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Lake Wales Charter Schools

5,068 students · n/a schools · 18.8:1 ratio · grades PreK–12 · #49 of 82 in Florida

Students
5,068
Schools
n/a
Teachers (FTE)
269
Student–Teacher
18.8:1
County
Polk
Grades
PreK–12
OverviewEnrollmentDemographicsStaffingFundingPerformanceAccreditationCompareFull data
Overview

About Lake Wales Charter Schools

Lake Wales Charter Schools is a public school system serving Polk County, Florida, based in Lake Wales. It serves 5,068 students across n/a schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #49 largest of Florida’s 82 school systems.

Phone8636796560
Address151 Central Avenue East, Lake Wales, FL 33853
CountyPolk County
Enrollment & schools

Size and structure

Lake Wales Charter Schools enrolls 5,068 students in n/a schools. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #49 of 82 statewide by enrollment.

Students
5,068
#49 of 82 in Florida
Schools
n/a
Grade span
PreK–12
Suburb: Large
Students & demographics

Who the district serves

Student race and ethnicity in Lake Wales Charter Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (5,068 students reported):

White
40%
Black
20%
Hispanic
35%
Asian
2%
Two or more
3%
Amer. Indian
0%
Pacific Isl.
0%

For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.

Staffing & support

Teachers & staff

Lake Wales Charter Schools employs about 269 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 18.8:1 — above the Florida average of about 18.3:1. Total district staff is roughly 524.

Student–teacher ratio
18.8:1
state avg ~18.3:1
Teachers (FTE)
269
classroom teachers
Total staff
524
all district employees

Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.

Funding

How Florida funds schools

Florida funds schools through the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP): weighted full-time-equivalent students times the Base Student Allocation ($5,372.60 per unweighted FTE in 2025–26), adjusted by a district cost differential and program factors, plus categoricals such as ESE, transportation and safe-schools funding. A growing share of state funds now flows to universal Family Empowerment Scholarship vouchers.

District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Lake Wales Charter Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.

Accountability

Report card & state results

Florida assigns A–F grades to every school and district from achievement and learning gains in English language arts, math and science, the gains of the lowest-performing quartile, graduation rate and college-and-career acceleration. Look up Lake Wales Charter Schools’s grade on the Florida school grades page.

Accreditation

Accreditation status

Most Florida districts are accredited through Cognia (via its SACS CASI division), which accredits whole district “systems” as well as individual schools. Look up Lake Wales Charter Schools in the free Cognia registry.

How it compares

Lake Wales Charter Schools vs. Florida

Enrollment rank
#49
of 82 districts
Ratio
18.8:1
state avg ~18.3:1
Locale
Suburb: Large
Polk County

See every Florida district side by side in the Florida directory.

Go deeper

Look up Lake Wales Charter Schools’s full data

These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):

Data & sources

About this data

Enrollment, demographics, staffing, locale and contact details reflect the NCES Common Core of Data (2024–25); funding context from the Florida Legislature (the Florida Education Finance Program) and NEA Rankings & Estimates 2026. Figures are the latest available and may lag the current school year. This page is informational, not an official district record, and not affiliated with or endorsed by Lake Wales Charter Schools. NCES District ID (LEAID): 1200080. Confirm current details with the district and the Florida Department of Education.