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What do students at BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
881
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001754
BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL
550 CLOWER ST E, BARTOW, FL 33830 · (863) 534-7415 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL881 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Florida public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
628 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 255 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 282 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 344 | 39% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
42.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.3% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 37.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL
BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 881 | 71.3% | 39.1% |
| OSLO MIDDLE SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 767 | 72.0% | 53.4% |
| LAKE GIBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 1,149 | 69.1% | 36.0% |
| JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE AUBURNDALE | 1,013 | 75.8% | 32.0% |
| MARTHA B. KING MIDDLE SCHOOL BRADENTON | 897 | 65.6% | 47.9% |
| LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMERFIELD | 1,141 | 66.8% | 39.6% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #476 of 560 | #14 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #487 of 560 ▼ 27 | #14 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #431 of 560 ▲ 9 | #15 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 881 | #235 of 584 | #9 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #263 of 547 | #5 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #119 of 553 | #8 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #56 of 565 | #15 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #128 of 137 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
881
-43 (-5%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 881 | 46 | 19.1:1 | 71% (628) |
| 2023-24 | 999 | 50 | 20.0:1 | 70% (698) |
| 2022-23 | 1,046 | 53 | 19.7:1 | 63% (655) |
| 2020-21 | 924 | 52 | 17.8:1 | 58% (536) |
| 2017-18 | 869 | 55 | 15.8:1 | 56% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 852 | 45 | 18.9:1 | 58% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 801 | 61 | 13.1:1 | 74% (594) |
| 2000-01 | 930 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 60% (560) |
| 1990-91 | 741 | 38 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL
BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school for students in BARTOW, Florida. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 881 students.
Across its 163 schools, POLK enrolls 116,552 students. BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students make up 43% of enrollment at BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Next come 33% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 56% White among all Polk County residents. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its ratio of 19.1:1 is based on 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Florida is about 19.6:1. In all, 71% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public middle schools, BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is 6.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 39.1% actual, 45.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
In Polk County, the median household earns about $65,978 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Polk County, 172 public schools serve about 117,004 students.
Among nearby public schools, COMPASS MIDDLE CHARTER SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 52.8% proficiency; BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 39.1%.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 43 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.8 to 19.1 over 4 years.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
790,694
Census ACS
Median income
$65,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
172
117,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POLK
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,105 students
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,632 students
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- BARTOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,276 students
Other schools in BARTOW
- BARTOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,276 students
- BELLA CITTAElementary · 1,459 students
- SPESSARD L HOLLAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 843 students
- FLORAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 585 students
- BARTOW ELEMENTARY ACADEMYElementary · 524 students
- UNION ACADEMYMiddle · 382 students
Nearby schools
- COMPASS MIDDLE CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 168
- FLORAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 585
- BARTOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 2,276
- JEAN O'DELL LEARNING CENTER0.3 mi · 81
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND0.5 mi · 151
- BARTOW ELEMENTARY ACADEMY0.9 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 881 students in grades 06-08.
Is BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 19.1:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 43% White, 33% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
BARTOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.