Elementary · Florida
James W. Sikes Elementary School
Free meals for allJames W. Sikes Elementary School, a public elementary school in Lakeland, Florida: grades pre-k–5, 502 students, 14.3 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
- 502
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 15.8 · 2,167 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 52% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 64% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 578 · 2,223 schools compared
Larger than 66% 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
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Polk
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Polk.
Location
- Address
- 2727 Shepherd Rd, Lakeland, FL 33811
- Phone
- (863)648-3525
- City or town
- Medulla
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Willow Oak SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 996 | 15.8 |
R. Bruce Wagner Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 899 | 15.5 |
Rcma Mulberry Community AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–2 | 107 | 15.3 |
Medulla Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 488 | 16.8 |
Purcell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 438 | 18.3 |
Scott Lake Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 735 | 15.6 |
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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