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Which teacher or staff member at JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
566
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001739
JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET
601 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD NE, WINTER HAVEN, FL 33881 · (863) 291-5320 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Florida public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
21.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
330 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 | 193 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 181 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 34% |
Student demographics
70%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
66.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
66.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.5% | 66.4% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 55.9% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET
JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET this school | 566 | 58.3% | 59.8% |
| STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 557 | 59.4% | 39.0% |
| MEADOWLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 616 | 61.7% | 41.5% |
| JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 489 | 57.9% | 41.0% |
| SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL DELAND | 664 | 61.4% | 56.6% |
| JINKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 541 | 59.5% | 35.8% |
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 JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #195 of 560 | #4 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #186 of 560 ▲ 72 | #2 of 24 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #130 of 560 ▲ 43 | #4 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #447 of 584 | #21 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #460 of 547 | #17 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #44 of 553 | #2 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #196 of 565 | #21 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #296 of 379 | #8 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
566
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 566 | 26 | 21.8:1 | 58% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 26 | 22.6:1 | 56% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 46% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 42% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 39% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 33 | 18.9:1 | 41% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 31% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 26% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 655 | 36 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET.
About JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET
JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET is a middle school in WINTER HAVEN, Florida, reachable at (863) 291-5320. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 566 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Florida enroll around 794, and this school is 29% below that mark.
The POLK system has 163 schools and 116,552 students.
The student body at JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET has no majority group. White students lead at 35%. The next largest groups are 34% Black, 24% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 21 points below the 56% share among Polk County residents. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET are from different groups.
JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET has a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Florida public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.8%; the prediction is 52.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Polk County show that the median household earns about $65,978 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Polk County has 172 public schools with about 117,004 students, including JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET.
JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET is about 0.2 miles from JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 59.8% is above the 50.4% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 555 in 2020-21 and 566 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 18.5:1 in 2020-21 to 21.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 WINTER HAVEN
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- CHAIN OF LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,007 students
- NEW BEGINNINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 997 students
- FRED G. GARNER ACADEMYElementary · 817 students
- JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · 746 students
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 712 students
Nearby schools
- JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS0.2 mi · 746
- CHAIN OF LAKES COLLEGIATE HIGH1.0 mi · 340
- NEW BEGINNINGS HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 997
- LANGUAGE & LITERACY ACADEMY FOR LEARNING1.6 mi · 332
- DENISON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 684
- FRANK E. BRIGHAM ACADEMY1.7 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNETWhat is the total enrollment at JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET?
JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET enrolls approximately 566 students in grades 06-08.
Is JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET an elementary, middle, or high school?
JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET.
What is the student diversity at JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET?
Student demographics at JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET are roughly 35% White, 24% Hispanic, 34% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET in?
JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET is part of POLK.
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