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Highlands Grove Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
4510 Lakeland Highlands Rd
Lakeland, FL 33813
Phone
(863) 648-3002
District
POLK
County
POLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
723
Classroom Teachers
43

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

8

(10 is best)

Better than 72.7% of FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

8

(10 is best)

Highlands Grove Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
72%
61%
67%
58%
77%
63%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
72%
62%
67%
59%
77%
64%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
60%
58%
52%
57%
67%
60%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
17
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 23 3.2%
Kindergarten 99 13.7%
Grade 1 106 14.7%
Grade 2 133 18.4%
Grade 3 115 15.9%
Grade 4 125 17.3%
Grade 5 122 16.9%
Total 723 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 56.6% 37.8% 38.3%
Black 14.4% 20.7% 22.4%
Hispanic 24.5% 39.5% 35.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.1% 1.6% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 37.9% 52.1% 54.5%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 37.9% 51.7% 50.5%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 0.0% 0.4% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 705,735 21,781,128
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 351.1 400
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 16.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.0% 31.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.2% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 20.3% 20.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 240,879 8,020,774
Single Parent Households With Children 11.6% 10.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.4% 88.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.6% 30.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.6% 12.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.9% 13.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.4% 12.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.6% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.7% 18.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.3% 14.2%
$15,000 or less 10.6% 10.4%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,133 $647,939,184 61.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $380 $40,146,240 3.8%
Staff $537 $56,732,976 5.3%
General Administration $71 $7,501,008 0.7%
School Administration $433 $45,745,584 4.3%
Operation $819 $86,525,712 8.1%
Transportation $358 $37,821,984 3.6%
Other $235 $24,827,280 2.3%
Total Support $2,832 $299,195,136 28.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,096 $115,790,208 10.9%
Total Expenditures $10,061 $1,062,924,528 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,005 $16,679,928,493 53.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $453 $1,257,007,048 4.0%
Staff $622 $1,727,404,040 5.6%
General Administration $88 $243,699,372 0.8%
School Administration $530 $1,472,075,836 4.7%
Operation $979 $2,718,120,843 8.8%
Transportation $376 $1,043,921,210 3.4%
Other $258 $717,493,116 2.3%
Total Support $3,305 $9,179,773,322 29.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,872 $5,200,190,918 16.7%
Total Expenditures $11,183 $31,059,861,783 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%