Elementary · Florida

Philip O'brien Elementary School

Free meals for all

Philip O'brien Elementary School, a public elementary school in Lakeland, Florida: grades pre-k–5, 625 students, 20.2 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
625
Teachers (FTE)
31.0
Students per teacher
20.2
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 15.8 · 2,167 schools compared

More students per teacher than 87% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 57% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 578 · 2,223 schools compared

Larger than 83% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Florida: 57%

31%proficient

+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 95% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 55% · 2,181 elementary schools compared

300 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Math

Florida: 59%

29%proficient

+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 98% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 60% · 2,181 elementary schools compared

301 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

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
Midsize city
Run by
Polk

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

Location

Address
1225 Lime St E, Lakeland, FL 33801
Phone
(863)499-2950
City or town
Lakeland

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–661016.582%87%
Lakeland Montessori School HouseCharterFree meals for all
K–812913.687%88%
Rosabelle W. Blake AcademyFree meals for all
Pre-K–856218.141%44%
Dixieland Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–534417.238%38%
Pre-K–543716.231%35%
Rochelle School of the ArtsFree meals for all
Pre-K–876214.964%57%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 120159001713