Cleveland Court Elementary, 328 E. Edgewood Drive: grades K-5, 374 students (2024-25), an A in Florida's 2026 school grades. 863-499-2929.
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.
Cleveland Court Elementary is a Polk County Public Schools elementary school on East Edgewood Drive, inside the Lakeland city limits. The building went up in 1927 to serve the Cleveland Heights subdivision but closed after one semester during the Depression; it was used as a Works Progress Administration site and to build PT boats during World War II before opening as a neighborhood school in 1947, according to the school’s about page. About 6% of the city addresses we checked for 2026-27 are zoned for it.
Who to call
- Front office: 863-499-2929, 328 E. Edgewood Drive, Lakeland, FL 33803
- School website: clevelandcourt.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 | 328 E. Edgewood Drive, Lakeland, FL 33803 |
| Phone | 863-499-2929 |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 5 |
| Principal | Emily Jacques-Ousley |
| 2026 state grade | A (72% of points) |
| Mascot | Cougars |
Principal. Emily Jacques-Ousley is the principal, according to the school’s staff page.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 374 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 27 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 14 students per teacher.
State report card
Florida gave Cleveland Court an A in its 2026 school grades, its third A in a row, with 72% of the points possible, 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 | A (72% of points) |
| Grade 3 English language arts achievement | 74% |
| English language arts achievement | 79% |
| English language arts learning gains | 67% |
| Math achievement | 79% |
| Math learning gains | 73% |
| Science achievement | 71% |
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 6% were zoned for Cleveland Court.
Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list; each grade is zoned by address. Among the sampled city addresses zoned for Cleveland Court, the district’s tool assigns middle school to Southwest Middle (85%), Lakeland Highlands Middle (12%) and Crystal Lake Middle (4%), and high school to Lakeland High (88%) and Tenoroc High (12%).
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 863-499-2929.
Programs
The school’s home page lists STEM and an Accelerated Academy.
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 Cleveland Court Elementary serve?
Cleveland Court Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade. It is at 328 E. Edgewood Drive in Lakeland, and its main line is 863-499-2929.
What is Cleveland Court Elementary’s school grade?
Cleveland Court earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 72% of possible points, its third A in a row.
Which middle and high school does Cleveland Court feed into?
The district zones each grade by address. Among sampled city addresses in its zone, 85% are zoned for Southwest Middle; for high school, 88% are zoned for Lakeland High and 12% for Tenoroc High.
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