DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL

DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the compact 6-8 campuss in HAINES CITY, Florida, part of POLK, with 506 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 163 schools operated by POLK, a district that hosts 116,552 students overall.

Demographically, DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 32% Black, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 73% of students at DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Polk County's rate of about 65%.

After controlling for student poverty, DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Polk County put 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 DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SHELLEY S. BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 508 students in 2018 to 506 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 18% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.