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Enrollment
725
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159003656
DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY
5555 LAKE TRASK RD, DUNDEE, FL 33838 · (863) 419-3088 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL725 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
522 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 | 237 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 246 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%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
58.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
56.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 56.4% |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
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 →
Schools most like DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY
DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY this school | 725 | 72.0% | 54.8% |
| BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL SARASOTA | 811 | 73.2% | 43.8% |
| ELECTA LEE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL BRADENTON | 679 | 68.8% | 31.0% |
| CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CLEWISTON | 679 | 68.6% | 42.4% |
| W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 721 | 71.3% | 50.8% |
| UNION PARK MIDDLE ORLANDO | 660 | 68.3% | 39.5% |
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 DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #258 of 560 | #8 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #287 of 560 ▼ 33 | #6 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #222 of 560 ▼ 21 | #7 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 725 | #355 of 584 | #15 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #354 of 547 | #8 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #279 of 553 | #19 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #47 of 565 | #13 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #326 of 379 | #9 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
725
-87 (-11%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 931
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 725 | 36 | 20.1:1 | 72% (522) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 37 | 19.5:1 | 67% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 773 | 40 | 19.3:1 | 58% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 43 | 18.9:1 | 52% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 758 | 41 | 18.5:1 | 48% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 57% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | 60 | 14.3:1 | 80% (682) |
| 2000-01 | 931 | 54 | 17.2:1 | 55% (512) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY.
About DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY
DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY is a middle-grades school in DUNDEE, Florida, reachable at (863) 419-3088. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 725 students.
Besides DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY, POLK runs 162 other schools. The district enrolls 116,552 students.
Hispanic students account for 58% of enrollment at DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY. Other groups include 19% Black and 19% White. The county population is about 29% Hispanic. DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1 at DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 19.6:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 72% of enrollment.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY is 45.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Polk County show that median household income is about $65,978, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY is one of 172 public schools in Polk County, which together enroll about 117,004 students.
DON E WOODS OPPORTUNITY CENTER is the public school closest to DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY, about 1.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.7%; DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY's is 54.8%, ranking 2nd of 6.
DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY 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.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 725 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 812. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.1:1) than in 2020-21 (18.9:1).
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY. 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 DUNDEE
- DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMYElementary · 657 students
- DON E WOODS OPPORTUNITY CENTERHigh · 82 students
Nearby schools
- DON E WOODS OPPORTUNITY CENTER1.4 mi · 82
- DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY1.5 mi · 657
- SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 1,111
- GARDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 652
- ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.1 mi · 780
- RIDGE TEEN PARENT PROGRAM5.4 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY?
DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 725 students in grades 06-08.
Is DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY.
How diverse is DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY?
DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY reports a student body of 19% White, 58% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY?
DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY is overseen by POLK in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.