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Enrollment
506
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159004435
DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL
701 LEDWITH AVE, HAINES CITY, FL 33844 · (863) 421-3267 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Florida public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
20.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
367 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 | 169 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 170 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 167 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%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
57.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
58.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 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 | 57.3% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 56.7% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 →
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DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 506 | 72.5% | 55.1% |
| CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CLEWISTON | 679 | 68.6% | 42.4% |
| HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 545 | 76.5% | 38.7% |
| LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL PALMETTO | 448 | 79.7% | 33.1% |
| DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 657 | 66.7% | 34.7% |
| AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL AVON PARK | 600 | 70.3% | 42.9% |
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 DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #254 of 560 | #7 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #270 of 560 ▼ 20 | #5 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #235 of 560 ▼ 35 | #8 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #472 of 584 | #22 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #364 of 547 | #10 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #310 of 553 | #22 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #46 of 565 | #12 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #373 of 379 | #13 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
506
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
+166% since 2000-01, when it was 190
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 506 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 73% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 69% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 28 | 18.4:1 | 56% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 57% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 45% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 71% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 65% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 190 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 33% (62) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL
DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in Florida, with an address in HAINES CITY. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 506 students. The school's enrollment is 36% smaller than the 794 average for middle schools in Florida.
DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of POLK, where 163 schools serve 116,552 students.
At 58%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL combined. Other students are 32% Black and 8% White. By comparison, Polk County residents are about 29% Hispanic. DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL's 25 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 20.2:1. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 19.6:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 73%. That rate is above the 65% average among public schools in Polk County.
Measured against Florida public middle schools, DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 10.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Within Polk County, median household income is about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Polk County number 172 and enroll about 117,004.
SHELLEY S. BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 55.1% compares with 39.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL had 522 students in 2020-21 and 506 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.4:1 to 20.2:1.
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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 HAINES CITY
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,105 students
- SHELLEY S. BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,329 students
- SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,111 students
- ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 780 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 725 students
- BETHUNE ACADEMYElementary · 430 students
Nearby schools
- SHELLEY S. BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,329
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 725
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 3,105
- ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 780
- BETHUNE ACADEMY1.3 mi · 430
- RIDGE TEEN PARENT PROGRAM2.5 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 506 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
What is the student diversity at DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 8% White, 58% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of POLK.
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