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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

IDEA Lakeland, Lakeland, FL

Charter schoolCEP schoolIDEA Lakeland is a public elementary school in Lakeland, part of IDEA Public Schools. It enrolled 452 students in 2024-25, with 18.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "IDEA LAKELAND".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
452
Teachers (FTE)
24.0
Students per teacher
18.8
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 2.4 lower than the district figure of 21.2. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.8
District21.2
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1775 Interstate Dr, Lakeland, FL 33805
Phone
(904)993-1520
District
IDEA Public Schools
County
Hidalgo County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Added
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
120008410898
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
332
Reduced-price lunch
38
Free or reduced-price lunch
37081.9% of enrollment.
Direct certification
300Students 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Lakeland

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.