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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001733
LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
250 CAMELLIA DR, WINTER HAVEN, FL 33880 · (863) 291-5384 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
447 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
71%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
34.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 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 down about 5 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 | 34.1% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 44.5% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 576 | 77.6% | 39.3% |
| S BRYAN JENNINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 492 | 79.9% | 57.0% |
| ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY LAKELAND | 562 | 74.9% | 38.6% |
| MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AVON PARK | 466 | 76.8% | 49.4% |
| VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 586 | 73.5% | 47.1% |
| ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 549 | 72.9% | 39.4% |
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 LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #1,847 of 2,136 | #67 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #1,863 of 2,149 ▼ 214 | #61 of 86 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #1,973 of 2,149 ▼ 291 | #79 of 86 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #1,114 of 2,267 | #47 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,973 of 2,077 | #75 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #161 of 2,108 | #4 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #218 of 2,188 | #27 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.2% | #258 of 621 | #16 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
576
+74 (+15%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 839
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 576 | 28 | 20.6:1 | 78% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 26 | 23.9:1 | 79% (489) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 30 | 20.9:1 | 60% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 64% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 65% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 67% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 80% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 62% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 839 | 42 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in WINTER HAVEN, Florida, under POLK. The school counted 576 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 163 schools in POLK, which enrolls 116,552 students in total.
At LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Black students make up the biggest share, 35%. Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 24% White, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 15% of Polk County residents are Black. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 20.6 students per teacher, from 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 20.6:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Lunch program data show 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. 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, LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 39.3%. Predicted: 42.3%.
In Polk County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $65,978 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Polk County has 172 public schools.
The closest school to LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 1.1 miles away. LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 39.3% compares with 39.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 576, compared with 502 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.6:1) than in 2020-21 (16.2:1).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 WINTER HAVEN
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- CHAIN OF LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,007 students
- NEW BEGINNINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 997 students
- FRED G. GARNER ACADEMYElementary · 817 students
- JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · 746 students
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 712 students
Nearby schools
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 740
- LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,568
- JOHN SNIVELY ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 396
- EAGLE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 644
- CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI1.9 mi · 317
- INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 576 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 24% White, 33% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE SHIPP 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.