Lake Gibson High School, 7007 N. Socrum Loop Road: grades 9-12, 1,973 students (2024-25), a C in Florida's 2026 school grades. 863-853-6100.

Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Sources: Polk County Public Schools, its Address Zoning tool and school zones page, the school’s website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, the federal NCES school directory, the U.S. Census Bureau’s geocoder and the Florida High School Athletic Association.

Lake Gibson High School is a Polk County Public Schools high school on North Socrum Loop Road, which has served the North Lakeland community since 1979, its website says. The campus has a Lakeland mailing address but sits outside the city limits in unincorporated Polk County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s geocoder. Its zone covers part of north Lakeland: about 6% of the city addresses we checked for 2026-27.

Who to call

  • Front office: 863-853-6100, 7007 N. Socrum Loop Road, Lakeland, FL 33809
  • School website: lakegibsonhigh.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; the district’s North Lakeland line is 863-534-7301
Address 7007 N. Socrum Loop Road, Lakeland, FL 33809
Phone 863-853-6100
Grades 9 to 12
Principal Elizabeth Deshazor
2026 state grade C (59% of points)
Mascot Braves

Principal. Elizabeth Deshazor is the principal, according to the school’s staff page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 1,973 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 93 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 21 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida gave Lake Gibson High a C in its 2026 school grades, its third C in a row, with 59% of the points possible, one point short of a B, 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 (59% of points)
English language arts achievement 46%
English language arts learning gains 53%
Math achievement 28%
Math learning gains 38%
Science achievement 71%
Social studies achievement 70%
Graduation rate, 2024-25 91%
College and career acceleration, 2024-25 87%

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 a high school, A is 65% of points or more, B is 60% to 64% and C is 45% to 59%, the state’s file says.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Polk County assigns high 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 Lake Gibson High.

Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list; each grade is zoned by address, and the zones are not nested. Among the sampled city addresses zoned for Lake Gibson High, the district’s tool assigns middle school to Lake Gibson Middle (67%) and Sleepy Hill Middle (33%). The elementary zones for those addresses are Edgar L. Padgett, Wendell Watson, Sleepy Hill and North Lakeland.

Rezoning. The Polk County School Board approved new high school attendance boundaries on Jan. 27, 2026, effective with the 2026-27 school year, the district announced. Students already enrolled at a high school may stay there, with bus service if eligible; rising freshmen enroll at their new zoned school. In our sample, Lake Gibson’s share of city addresses fell from 13% under the 2025-26 zones to 6%; nearly all of the addresses that left its zone are now zoned for Tenoroc High.

Check any address on the district’s GeoZone map for 2026-27.

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. Doors open to students at 6:50 a.m., students must be in class by 7 a.m. and dismissal is at 2 p.m., according to the school’s about page.

Sports and activities

In football, Lake Gibson plays in Class 5A, Region 2, District 6 for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons, with Auburndale, Bartow, Lakeland, Osceola (Kissimmee) and Sebring, according to the Florida High School Athletic Association’s finalized football classifications (spreadsheet).

The school’s athletics page lists baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, flag football, football, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling. Jeff George is listed as football coach. The school’s home page says its wrestlers have won six dual team state titles and four individual-tournament state titles. Follow the season on our Friday night football page and scoreboard.

Programs. The school’s home page says it has six career academies.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Lake Gibson High School serve?

Lake Gibson High serves grades 9 through 12. It is at 7007 N. Socrum Loop Road with a Lakeland mailing address, and its main line is 863-853-6100.

What is Lake Gibson High School’s Florida school grade?

Lake Gibson High earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 59% of possible points, its third C in a row. Its 2024-25 graduation rate was 91%.

Did the 2026 rezoning change Lake Gibson High’s zone?

Yes. In our sample of Lakeland city addresses, Lake Gibson’s share fell from 13% under the 2025-26 zones to 6% for 2026-27; most of those addresses are now zoned for Tenoroc High.

What time does Lake Gibson High start?

Doors open at 6:50 a.m., students must be in class by 7 a.m. and dismissal is at 2 p.m., according to the school’s website.