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Enrollment
1,126
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159006951
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1851 LAUREL AVE, POINCIANA, FL 34759 · (863) 427-1375 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,126 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
880 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 | 71 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 164 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 165 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 181 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 185 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 187 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 173 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (164) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (173).
Student demographics
59%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
46.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
48.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.6% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 40.5% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,126 | 78.2% | 43.8% |
| DR CARTER G WOODSON K-8 SCHOOL TAMPA | 990 | 71.5% | 29.3% |
| FRED G. GARNER ACADEMY WINTER HAVEN | 817 | 77.8% | 45.1% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OSCEOLA COUNTY KISSIMMEE | 837 | 83.0% | 36.3% |
| NORTHBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 728 | 73.5% | 62.0% |
| NORTHPORT K-8 SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,206 | 71.7% | 46.8% |
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 LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #1,650 of 2,136 | #53 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #1,620 of 2,149 ▲ 187 | #42 of 86 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,468 of 2,149 ▲ 10 | #40 of 86 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,126 | #122 of 2,267 | #6 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,968 of 2,077 | #73 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #930 of 2,108 | #63 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.2% | #197 of 2,188 | #22 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.4% | #71 of 621 | #4 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
1,126
+277 (+33%) vs 2020
+119% since 2010-11, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 1,126 | 55 | 20.5:1 | 78% (880) |
| 2023-24 | 1,049 | 60 | 17.5:1 | 75% (784) |
| 2022-23 | 1,058 | 58 | 18.2:1 | 50% (533) |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 49 | 17.3:1 | 71% (605) |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 70% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 811 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 77% (625) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 85% (436) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in POINCIANA, Florida, is LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school had 1,126 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 86% bigger than that.
POLK has 116,552 students in 163 schools, and LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic (47%). Smaller groups are 42% Black and 7% White. For comparison, the population of Polk County is roughly 29% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Staffing totals 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1. That ratio is over the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 78%. Compared with the 65% average for public schools in Polk County, the school's rate is higher.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.0% for LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 43.8%, 1.8 points above the prediction.
Across Polk County, median household income is about $65,978, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Polk County number 172 and enroll about 117,004.
LAKE MARION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.5 miles away. LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 4 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 40.5% on proficiency, and LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 43.8%.
For locale, NCES codes LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Fringe.
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL saw enrollment rise 33% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 17.3 to 20.5 over 4 years.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 POINCIANA
- LAKE MARION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,013 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
Other Laurel Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 10 states are named Laurel Elementary. LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 16.
- Laurel Elementary SchoolLaurel, DE · 1,145 students
- Laurel ElementaryAtherton, CA · 658 students
- Laurel Elementary SchoolNew Castle, PA · 503 students
- Laurel ElementaryOakland, CA · 473 students
- Laurel ElementaryLaurel, MD · 472 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE MARION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,013
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 479
- CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING3.2 mi · 729
- SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.0 mi · 1,111
- NEW DIMENSIONS HIGH SCHOOL5.1 mi · 445
- KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 714
Frequently asked questions
About LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,126 students in grades PK-05.
Is LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 20.5:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 47% Hispanic, 42% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAUREL 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.