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The public middle schools with the highest share of Black students in Polk County, Florida

25 public middle schools in Polk County, Florida appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. LAKE MARION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL leads the list at 39.9%, against a median of 21.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Polk County, Florida

Top % Black

39.9%

Median % Black

21.2%

MOST BLACK · POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	LAKE MARION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL	POINCIANA, FL	POLK	1,013	404	39.9%
2	DENISON MIDDLE SCHOOL	WINTER HAVEN, FL	POLK	684	265	38.7%
3	JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET	WINTER HAVEN, FL	POLK	566	194	34.3%
4	WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL	WINTER HAVEN, FL	POLK	712	233	32.7%
5	DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL	HAINES CITY, FL	POLK	506	162	32.0%
6	SHELLEY S. BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL	HAINES CITY, FL	POLK	1,329	372	28.0%
7	COMPASS MIDDLE CHARTER SCHOOL	BARTOW, FL	POLK	168	45	26.8%
8	SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL	LAKELAND, FL	POLK	886	219	24.7%
9	CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL	LAKELAND, FL	POLK	753	180	23.9%
10	SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL	LAKELAND, FL	POLK	746	175	23.5%
11	EDWARD W BOK ACADEMY NORTH	LAKE WALES, FL	POLK	726	169	23.3%
12	LAWTON CHILES MIDDLE ACADEMY	LAKELAND, FL	POLK	704	156	22.2%
13	UNION ACADEMY	BARTOW, FL	POLK	382	81	21.2%
14	LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY	LAKE ALFRED, FL	POLK	734	153	20.8%
15	BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL	BARTOW, FL	POLK	881	172	19.5%
16	JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE	AUBURNDALE, FL	POLK	1,013	196	19.4%
17	DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY	DUNDEE, FL	POLK	725	140	19.3%
18	LAKE GIBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL	LAKELAND, FL	POLK	1,149	220	19.1%
19	KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL	LAKELAND, FL	POLK	742	136	18.3%
20	DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF LAKE ALFRED	LAKE ALFRED, FL	POLK	1,039	183	17.6%
21	LAKELAND HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL	LAKELAND, FL	POLK	1,118	170	15.2%
22	MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL	DAVENPORT, FL	POLK	334	50	15.0%
23	BOK ACADEMY	LAKE WALES, FL	POLK	640	92	14.4%
24	MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL	MULBERRY, FL	POLK	1,058	87	8.2%
25	BERKLEY ACCELERATED	AUBURNDALE, FL	POLK	622	30	4.8%

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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