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If you could change one rule at VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
783
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159002894
VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2900 STATE RD 540A E, LAKELAND, FL 33813 · (863) 648-3535 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL783 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
15.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
324 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 | 48 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (140).
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
67.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
76.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 76.8% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 75.4% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 783 | 41.4% | 71.8% |
| MEADOWLANE INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST MELBOURNE | 779 | 44.2% | 61.6% |
| RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL JACKSONVILLE | 814 | 45.7% | 75.9% |
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 773 | 42.0% | 55.4% |
| THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLEMING ISLAND | 756 | 40.3% | 77.9% |
| STENSTROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVIEDO | 697 | 43.0% | 73.4% |
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 VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #387 of 2,136 | #8 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #389 of 2,149 ▼ 13 | #9 of 86 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #536 of 2,149 ▼ 214 | #13 of 86 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 783 | #509 of 2,267 | #21 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #717 of 2,077 | #13 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #622 of 2,108 | #49 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #1,545 of 2,188 | #83 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #371 of 621 | #25 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
783
+44 (+6%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 1,145
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 783 | 52 | 15.1:1 | 41% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 817 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 39% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 861 | 51 | 16.9:1 | 32% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 33% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 37% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 42% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 816 | 50 | 16.3:1 | 37% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 1,145 | 58 | 19.7:1 | 17% (194) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In LAKELAND, Florida, VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 783 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 30% bigger than that mark.
The district for VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is POLK, with 163 schools and 116,552 students.
More than half of enrollment at VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 53%. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Polk County overall, the White share is about 56%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 64%.
Based on 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 15.1:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 2.4 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 41%. The average for public schools in Polk County is 65%.
On the allk12 Grade, VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 85% of Florida public elementary schools.
VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.8% is 11.4 points above the 60.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Polk County area, median household income comes to about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Polk County's 172 public schools enroll about 117,004 students and include VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st of 7 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 739 to 783, a 6% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 15.1:1.
The VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Other Valleyview Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Valleyview Elementary. VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Valleyview Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 298 students
- VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLONEONTA, NY · 263 students
Nearby schools
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH0.6 mi · 2,469
- HIGHLAND CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 414
- HIGHLANDS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 691
- SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 735
- MI ESCUELA MONTESSORI2.3 mi · 275
- SPESSARD L HOLLAND ELEMENTARY2.5 mi · 843
Frequently asked questions
About VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 783 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 53% White, 24% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by POLK in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.