Canaan Academy
Private · Grades K–8 · 60 students
Hillcrest Elementary School
1051 State Road 60 E, Lake Wales, FL 33853
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary
Students
667
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
16.3 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Polk
Polk County
Schola Grade B · Above average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 2,118 Florida elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Florida elementary 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 Hillcrest Elementary School
Hillcrest Elementary School is a charter elementary school in Lake Wales, Florida, serving grades Pre-K–5. It is part of Polk. The school is located in a large suburb in Polk County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 667 students were enrolled, with about 16.3 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Florida elementary school (15.1 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 B (above average), compared with 2,118 Florida elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades Pre-K–5
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- Pre-K–5
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 667 students
- Students per teacher
- 16.3 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Polk District Office
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Polk
- County
- Polk County
- NCES school ID
- 120159001775
Schools near Hillcrest Elementary School
All 16 schools in Lake Wales →
Polk Avenue Elementary School
Charter · Grades Pre-K–5 · 523 students
Spook Hill Elementary School
Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 574 students
Janie Howard Wilson School
Charter · Grades Pre-K–5 · 462 students
Dale R Fair Babson Park Elementary
Charter · Grades K–5 · 453 students
South Pointe Elementary
Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 689 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.