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What's the vibe like in the hallways at LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE right now?
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Enrollment
1,136
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002873
LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE
1300 BARNETT DR, LAKE WORTH, FL 33461 · (561) 540-5500 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,136 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% 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.
- FBeats 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
17.9:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
708 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 351 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 324 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 461 | 41% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
28.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
40.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.5pp 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 40 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.9% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 31.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE
LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE this school | 1,136 | 62.3% | 32.5% |
| LEMUEL TEAL MIDDLE SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,008 | 61.3% | 33.4% |
| BUCHANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 928 | 62.7% | 34.9% |
| PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 1,397 | 60.2% | 46.2% |
| CUTLER BAY MIDDLE CUTLER BAY | 935 | 59.7% | 48.1% |
| CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 1,153 | 60.3% | 43.5% |
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 LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #537 of 560 | #34 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #482 of 560 ▲ 30 | #34 of 36 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #536 of 560 ▲ 10 | #36 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,136 | #81 of 584 | #13 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #152 of 547 | #26 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #380 of 553 | #27 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #138 of 565 | #10 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #370 of 379 | #24 of 27 |
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
1,136
-68 (-6%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 1,508
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 1,136 | 63.5 | 17.9:1 | 62% (708) |
| 2023-24 | 1,161 | 55.5 | 20.9:1 | 63% (736) |
| 2022-23 | 1,249 | 57 | 21.9:1 | 75% (937) |
| 2020-21 | 1,204 | 74 | 16.3:1 | 94% (1,136) |
| 2017-18 | 1,141 | 70 | 16.3:1 | 89% (1,016) |
| 2015-16 | 971 | 66 | 14.7:1 | 94% (910) |
| 2010-11 | 928 | 55 | 16.9:1 | 86% (800) |
| 2000-01 | 1,508 | 84 | 17.9:1 | 74% (1,123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE.
About LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE
LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE is a medium-sized middle school that serves part of LAKE WORTH, Florida. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 1,136 students. Enrollment is 43% higher than the average for middle schools in Florida, which is about 794.
LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE is one school in PALM BEACH, a system of 233 schools with 191,505 students.
Roughly 66% of students at LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 23% Black, 6% White, and 3% Native American. Among people living in Palm Beach County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE counts 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.9 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. About 62% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE is F. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE ranks in the bottom 10% in Florida. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.5%, against a prediction of 49.9%.
Palm Beach County census figures show that the median household income is $83,581, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Palm Beach County is home to 245 public schools and about 192,831 public school students.
The next-closest public school is HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 68 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.3:1 to 17.9:1.
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Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in LAKE WORTH
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,589 students
- DR. JOAQUIN GARCIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,541 students
- WOODLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,307 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,268 students
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,185 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 976
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS1.0 mi · 30
- NORTH GRADE K-81.1 mi · 769
- LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 2,589
- G-STAR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS1.3 mi · 710
- PALM BEACH PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 37
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLEHow large is LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE?
LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,136 students in grades 06-08.
Is LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE have?
LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE?
At LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 6% White, 66% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE public or private?
LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.