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Which teacher or staff member at NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
658
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001716
NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE
410 ROBSON ST W, LAKELAND, FL 33805 · (863) 499-2850 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Florida public elementary schools
- FTest 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
17.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
510 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 | 12 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
66%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
26.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
30.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 36.0% |
% 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE
NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE this school | 658 | 77.5% | 30.3% |
| SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 711 | 80.0% | 45.8% |
| PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL PALMETTO | 606 | 75.1% | 45.9% |
| JAMES TILLMAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL PALMETTO | 614 | 73.1% | 56.0% |
| PHILIP O'BRIEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 625 | 80.3% | 29.7% |
| EAGLE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAGLE LAKE | 644 | 75.2% | 30.4% |
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 NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #2,073 of 2,136 | #83 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #2,101 of 2,149 ▼ 153 | #84 of 86 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #2,101 of 2,149 ▼ 147 | #86 of 86 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #842 of 2,267 | #36 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,516 of 2,077 | #43 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #469 of 2,108 | #33 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #220 of 2,188 | #28 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #1,320 of 1,374 | #39 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
658
+27 (+4%) vs 2020
+68% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 658 | 38 | 17.3:1 | 78% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 79% (504) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 61% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | 42 | 15.0:1 | 67% (422) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 64% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 66% (498) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 55 | 13.5:1 | 80% (593) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 65% (489) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 34 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE.
About NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE
NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in LAKELAND, Florida. A federal count lists 658 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 163 schools in POLK totals 116,552 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE, 46% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 28% Black, 21% White, and 4% multiracial. In Polk County overall, about 29% of residents are Hispanic. NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 38 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.3:1. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 78%. For comparison, public schools in Polk County average 65%.
NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.3%; the prediction is 42.3%.
Federal survey data for Polk County show that median household income is about $65,978, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 172 public schools operate in Polk County, serving about 117,004 students.
The next-closest public school is ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY, about 1.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE. Among its closest neighbors with test data, NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Federal data place NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 658, 4% above the 631 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 17.3:1, from 15.0:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 LAKELAND
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,861 students
- MCKEEL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGYHigh · 1,750 students
- SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMYElementary · 1,200 students
Nearby schools
- ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY1.1 mi · 157
- ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS1.3 mi · 762
- LINCOLN AVENUE ACADEMY1.5 mi · 512
- IDEA LAKELAND1.6 mi · 452
- SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 886
- LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE2.1 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICEWhat is the total enrollment at NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE?
NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE enrolls approximately 658 students in grades PK-05.
Is NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE an elementary, middle, or high school?
NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE.
How diverse is NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE?
NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE reports a student body of 21% White, 46% Hispanic, 28% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE public or private?
NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE is a public K-12 school, overseen by POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.