Carlton Palmore Elementary, 3725 Cleveland Heights Blvd.: kindergarten to grade 5, 402 students (2024-25), a C in Florida's 2026 grades. 863-648-3510.
Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Sources: Polk County Public Schools, its Address Zoning tool and school listings, the school’s website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades and the federal NCES school directory.
Carlton Palmore Elementary is a Polk County Public Schools elementary school on Cleveland Heights Boulevard in south Lakeland, inside the city limits. It calls itself a Leader in Me school, a schoolwide model built on The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, according to its about page. About 8% of the city addresses we checked for 2026-27 are zoned for it.
Who to call
- Front office: 863-648-3510, 3725 Cleveland Heights Blvd., Lakeland, FL 33803
- School website: carltonpalmore.polkschoolsfl.com
- Which school am I zoned for? Pupil Accounting, 863-519-7600, option 1, or the Address Zoning tool
- Buses: district Transportation Operations, 863-534-7300; transportation page
| Address | 3725 Cleveland Heights Blvd., Lakeland, FL 33803 |
| Phone | 863-648-3510 |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 5 (pre-K on the district’s listing) |
| Principal | Brady Draper |
| 2026 state grade | C (50% of points) |
| Mascot | Patriots |
Principal. Brady Draper is the principal, according to the school’s staff page.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 402 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 26 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 15 students per teacher.
State report card
Florida gave Carlton Palmore a C in its 2026 school grades, with 50% of the points possible, after a B in 2025 and a C in 2024, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file. The school’s state report card has results by student group; it is an interactive dashboard that could not be read for this page.
| 2026 school grade measure | Result |
|---|---|
| School grade | C (50% of points) |
| Grade 3 English language arts achievement | 58% |
| English language arts achievement | 58% |
| English language arts learning gains | 54% |
| Math achievement | 55% |
| Math learning gains | 57% |
| Science achievement | 30% |
Florida grades schools A to F on the share of possible points earned across these measures. Achievement is the share of tested students on grade level; learning gains is the share who improved from the year before. For an elementary school, A is 62% of points or more, B is 54% to 61% and C is 41% to 53%, the state’s file says.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Polk County assigns elementary schools by home address. We ran a random sample of 1,817 current address points from the City of Lakeland’s address layer through the district’s Address Zoning tool for 2026-27. About 8% were zoned for Carlton Palmore.
Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list; each grade is zoned by address. Among the sampled city addresses zoned for Carlton Palmore, the district’s tool assigns middle school to Lakeland Highlands Middle (57%), Southwest Middle (41%) and Crystal Lake Middle (2%), and high school to Lakeland High (84%) and Tenoroc High (16%).
Rezoning. The elementary zone did not change for 2026-27 in our sample. The School Board’s Jan. 27, 2026, vote set new boundaries for high schools only, according to the district’s announcement.
Calendar and bell times
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF), which the district labels tentative:
- Friday, Oct. 16: no school for students
- Friday, Oct. 30: early dismissal
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
- Nov. 23-27: fall break
- Monday, Dec. 21: winter break begins; students return Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2027
Bell times. The school’s website does not publish its bell schedule; call the front office at 863-648-3510.
More on Lakeland schools
- The district’s school listings, with every Polk County school
- Every public school in Lakeland, with zones and report cards
- Our Lakeland schools guide for the full calendar, enrollment steps and School Board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Carlton Palmore Elementary serve?
Carlton Palmore Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the school; the district’s listing also includes pre-K. It is at 3725 Cleveland Heights Blvd., and its main line is 863-648-3510.
What is Carlton Palmore Elementary’s school grade?
Carlton Palmore earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 50% of possible points, after a B in 2025 and a C in 2024.
Which middle and high school does Carlton Palmore feed into?
The district zones each grade by address. Among sampled city addresses in its zone, 57% are zoned for Lakeland Highlands Middle and 41% for Southwest Middle; 84% are zoned for Lakeland High and 16% for Tenoroc High.
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