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POLK

Bartow, Florida · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

111,372
Students enrolled
165
Public schools
5,762
Classroom teachers (FTE)
19.3:1
Students per teacher

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

65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 74,767 of 115,127 students in the 154 of its 159 schools that report
  • 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

$12,447 spent per student on day-to-day operations Florida median: $12,447 per student

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

County

Polk County

Official website

NCES District ID

1201590

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About POLK

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our Mission: To ensure rigorous, relevant learning experiences that result in high achievement for our students.
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