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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159002895
SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9400 OLD DADE CITY RD, LAKELAND, FL 33810 · (863) 853-6050 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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
18.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
425 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 | 49 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
64%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
36.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
54.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 54.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 41.7% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 523 | 81.3% | 45.3% |
| KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 453 | 78.8% | 41.4% |
| ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 490 | 76.9% | 48.4% |
| MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | 554 | 82.7% | 50.2% |
| COMBEE ACADEMY OF DESIGN AND ENGINEERING LAKELAND | 479 | 76.2% | 56.3% |
| FRED WILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEBRING | 576 | 80.2% | 46.7% |
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 SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,570 of 2,136 | #45 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #1,366 of 2,149 ▲ 392 | #31 of 86 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,903 of 2,149 ▼ 351 | #74 of 86 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #1,328 of 2,267 | #57 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,696 of 2,077 | #54 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #618 of 2,108 | #47 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #133 of 2,188 | #11 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #1,286 of 1,374 | #37 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
523
+66 (+14%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 523 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 81% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 77% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 65% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 67% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 60% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 65% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 83% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 70% (456) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in LAKELAND, Florida. Enrollment is 523 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 163 schools in POLK totals 116,552 students.
At SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of students is White, at 48%. The remaining shares are 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1 at SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 81%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Polk County is 65%.
SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 45.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 40.4%.
Polk County census figures show that the median household income is $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 172 public schools in Polk County, enrolling about 117,004 students in all.
R. CLEM CHURCHWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 2.2 miles from SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds 7 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 40.7% proficiency; SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 45.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment climbed 14% from its 2020-21 level of 457. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.1:1 to 18.0:1.
The SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
- R. CLEM CHURCHWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 662
- KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 453
- KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 742
- DR. NE ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 697
- LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.4 mi · 1,973
- LAKE GIBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL4.7 mi · 1,149
Frequently asked questions
About SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 523 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 48% White, 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.