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McKeel Academy of Technology, Lakeland, FL

Charter schoolMcKeel Academy of Technology is a public high school in Lakeland, part of Polk County Public Schools. It enrolled 1,750 students in 2024-25, with 23.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "MCKEEL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,750
Teachers (FTE)
74.0
Students per teacher
23.6
Grades
7 to 12

This school's ratio is 4.3 higher 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 school23.6
District19.3
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1810 Parker St W, Lakeland, FL 33815
County
Polk County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
120159001785
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
560
Reduced-price lunch
74
Free or reduced-price lunch
63436.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
418Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 high 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.