Sleepy Hill Elementary, 2285 Sleepy Hill Road: pre-K to grade 5, 711 students (2024-25), a B in Florida's 2026 school grades. 863-815-6768.
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.
Sleepy Hill Elementary is a Polk County Public Schools elementary school on Sleepy Hill Road, inside the Lakeland city limits and on the same road as Sleepy Hill Middle. About 8% of the city addresses we checked in the district’s zoning tool for 2026-27 are zoned for it.
Who to call
- Front office: 863-815-6768, 2285 Sleepy Hill Road, Lakeland, FL 33810
- School website: sleepyhillelementary.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 | 2285 Sleepy Hill Road, Lakeland, FL 33810 |
| Phone | 863-815-6768 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| Principal | Rachel Jones |
| 2026 state grade | B (57% of points) |
| Mascot | Explorers |
Principal. Rachel Jones is the principal, according to the school’s staff page.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 711 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 45 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 students per teacher.
State report card
Florida gave Sleepy Hill Elementary a B in its 2026 school grades, with 57% of the points possible, after a C in 2025 and a B 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 | B (57% of points) |
| Grade 3 English language arts achievement | 51% |
| English language arts achievement | 52% |
| English language arts learning gains | 60% |
| English language arts learning gains, lowest 25% | 67% |
| Math achievement | 56% |
| Math learning gains | 62% |
| Science achievement | 56% |
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 Sleepy Hill Elementary.
Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list; each grade is zoned by address. Every sampled city address zoned for Sleepy Hill Elementary is zoned for Sleepy Hill Middle. For high school, those addresses are zoned for Kathleen High (83%) and Lake Gibson High (17%).
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, a small group of addresses in this zone moved from George Jenkins High to Kathleen 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. The school does not publish a bell schedule; its about page lists office hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call the front office at 863-815-6768.
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 Sleepy Hill Elementary serve?
Sleepy Hill Elementary serves pre-K through fifth grade, according to the district and the school’s contact listing. It is at 2285 Sleepy Hill Road, and its main line is 863-815-6768.
What is Sleepy Hill Elementary’s school grade?
Sleepy Hill Elementary earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 57% of possible points, after a C in 2025 and a B in 2024.
Which middle and high school does Sleepy Hill Elementary feed into?
Every sampled city address zoned for Sleepy Hill Elementary is zoned for Sleepy Hill Middle. For high school, 83% are zoned for Kathleen High and 17% for Lake Gibson High for 2026-27.
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