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What's something KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
742
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001767
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
3627 KATHLEEN PNES, LAKELAND, FL 33810 · (863) 853-6040 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL742 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Florida public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
19.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
594 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 | 196 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 271 | 37% |
Student demographics
65%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
29.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
30.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 30.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 32.2% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 742 | 80.1% | 31.1% |
| CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 753 | 83.1% | 27.1% |
| JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE AUBURNDALE | 1,013 | 75.8% | 32.0% |
| LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY LAKE ALFRED | 734 | 72.8% | 45.0% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 746 | 73.3% | 35.3% |
| YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL OKEECHOBEE | 588 | 81.8% | 46.8% |
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 KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #544 of 560 | #21 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #548 of 560 ▼ 38 | #22 of 24 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #535 of 560 ▼ 11 | #21 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 742 | #339 of 584 | #12 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #252 of 547 | #3 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #150 of 553 | #12 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #14 of 565 | #3 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.7% | #28 of 137 | #4 of 9 |
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
742
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 968
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 742 | 39 | 19.0:1 | 80% (594) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 46 | 18.1:1 | 77% (647) |
| 2022-23 | 821 | 44 | 18.7:1 | 68% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 758 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 66% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 64% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 45 | 15.9:1 | 65% (461) |
| 2010-11 | 777 | 51 | 15.2:1 | 77% (598) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 52 | 15.4:1 | 58% (466) |
| 1990-91 | 968 | 48 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in LAKELAND, Florida, as a medium-sized middle-grades school. It educates 742 students in grades 6 through 8.
POLK serves 116,552 students across 163 schools.
Hispanic students form the largest group at KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, 44% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 34% White, 18% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Polk County, the Hispanic share is about 29%. KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL operates with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.0:1. Middle schools in Florida average about 19.6:1, a similar figure. KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 65% average for public schools in Polk County is 15 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is D. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 41.0%.
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in Polk County, where 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. KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 172 public schools in Polk County, which together enroll about 117,004 students.
KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 758 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 742. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.0:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 LAKELAND
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,861 students
- MCKEEL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGYHigh · 1,750 students
- SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMYElementary · 1,200 students
Nearby schools
- KATHLEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 453
- DR. NE ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 697
- R. CLEM CHURCHWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 662
- SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 711
- SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 886
- SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 742 students in grades 06-08.
Is KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
How diverse is KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 34% White, 44% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
KATHLEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.