North Lakeland Elementary School of Choice, 410 W. Robson St.: pre-K to grade 5, 658 students (2024-25), a C in Florida's 2026 grades. 863-499-2850.
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.
North Lakeland Elementary School of Choice is a Polk County Public Schools elementary school on West Robson Street, inside the Lakeland city limits. Despite “of choice” in its name, it has an attendance zone: about 6% of the city addresses we checked in the district’s zoning tool for 2026-27 are zoned for it.
Who to call
- Front office: 863-499-2850, 410 W. Robson St., Lakeland, FL 33805
- School website: northlakeland.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 | 410 W. Robson St., Lakeland, FL 33805 |
| Phone | 863-499-2850 |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 5 (pre-K on the district’s listing) |
| Principal | Youmone Berrien |
| 2026 state grade | C (50% of points) |
| Mascot | Navigators |
Principal. Youmone Berrien is the principal, according to the school’s staff page.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 658 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 38 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 17 students per teacher.
State report card
Florida gave North Lakeland Elementary a C in its 2026 school grades, with 50% of the points possible, up from D’s in 2025 and 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 | 36% |
| English language arts achievement | 34% |
| English language arts learning gains | 53% |
| English language arts learning gains, lowest 25% | 66% |
| Math achievement | 42% |
| Math learning gains | 56% |
| Math learning gains, lowest 25% | 68% |
| Science achievement | 41% |
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 North Lakeland Elementary.
Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list; each grade is zoned by address. Among the sampled city addresses zoned for North Lakeland Elementary, the district’s tool assigns middle school to Lake Gibson Middle (69%) and Sleepy Hill Middle (31%), and high school to Tenoroc High (90%) and Lake Gibson High (10%).
Rezoning. The elementary zone did not change for 2026-27 in our sample. The School Board’s Jan. 27, 2026, vote set new high school boundaries, according to the district’s announcement; in our sample, many addresses in this elementary zone moved from Lake Gibson High to Tenoroc High.
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. School hours are 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., and the office is open 7:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the school’s about page.
Programs
The school’s home page lists an “A Team” and gifted classes for high-performing students, technology in every classroom from pre-K to fifth grade and free breakfast and lunch for all students.
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 North Lakeland Elementary serve?
North Lakeland Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade, and the district’s listing includes pre-K. It is at 410 W. Robson St., and its main line is 863-499-2850.
What is North Lakeland Elementary’s school grade?
North Lakeland Elementary earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 50% of possible points, up from D’s in 2025 and 2024.
Which middle and high school does North Lakeland Elementary feed into?
The district zones each grade by address. Among sampled city addresses in its zone, 69% are zoned for Lake Gibson Middle and 31% for Sleepy Hill Middle; 90% are zoned for Tenoroc High for 2026-27.
What time does North Lakeland Elementary start?
School hours are 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., and the office is open 7:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the school’s website.
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