OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in LAKELAND, Florida, OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school, part of POLK. It instructs 365 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 604.

Within POLK, which oversees 163 schools and 116,552 students, OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% White, 20% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Polk County's rate of about 65%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.7%; this one delivers 48.0%.

Around the school, Polk County reports that 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%. In all, Polk County runs 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), of which OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.3%.

OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 26% since 2018, when it stood at 494 (now 365). Class-load math has grew: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.