LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 7007 SOCRUM LOOP RD N, in LAKELAND, Florida, LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a well-populated 9-12 campus that teaches 1,973 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by POLK. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 91% above that benchmark.

Within POLK, which oversees 163 schools and 116,552 students, LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Hispanic, 22% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 56% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.9%, the actual is 41.9%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Polk County put median household earnings sit near $65,978, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

LAKE GIBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 9%: 1,816 students in 2018 compared to 1,973 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 25% to 34%.

Inside the community feed, the feed for LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.