BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL

BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized 6-8 campuss in BARTOW, Florida, overseen by POLK, with 881 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within POLK, which oversees 163 schools and 116,552 students, BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.1%.

In the area at large, Polk County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Polk County runs 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), of which BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is COMPASS MIDDLE CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.8%.

BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 869 students in 2018 to 881 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 27% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.