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Enrollment
977
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159008680
NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT
495 HOLLY HILL RD, DAVENPORT, FL 33837 · (863) 353-3005 · Polk County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL977 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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.
- DBeats 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
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
505 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 | 104 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 6% smaller than its 8th grade class (111).
Student demographics
35%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
50.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.8pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.2% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 38.4% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT
NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT this school | 977 | 51.7% | 44.7% |
| THE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WATERSTONE HOMESTEAD | 974 | 52.3% | 74.0% |
| NEPTUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 1,052 | 51.2% | 47.2% |
| JOELLA C. GOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 941 | 52.4% | 72.6% |
| HIVE PREPARATORY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 854 | 51.3% | 87.0% |
| KISSIMMEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 740 | 51.6% | 33.6% |
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 NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #1,601 of 2,136 | #49 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,491 of 2,149 ▲ 380 | #36 of 86 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #1,294 of 2,149 ▲ 420 | #36 of 86 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 977 | #216 of 2,267 | #12 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,565 of 2,077 | #48 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.0% | #1,758 of 2,108 | #84 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #1,228 of 2,188 | #76 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
977
+205 (+27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 977 | 56 | 17.4:1 | 52% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 994 | 53.5 | 18.6:1 | 46% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 874 | 43 | 20.3:1 | 37% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 16% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT.
About NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT
NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT is an elementary school located in DAVENPORT, Florida, in Polk County. A total of 977 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 62% larger than average.
NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT falls under POLK, which has 163 schools enrolling 116,552 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT, with 80% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 9% Black and 9% White. Among all residents of Polk County, the Hispanic share is about 29%. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT operates with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.4:1. That matches the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida fairly closely. About 52% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 13 points below the 65% average for public schools in Polk County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT is 10.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.7% actual, 55.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Census Bureau estimates for Polk County show that the median household income is $65,978, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 172 public schools in Polk County, enrolling about 117,004 students in all.
The shortest distance from NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. Charter status: NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT is a public charter school.
Enrollment climbed 27% from its 2020-21 level of 772.
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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
- HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,543
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 2,632
- DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 938
- BETHUNE ACADEMY2.8 mi · 430
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 725
- DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL4.1 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORTHow many students attend NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT?
NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT enrolls approximately 977 students in grades KG-08.
Is NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT an elementary, middle, or high school?
NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT have?
NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT?
At NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT, the student body is approximately 9% White, 80% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT public or private?
NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by POLK.
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