Elementary · Florida

Alturas Elementary School

Free meals for all

Alturas Elementary School, a public elementary school in Alturas, Florida: grades pre-k–5, 274 students, 14.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Polk.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 274
Teachers (FTE): 19.0
Students per teacher: 14.4
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 15.8 · 2,167 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 51% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 91% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 578 · 2,223 schools compared

Smaller than 77% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Rural area near a city
Run by: Polk

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Polk.

Location

Address: 420 4TH St, Alturas, FL 33820
Phone: (863)519-3917
City or town: Alturas
County: Polk County

Website Quality of life in Alturas Schools in Alturas

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
South Pointe ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	689	21.5	4.5 mi
Wahneta Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	491	17.5	5.6 mi
Chain of Lakes Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	1,007	18.0	6.1 mi
Eagle Lake Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	644	18.9	7.7 mi
Polk Avenue Elementary SchoolCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	523	17.4	7.8 mi
Pinewood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	740	17.2	7.9 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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NCES 120159001760