POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in POLK CITY, Florida, operated by POLK, with 545 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

POLK runs 163 schools in total, collectively educating 116,552 students. POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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, POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.3%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of -1.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate 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 POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is POLK PRE-COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, roughly 2.7 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 502 (now 545). White enrollment moved from 73% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the POLK CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.