Morikami Park Elementary School

Park Elementary School in Avon Park, Florida, serves grades Pre-K through 5 and has around 527 students in a student-to-teacher ratio of around 17 to 1, with around 31 full-time certified teachers. Academically, around 57 % of students are proficient in mathematics and around 45 % in reading, at the state levels for which the school is graded as ""B minus."" The school is ethnically mixed: around 70 % of the students are minorities, around 46 % Hispanic, 17 % Black, 6 % multiracial, with smaller numbers of White, Asian, and other. Economic disadvantage is the rule, with nearly 80 % of the students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Park Elementary has an excellent, fully certified teaching staff committed to teaching students of a broad range of backgrounds and needs. The surrounding real estate is affordable, with median home values in Avon Park at about $120,000, providing access to education in a secure suburban environment. The supportive school boasts inclusiveness, steady academics, and cohesion of the community.