ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY

Set in LAKELAND, Florida, ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY is an average-sized elementary school, overseen by POLK. It caters to 562 students across grades pre-K through 8.

POLK comprises 163 schools with combined enrollment of 116,552 students; ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY is among them.

On demographics, ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY lists that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% Hispanic, 25% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Polk County (around 65%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.6%.

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 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 ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is POLK FULL TIME ESCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 71.1%.

ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY's enrollment has declined 24% since 2018, when it stood at 741 (now 562). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 36% to 25%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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