LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE

LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE is an elementary-level community of one-room-style scale in LAKELAND, Florida, one of the schools within POLK, hosting 129 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 79% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within POLK, which oversees 163 schools and 116,552 students, LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Polk County (around 65%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.5%; this one delivers 79.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Polk County put the typical household earns roughly $65,978 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), of which LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE is one.

ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 67.3%.

LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE operates from a metropolitan location. LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 26%: 102 students in 2018 compared to 129 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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