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Enrollment
815
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159008671
MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT
318 RONALD REAGAN PKWY, DAVENPORT, FL 33896 · (863) 534-0500 · Polk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL815 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
566 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 148 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (148) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
51%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
50.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -7.6pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 57.2% |
% 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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT
MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT this school | 815 | 69.4% | 56.5% |
| PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 753 | 65.3% | 38.6% |
| LIBERTY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 914 | 66.7% | 39.6% |
| THACKER AVENUE ELEMENTARY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES KISSIMMEE | 661 | 65.1% | 35.4% |
| OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 832 | 71.2% | 39.4% |
| SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 792 | 69.7% | 59.7% |
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 MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,029 of 2,136 | #24 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,144 of 2,149 ▼ 87 | #26 of 86 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #1,259 of 2,149 ▼ 464 | #32 of 86 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 815 | #434 of 2,267 | #20 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,321 of 2,077 | #34 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #1,346 of 2,108 | #78 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.4% | #479 of 2,188 | #49 of 88 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 815 | 49 | 16.6:1 | 69% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 75% (514) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 30 | 20.0:1 | 47% (281) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT.
About MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT
MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT runs as a mid-sized elementary school in DAVENPORT, Florida. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 815 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT is part of a district of 163 schools: POLK, with 116,552 students.
At MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT, 68% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 15% White, 11% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 29% Hispanic share among all Polk County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.6:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 69% at MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT.
MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of Florida public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 56.5% actual against 46.4% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Polk County show that the median household earns about $65,978 a year, 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.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe. MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT is one of the charter schools in Florida.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT. 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 DAVENPORT
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,632 students
- RIDGEVIEW GLOBAL STUDIES ACADEMYCombined · 1,581 students
- HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,543 students
- DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · 1,440 students
- FOUR CORNERS UPPER SCHOOLHigh · 1,401 students
Nearby schools
- MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 334
- LOUGHMAN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,179
- DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS1.6 mi · 1,440
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,731
- OASIS RESIDENTIAL CENTER2.8 mi · 17
- ISLAND VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 786
Frequently asked questions
About MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORTWhat is the total enrollment at MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT?
MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT enrolls approximately 815 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT serve?
MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT.
What is the student diversity at MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT?
Student demographics at MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT are roughly 15% White, 68% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT public or private?
MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.