Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Dale R Fair Babson Park Elementary, Babson Park, FL

Charter schoolCEP schoolDale R Fair Babson Park Elementary is a public elementary school in Babson Park, part of Polk County Public Schools. It enrolled 453 students in 2024-25, with 15.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 453
Teachers (FTE): 29.0
Students per teacher: 15.6
Grades: K to 5

This school's ratio is 3.7 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 school15.6

District19.3

Florida18.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 815 Scenic Hwy N, Babson Park, FL 33827
Phone: (863)678-4664
District: Polk County Public Schools
County: Polk County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 120159001779

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 199
Reduced-price lunch: 10
Free or reduced-price lunch: 20946.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 199Students 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

Horizons Elementary School 1,543 students
Bella Citta 1,459 students
Davenport School of the Arts 1,440 students
South McKeel Academy 1,200 students
Loughman Oaks Elementary School 1,179 students
Laurel Elementary School 1,126 students
Sandhill Elementary School 1,111 students
Citrus Ridge a Civics Academy 1,108 students
Lake Alfred Elementary School 1,059 students
Chain of Lakes Elementary School 1,007 students
Willow Oak School 996 students
Navigator Academy of Leadership Davenport 977 students

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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.