Elementary · Florida
IDEA Lakeland
CharterFree meals for allIDEA Lakeland, a public elementary school in Lakeland, Florida: grades k–6, 452 students, 18.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of IDEA Public Schools.
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
- 452
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.8
- Grades
- K–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 86% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 15.8 · 2,167 schools compared
More students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 72% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 578 · 2,223 schools compared
Larger than 57% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–6
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- IDEA Public Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with IDEA Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 1775 Interstate Dr, Lakeland, FL 33805
- Phone
- (904)993-1520
- City or town
- Lakeland
- County
- Polk County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Lincoln Avenue AcademyFree meals for all | K–5 | 512 | 14.6 |
Rochelle School of the ArtsFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 762 | 14.9 |
North Lakeland Elementary School of ChoiceFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 658 | 17.3 |
Griffin Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 431 | 22.7 |
| Pre-K–5 | 0 | — | |
Mckeel Academy CentralCharter | Pre-K–6 | 610 | 16.5 |
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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
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