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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Bartow Elementary Academy, Bartow, FL

CEP schoolBartow Elementary Academy is a public elementary school in Bartow, part of Polk County Public Schools. It enrolled 524 students in 2024-25, with 15.4 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BARTOW ELEMENTARY ACADEMY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
524
Teachers (FTE)
34.0
Students per teacher
15.4
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 3.9 lower than the district figure of 19.3. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.4
District19.3
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
590 Wilson Ave S, Bartow, FL 33830
Phone
(863)534-7410
District
Polk County Public Schools
County
Polk County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Fringe
NCES school ID
120159001755
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
257
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
25749.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
257Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Polk County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.