED 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.