ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in LAKELAND, Florida, overseen by POLK. The school teaches 762 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 26% above typical.

ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is one of 163 schools operated by POLK, a district that teaches 116,552 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS logs that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 33% Black, 25% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 56% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +9.7 points.

Around the school, Polk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,978 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Polk County runs 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), of which ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is one.

Nearest neighbor: LINCOLN AVENUE ACADEMY, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. On composite proficiency, ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 849 (now 762). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 46% to 33%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.