MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL

MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in DAVENPORT, Florida, part of POLK. The school enrolls 334 students in grades 6 through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 58% leaner than the state mean of about 794.

Within POLK, which oversees 163 schools and 116,552 students, MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Black, 11% White, 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 the economic backdrop, MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.8:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Polk County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,978 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Polk County's 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.8%.

MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a countryside location. MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.