Schools in Davenport · Polk County School District
Davenport’s public schools score below 86% of Florida districts
The public schools Davenport’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 86% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
It isn’t only a matter of income. Among the 466 Florida towns with similar household incomes, Davenport still scores better than just 1%. How it compares ↓
Which school depends on your street
With two elementary, 29 middle and 16 high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
The School Grade
How Davenport compares
C− Test scoresD Graduation
Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 14%
Lower resultsHigher results
Florida towns with similar household incomes (466)Better than 1%
High confidence. Built on 58,004 tested students and a graduating class of 7,767; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Florida only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Davenport.
29 schools teach 6th grade in Davenport’s district. Which one depends on your address: Bella Citta, Davenport School of the Arts, Shelley S. Boone Middle School and Lake Gibson Middle School and more.
29 schools teach 7th grade in Davenport’s district. Which one depends on your address: Bella Citta, Davenport School of the Arts, Shelley S. Boone Middle School and Lake Gibson Middle School and more.
29 schools teach 8th grade in Davenport’s district. Which one depends on your address: Bella Citta, Davenport School of the Arts, Shelley S. Boone Middle School and Lake Gibson Middle School and more.
16 schools teach 9th grade in Davenport’s district. Which one depends on your address: Haines City Senior High School, Davenport High School, Winter Haven Senior High School and Ridge Community High School and more.
16 schools teach 10th grade in Davenport’s district. Which one depends on your address: Haines City Senior High School, Davenport High School, Winter Haven Senior High School and Ridge Community High School and more.
16 schools teach 11th grade in Davenport’s district. Which one depends on your address: Haines City Senior High School, Davenport High School, Winter Haven Senior High School and Ridge Community High School and more.
15 schools teach 12th grade in Davenport’s district. Which one depends on your address: Haines City Senior High School, Davenport High School, Winter Haven Senior High School and Ridge Community High School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–829 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–1216 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Straight-line distance from the center of Davenport. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 2 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Florida. Stars are from neighbors.