Polk Innovative Learning Academy

Public school, kindergarten to grade 12 · Benton, Tennessee

Polk Innovative Learning Academy in Benton, Tennessee enrolled 147 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 50-100% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 11-19% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 80% or more (Tennessee: 87.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 43% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers fell 1%

68 students in 2022-23, 97 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 14.9 to 14.7.

Students enrolled at Polk Innovative Learning Academy by school year2022-23: 68, 2023-24: 9702550751002022-23682023-2497
Students enrolled at Polk Innovative Learning Academy by school year2022-23: 68, 2023-24: 9702550751002022-23682023-2497
Students enrolled at Polk Innovative Learning Academy by school year2022-23: 68, 2023-24: 9702550751002022-23682023-2497
Students enrolled at Polk Innovative Learning Academy by school year2022-23: 68, 2023-24: 9702550751002022-23682023-2497
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-236814.94.6
2023-249714.76.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

One counselor per 168 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Polk Innovative Learning Academy enrolled 84 students and had 0.5 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)0.5, one per 168 of the 84 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions0
  • Chronically absent5.9% (2022-23)

Who attends

95.2% of students were White, 2.0% Hispanic, 1.4% Black in 2024-25.

  1. White95.2%
  2. Hispanic2.0%
  3. Black1.4%
  4. Two or more races1.4%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Polk Innovative Learning Academy scored proficient or above: 50-100% in reading in 2021-22 and 11-19% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Reading and language arts, 2021-2250‑100%36‑40%35%
Math, 2022-2311‑19%36‑40% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

80% or more of the 20 students in Polk Innovative Learning Academy's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtTennessee
Four-year graduation rate80% or more85‑89%87.3%
Students in the class2016071,510

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

What to look at next about Polk Innovative Learning Academy

  1. North Cleveland GOAL AcademyThe nearest public school of this kind, 12 miles away: 14 students (2024-25).12 mi
  2. Monroe County Virtual SchoolThe next nearest public school of this kind, 29 miles away: 273 students, 29.4 per teacher (2024-25).29 mi
  3. Compare Polk Innovative Learning Academy with North Cleveland GOAL AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Polk Schools spends per student$12,066 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,066
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseePolk Innovative Learning Academy is the number 39 by size of 90 Tennessee schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#39 of 90
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Polk Innovative Learning Academy

  1. How many students attend Polk Innovative Learning Academy?
    147 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 68 in 2022-23. It is a public school in Benton, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Polk Innovative Learning Academy?
    4.6 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Polk Innovative Learning Academy a Title I school?
    Polk Innovative Learning Academy ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Polk Innovative Learning Academy do on state tests?
    The students tested at Polk Innovative Learning Academy scored proficient or above: 50-100% in reading in 2021-22 and 11-19% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Polk Innovative Learning Academy?
    80% or more of the 20 students in Polk Innovative Learning Academy's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Polk Innovative Learning Academy in?
    Polk Schools, NCES district ID 4703450. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470345002599 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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