POLK
Key statistics
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
Students
By grade
- Pre-K 2,727
- Kindergarten 7,783
- Grade 1 7,947
- Grade 2 8,108
- Grade 3 9,078
- Grade 4 8,156
- Grade 5 8,479
- Grade 6 7,351
- Grade 7 8,103
- Grade 8 8,843
- Grade 9 9,468
- Grade 10 9,106
- Grade 11 8,471
- Grade 12 7,752
By race/ethnicity
- Hispanic/Latino 43%
- White 30%
- Black or African American 21%
- Two or more races 3%
- Asian 2%
- American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.
Free and reduced-price lunch
- Free lunch 64%
- Reduced-price lunch <1%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.
Spending and revenue
Spending per student
- Instruction $7,619
- Support services $4,131
- Other (food service, etc.) $697
Where the money comes from
- Local 37%
- State 44%
- Federal 19%
Total revenue $1.6 billiontotal spending $1.6 billion
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.
District details
Grades served
PK to 12
Locale (NCES)
Suburb: LargeStudents: 61% suburb, 20% city, 11% rural, 8% town
Total staff (FTE)
13,690
District office
1915 S FLORAL AVE, Bartow FL 33830
Phone
County
Polk County
Official website
NCES District ID
1201590
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About POLK
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