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Enrollment
1,111
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159004436
SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1801 TYNER RD, HAINES CITY, FL 33844 · (863) 419-3166 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,111 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 7% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
761 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 168 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 194 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 180 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 211 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (168) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (211).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
39.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
32.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 39.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 →
Schools most like SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,111 | 68.5% | 35.1% |
| AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,072 | 67.2% | 35.8% |
| HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,103 | 67.8% | 39.9% |
| DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY DAVENPORT | 938 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
| MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,237 | 65.0% | 52.1% |
| BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 1,185 | 68.6% | 35.7% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #1,979 of 2,136 | #80 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #2,070 of 2,149 ▼ 238 | #81 of 86 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #1,784 of 2,149 ▲ 68 | #64 of 86 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,111 | #126 of 2,267 | #7 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,814 of 2,077 | #60 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #985 of 2,108 | #67 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.5% | #521 of 2,188 | #52 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.9% | #221 of 621 | #14 of 35 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,111
+254 (+30%) vs 2020
+67% since 2000-01, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,111 | 59 | 18.8:1 | 68% (761) |
| 2023-24 | 1,017 | 62 | 16.4:1 | 73% (741) |
| 2022-23 | 991 | 60 | 16.5:1 | 55% (541) |
| 2020-21 | 857 | 57 | 15.0:1 | 67% (573) |
| 2017-18 | 942 | 62 | 15.2:1 | 61% (578) |
| 2015-16 | 930 | 54 | 17.2:1 | 66% (617) |
| 2010-11 | 675 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 83% (558) |
| 2000-01 | 666 | 32 | 20.8:1 | 78% (521) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in HAINES CITY, Florida, according to federal school records. It enrolls 1,111 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 84% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run by POLK, whose 163 schools enroll 116,552 students.
More than half of enrollment at SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic: 59%. Enrollment also includes 22% Black, 15% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 30 points above the 29% share among Polk County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1, with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 7% of Florida public elementary schools.
A school with SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 46.8%. SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 35.1%, 11.7 points below that line.
In Polk County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $65,978, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 172 public schools and about 117,004 students.
DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY, about 2.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 857 (2020-21) to 1,111 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.8:1.
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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 HAINES CITY
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,105 students
- SHELLEY S. BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,329 students
- ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 780 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 725 students
- DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 506 students
- BETHUNE ACADEMYElementary · 430 students
Other Sandhill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sandhill Elementary. SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Sandhill ElementaryStoughton, WI · 411 students
Nearby schools
- DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY2.8 mi · 725
- LAKE MARION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,013
- DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY3.7 mi · 657
- DON E WOODS OPPORTUNITY CENTER3.7 mi · 82
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.8 mi · 3,105
- ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 780
Frequently asked questions
About SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,111 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the student diversity at SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 15% White, 59% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.