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What's one thing LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159004438
LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
610 CHARLESTON AVE S, FORT MEADE, FL 33841 · (863) 285-1133 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
467 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
58%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
45.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 45.8% |
% 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 593 | 78.8% | 43.2% |
| WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAUCHULA | 577 | 75.7% | 58.5% |
| NORTH WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAUCHULA | 516 | 76.9% | 43.5% |
| WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 609 | 80.6% | 39.4% |
| NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OKEECHOBEE | 528 | 78.8% | 45.1% |
| GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 654 | 81.2% | 44.7% |
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 LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #1,675 of 2,136 | #56 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #1,768 of 2,149 ▼ 187 | #56 of 86 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,544 of 2,149 ▲ 133 | #45 of 86 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #1,053 of 2,267 | #45 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,562 of 2,077 | #47 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #991 of 2,108 | #68 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.8% | #179 of 2,188 | #21 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #846 of 1,374 | #15 of 39 |
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
593
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+140% since 2000-01, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 593 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 79% (467) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 80% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 67% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 598 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 70% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 46 | 14.7:1 | 72% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 73% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 80% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 247 | 15 | 16.5:1 | 63% (156) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in FORT MEADE, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 593 students.
POLK runs 163 schools with a combined 116,552 students. LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
At LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 56% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 30% White, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Polk County is roughly 29% Hispanic. The diversity index for LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 17.4:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 79%. Among public schools in Polk County, the average eligibility rate is 65%.
LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of Florida public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 41.7%.
The school is in Polk County, where median household income comes to 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%. Polk County counts 172 public schools with about 117,004 students.
LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is FORT MEADE MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (about 1.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Town: Distant.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 598 in 2020-21, 593 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.2:1 in 2020-21 to 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 FORT MEADE
- FORT MEADE MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 731 students
Nearby schools
- FORT MEADE MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 731
- BOWLING GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.6 mi · 260
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND9.5 mi · 151
- POLK HALFWAY HOUSE9.5 mi · 24
- POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S CENTRAL CENTER9.6 mi · 45
- POLK COUNTY SHERIFFS REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER9.6 mi · 58
Frequently asked questions
About LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 593 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 30% White, 56% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.