JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE

Located at 226 MAIN ST N, in AUBURNDALE, Florida, JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school that enrolls 1,013 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by POLK. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 28% above typical.

POLK runs 163 schools in total, collectively educating 116,552 students. JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 36% White, 19% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Polk County's rate of about 65%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 32.0%, a residual of -11.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Polk County put median household earnings sit near $65,978, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), of which JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE is one.

AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,017 (now 1,013). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 29% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.