LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a sizable elementary school in POINCIANA, Florida, operated by POLK. The school educates 1,126 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 86% larger than that benchmark.

Within POLK, which oversees 163 schools and 116,552 students, LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% Black, 7% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household income runs about $65,978, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Polk County's 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LAKE MARION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.5 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 43% since 2018, when it stood at 785 (now 1,126). Black enrollment moved from 28% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.