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Enrollment
640
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159006968
BOK ACADEMY
13895 HWY 27, LAKE WALES, FL 33859 · (863) 638-1010 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Florida public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
20.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
411 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 | 212 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 212 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 34% |
Student demographics
63%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
55.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
55.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.7% | 55.2% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 57.4% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 BOK ACADEMY
BOK ACADEMY's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOK ACADEMY this school | 640 | 64.2% | 55.8% |
| CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT RICHEY | 622 | 64.3% | 37.2% |
| BAYONET POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 668 | 62.7% | 34.5% |
| MCINTOSH MIDDLE SCHOOL SARASOTA | 693 | 61.2% | 53.5% |
| MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUART | 564 | 65.2% | 46.2% |
| PAUL R. SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 830 | 64.0% | 36.8% |
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 BOK ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #245 of 560 | #6 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #302 of 560 ▼ 58 | #7 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #257 of 560 ▼ 70 | #11 of 24 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #415 of 584 | #19 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #391 of 547 | #13 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #199 of 553 | #17 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #118 of 565 | #20 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #100 of 137 | #8 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
640
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 640 | 31 | 20.6:1 | 64% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 30 | 20.9:1 | 61% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 32 | 19.1:1 | 61% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 57% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 57% (344) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 52% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 54% (292) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOK ACADEMY.
About BOK ACADEMY
BOK ACADEMY is a small middle school found in LAKE WALES, Florida. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 640 students.
The district for BOK ACADEMY is POLK, with 163 schools and 116,552 students.
White students account for 49% of enrollment at BOK ACADEMY, more than any other group. Other students are 33% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 2% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BOK ACADEMY scores 63%.
Teacher count: 31 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.6:1. The gap from the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is 1.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 64%. The figure for public schools in Polk County is close, at 65%.
BOK ACADEMY earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 66% of Florida public middle schools.
BOK ACADEMY posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.8%, compared with a predicted 49.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Polk County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $65,978, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 172 public schools and about 117,004 students.
DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY is about 4.0 miles from BOK ACADEMY, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around BOK ACADEMY holds 3 other public schools. The school's 55.8% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes BOK ACADEMY as Rural: Fringe. BOK ACADEMY holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 20 students, from 620 to 640. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 20.6:1, from 18.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to BOK ACADEMY can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 LAKE WALES
- LAKE WALES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,597 students
- MCLAUGHLIN ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCEHigh · 758 students
- EDWARD W BOK ACADEMY NORTHMiddle · 726 students
- HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 667 students
- SPOOK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 574 students
- POLK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
Nearby schools
- DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY4.0 mi · 453
- MCLAUGHLIN ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE4.4 mi · 758
- POLK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.0 mi · 523
- HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.1 mi · 667
- FROSTPROOF BEN HILL GRIFFIN JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.3 mi · 853
- FROSTPROOF MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH5.7 mi · 998
Frequently asked questions
About BOK ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at BOK ACADEMY?
BOK ACADEMY enrolls approximately 640 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BOK ACADEMY serve?
BOK ACADEMY serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOK ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOK ACADEMY is approximately 20.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BOK ACADEMY?
Student demographics at BOK ACADEMY are roughly 49% White, 33% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees BOK ACADEMY?
BOK ACADEMY is overseen by POLK in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.