Lake Alfred Polytech Academy
Magnet · Grades 6–8 · 734 students
Discovery Academy of Lake Alfred
1000 Buena Vista Dr N, Lake Alfred, FL 33850
Grades
6–8
Middle
Students
1,039
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
21.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Polk
Polk County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 554 Florida middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Florida middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Discovery Academy of Lake Alfred
Discovery Academy of Lake Alfred is a charter middle school in Lake Alfred, Florida, serving grades 6–8. It is part of Polk. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Polk County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 1,039 students were enrolled, with about 21.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Florida middle school (19.2 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Polk District Office. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 554 Florida middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 6–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 1,039 students
- Students per teacher
- 21.6 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Polk District Office
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- Polk
- County
- Polk County
- NCES school ID
- 120159003112
Schools near Discovery Academy of Lake Alfred
All 6 schools in Lake Alfred →
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Westwood Middle School
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Berkley Accelerated
Charter · Grades 6–10 · 622 students
Denison Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 684 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.