====== Poinciana city ====== Poinciana is a settlement and census-designated place (CDP) in Osceola and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Florida. It lies southwest of Kissimmee and approximately 14 miles (23 km) east of Haines City. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP had a population of 53,193.[3] As of April 2012 the population of the 10 Villages which make up the Association of Poinciana Villages (APV), which covers a wider area than the CDP, was reported as 69,857.[4] According to the latest census reports the adjoining tracts outside the CDP represent an additional 29,914 persons.[citation needed] Depending on the definition, the greater Poinciana Area represents a population of between 53,193 and 83,107. This puts Poinciana as one of the fastest growth areas for Central Florida over the past decade ===== Schools ===== ==== Pre-Kindergarten Schools ==== * Liberty High School (Pre-K) * Poinciana 247 Pre-K & V.P.K. (Private School) * Reedy Creek Elementary (Pre-K) * Unordered List Item ==== Elementary Schools ==== * Bellalago Academy (K-8) (District managed charter school) * Renaissance Charter School at Poinciana (K-8) * Chestnut Elementary (CES) * Deerwood Elementary (DWE) * Koa Elementary * Poinciana Academy Of Fine Arts (PAFA) * Reedy Creek Elementary (RCES) * Mater Brighton Lakes Academy ==== Middle Schools ==== * Bellalago Academy * Discovery Intermediate (DIS) * Horizon Middle (HMS) * Mater Brighton Lakes Academy (MBLA) ==== High Schools ==== * Poinciana High (PHS) * New Dimensions (NDHS) (public charter high school) * Liberty High (LHS):