LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL

LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intermediate school of very small scale in LAKELAND, Florida, one of the schools within POLK, teacheing 30 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 96% smaller than the state mean of about 794.

POLK runs 163 schools in total, collectively educating 116,552 students. LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 40% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 76.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Polk County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $65,978 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

Nearest neighbor: LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 6 years. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at LAKELAND MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged down 50%, going from 60 students in 2018 to 30 in 2024. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 20% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 30.0:1 today.

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