MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY

MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY operates as a rural-scale primary school in LAKELAND, Florida, part of POLK. Current enrollment sits at 182 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 70% smaller than typical.

POLK comprises 163 schools with combined enrollment of 116,552 students; MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY is among them.

Looking at the student body, MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the resource side, MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Polk County's rate of about 65%.

With demographic context factored in, MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 77.6%; this one delivers 81.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,978, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

The closest other public school is POLK VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.3%.

MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location. MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY's enrollment has increased 86% since 2018, when it stood at 98 (now 182). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 60% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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