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What's one thing ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159003927
ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY
510 HARTSELL AVE, LAKELAND, FL 33815 · (863) 499-2870 · Polk County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
421 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
45.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
562
-179 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 14.8:1
% White
25%
was 36%
% Hispanic
29%
was 24%
% Black
41%
was 35%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On the community side, the feed for ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
790,694
Census ACS
Median income
$65,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
172
117,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POLK
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,105 students
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,632 students
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- BARTOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,276 students
Other schools in LAKELAND
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,861 students
- MCKEEL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGYHigh · 1,750 students
- SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMYElementary · 1,200 students
Nearby schools
- POLK FULL TIME ESCHOOL0.4 mi · 429
- POLK VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM0.4 mi · 17
- MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY0.5 mi · 182
- LAWTON CHILES MIDDLE ACADEMY0.8 mi · 704
- MCKEEL ACADEMY CENTRAL0.9 mi · 610
- DIXIELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY?
ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 562 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY serve?
ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY.
What is the student diversity at ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY?
Student demographics at ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY are roughly 25% White, 29% Hispanic, 41% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY public or private?
ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY is a public K-12 school, overseen by POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.