PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in EAGLE LAKE, Florida, PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized primary school, run under POLK. It educates 740 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% larger than the state mean of about 604.

Across the 163 schools in POLK (116,552 students total), PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 29% White, 26% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.6%, the actual is 46.9%, a residual of +2.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Polk County) records that median household income runs about $65,978, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

The closest other public school is LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 18% since 2018, when it stood at 629 (now 740). The White share of enrollment contracted from 40% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.