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Enrollment
1,200
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159005341
SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY
2222 EDGEWOOD DR S, LAKELAND, FL 33803 · (863) 510-0044 · Polk County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,200 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
17.4:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
676 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 | 60 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 162 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 162 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 146 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 176 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 177 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 175 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (162) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (175).
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
78.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.5% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.8% | 81.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY
SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY this school | 1,200 | 56.3% | 80.5% |
| BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 889 | 51.0% | 60.2% |
| PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 943 | 57.8% | 51.2% |
| CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 729 | 52.9% | 58.5% |
| FREEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FREEPORT | 1,120 | 52.5% | 67.5% |
| ANTIOCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 931 | 50.4% | 69.9% |
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 SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #142 of 2,136 | #4 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #173 of 2,149 ▲ 10 | #6 of 86 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #192 of 2,149 ▼ 28 | #5 of 86 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,200 | #85 of 2,267 | #4 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,539 of 2,077 | #45 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #966 of 2,108 | #64 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #1,034 of 2,188 | #67 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #609 of 621 | #34 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
1,200
-25 (-2%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 1,135
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 1,200 | 69 | 17.4:1 | 56% (676) |
| 2023-24 | 1,199 | 65 | 18.4:1 | 49% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 1,200 | 68 | 17.6:1 | 34% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 1,225 | 67 | 18.3:1 | 29% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 1,195 | 79 | 15.1:1 | 27% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 1,165 | 69 | 16.9:1 | 21% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 1,135 | 77 | 14.7:1 | 24% (274) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY.
About SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY
SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY is a large elementary school for students in LAKELAND, Florida. It has an enrollment of 1,200 students in pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
POLK has 116,552 students spread across 163 schools.
Of every 100 students at SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY, about 60 are White. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY scores 58%.
The school's 69 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is similar, at 17.5:1. Income data for the school show 56% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 65% average for public schools in Polk County.
SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of Florida public elementary schools.
SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY is in the top 10% of Florida schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.9%. The school's actual rate is 80.5%, 27.6 points higher.
In the surrounding county, Polk County, median household income comes to about $65,978, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 172 public schools and about 117,004 students.
The closest school to SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY is OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 80.5% is above the 34.4% average for nearby schools.
SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,225) to 2024-25 (1,200).
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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 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
- LAKE GIBSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,149 students
Nearby schools
- OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 365
- CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 753
- REAL ACADEMY (REACHING EVERY ADOLESCENT LEARNER)1.4 mi · 215
- POLK GRAD ACADEMY1.4 mi · 14
- FRESH START COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 105
- CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMYHow large is SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY?
SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY enrolls approximately 1,200 students in grades PK-06.
Is SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY is approximately 17.4:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY?
At SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 60% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY in?
SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY is part of POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.