WAHNETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WAHNETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a tight-knit K-5 school in WINTER HAVEN, Florida, operated by POLK, teaches 491 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, WAHNETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 9% White, 4% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the income-and-resources front, WAHNETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WAHNETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 43.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household income runs about $65,978, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Polk County's 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), WAHNETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

JOHN SNIVELY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WAHNETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.4%.

WAHNETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 12%: 439 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.