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Enrollment
753
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001782
CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
2410 CRYSTAL LAKE DR N, LAKELAND, FL 33801 · (863) 499-2970 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL753 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 3% of Florida public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
23.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
626 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 | 204 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 305 | 41% |
Student demographics
69%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
28.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
19.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.2% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 25.7% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 753 | 83.1% | 27.1% |
| KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 742 | 80.1% | 31.1% |
| WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 712 | 77.2% | 32.9% |
| SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 886 | 76.6% | 27.9% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 746 | 73.3% | 35.3% |
| JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE AUBURNDALE | 1,013 | 75.8% | 32.0% |
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 CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #560 of 560 | #24 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #560 of 560 ▼ 8 | #24 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #543 of 560 ▼ 44 | #23 of 24 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 753 | #326 of 584 | #10 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #517 of 547 | #21 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #67 of 553 | #4 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #10 of 565 | #2 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #161 of 379 | #3 of 13 |
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
753
-131 (-15%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 798
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 753 | 32 | 23.5:1 | 83% (626) |
| 2023-24 | 865 | 40 | 21.6:1 | 79% (683) |
| 2022-23 | 949 | 51 | 18.6:1 | 71% (673) |
| 2020-21 | 884 | 50 | 17.7:1 | 72% (638) |
| 2017-18 | 906 | 52 | 17.4:1 | 69% (621) |
| 2015-16 | 898 | 63 | 14.3:1 | 69% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 88% (577) |
| 2000-01 | 784 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 65% (511) |
| 1990-91 | 798 | 40 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
This page covers CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle school in LAKELAND, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 753 students in grades 6 through 8.
POLK is the district for CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. It has 163 schools and 116,552 students.
At CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 41%. After that, the student body is 28% White, 24% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Polk County is about 29% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 32 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 23.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Eligible students account for 83% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The average for public schools in Polk County is 65%.
Measured against Florida public middle schools, CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.5%. CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 27.1%.
Census estimates describe Polk County this way: the median household income is $65,978, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Polk County has 172 public schools and roughly 117,004 students.
Of nearby public schools, REAL ACADEMY (REACHING EVERY ADOLESCENT LEARNER) is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 131 students since 2020-21, to 753. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 17.7:1 to 23.5:1.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 LAKELAND
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,861 students
- MCKEEL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGYHigh · 1,750 students
- SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMYElementary · 1,200 students
Other Crystal Lake Middle schools
One other US public school is named Crystal Lake Middle. CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLPOMPANO BEACH, FL · 925 students
Nearby schools
- REAL ACADEMY (REACHING EVERY ADOLESCENT LEARNER)0.2 mi · 215
- FRESH START COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 105
- POLK GRAD ACADEMY0.2 mi · 14
- CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 437
- SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMY1.2 mi · 1,200
- OSCAR J. POPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 753 students in grades 06-08.
Is CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 23.5:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 28% White, 41% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by POLK.
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