SPOOK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SPOOK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary campus in LAKE WALES, Florida, run under POLK, hosts 574 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, SPOOK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 35% White, 25% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SPOOK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Polk County's rate of about 65%.

After controlling for student poverty, SPOOK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 40.2%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Polk County) logs that median household income runs about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Polk County's 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), SPOOK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

EDWARD W BOK ACADEMY NORTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SPOOK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SPOOK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 12%, going from 650 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 30% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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