ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in ZOLFO SPRINGS, Florida, ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment K-5 school, one of the schools within HARDEE. It educates 512 students across grades pre-K through 5.

ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 schools operated by HARDEE, a district that educates 4,547 students overall.

Demographically, ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 37% White. By comparison, Hardee County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 48.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Hardee County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,489 per year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Across Hardee County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,547 students), ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HARDEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.8 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 13%, going from 587 students in 2018 to 512 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 32% to 37% over that span.

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