SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in LAKELAND, Florida, one of the schools within POLK, with 735 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 22% above that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Polk County's rate of about 65%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.6%; this one delivers 60.6%.

In the surrounding community, Polk County reports that 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 SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LAKELAND HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 55.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 838 (now 735). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 55% to 51%.

On the community side, the feed for SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.