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Enrollment
711
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159005337
SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2285 SLEEPY HILL RD, LAKELAND, FL 33810 · (863) 815-6768 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
569 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 | 58 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
68%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
42.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.0pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 47.8% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 711 | 80.0% | 45.8% |
| NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE LAKELAND | 658 | 77.5% | 30.3% |
| PHILIP O'BRIEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 625 | 80.3% | 29.7% |
| EAGLE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAGLE LAKE | 644 | 75.2% | 30.4% |
| PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL PALMETTO | 606 | 75.1% | 45.9% |
| FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | 765 | 75.8% | 62.8% |
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 SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,535 of 2,136 | #43 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #1,737 of 2,149 ▼ 239 | #53 of 86 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,694 of 2,149 ▼ 150 | #58 of 86 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 711 | #676 of 2,267 | #29 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,029 of 2,077 | #21 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #382 of 2,108 | #27 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #149 of 2,188 | #15 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #1,269 of 1,374 | #36 of 39 |
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
711
+22 (+3%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 733
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 711 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 80% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 77% (589) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 51 | 14.5:1 | 66% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 51 | 13.5:1 | 66% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 45 | 16.2:1 | 66% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 69% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 733 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 78% (575) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in Florida, located in LAKELAND. It had 711 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 163 schools: POLK, with 116,552 students.
The biggest share of students at SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 45%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 25% White, 24% Black, and 5% multiracial. In Polk County overall, about 29% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
There are about 15.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 45. The school's 15.8:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 80%. That rate is above the 65% average among public schools in Polk County.
On the allk12 Grade, SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 40% of Florida public elementary schools.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 4.7 points above predicted: 45.8% against 41.1%.
In Polk County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $65,978 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 172 public schools in the county, enrolling about 117,004, SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 36.5% proficiency; SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 45.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% gain, from 689 to 711. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 13.5:1 in 2020-21 to 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- 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
- SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 886
- GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 431
- IDEA LAKELAND2.1 mi · 452
- NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE2.3 mi · 658
- DR. NE ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 697
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,861
Frequently asked questions
About SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 711 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.8:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 25% White, 45% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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.