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Enrollment
1,058
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001765
MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL
500 DR MLK JR AVE SE, MULBERRY, FL 33860 · (863) 701-1066 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,058 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
784 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 | 313 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 354 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 391 | 37% |
Student demographics
59%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
44.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
42.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 43.8% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL
MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,058 | 74.1% | 41.4% |
| JERE L. STAMBAUGH MIDDLE AUBURNDALE | 1,013 | 75.8% | 32.0% |
| SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL CASSELBERRY | 842 | 69.8% | 46.0% |
| DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF LAKE ALFRED LAKE ALFRED | 1,039 | 66.8% | 52.9% |
| BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL SARASOTA | 811 | 73.2% | 43.8% |
| LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY LAKE ALFRED | 734 | 72.8% | 45.0% |
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 MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #449 of 560 | #13 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #463 of 560 ▼ 71 | #13 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #393 of 560 ▲ 50 | #13 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,058 | #115 of 584 | #4 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #504 of 547 | #19 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #274 of 553 | #18 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.1% | #37 of 565 | #8 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #253 of 379 | #4 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
1,058
-71 (-6%) vs 2020
+135% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 1,058 | 46 | 23.0:1 | 74% (784) |
| 2023-24 | 1,176 | 54 | 21.8:1 | 73% (853) |
| 2022-23 | 1,200 | 61 | 19.7:1 | 63% (754) |
| 2020-21 | 1,129 | 63 | 17.9:1 | 57% (644) |
| 2017-18 | 1,160 | 64 | 18.1:1 | 55% (635) |
| 2015-16 | 1,079 | 61 | 17.7:1 | 57% (614) |
| 2010-11 | 866 | 60 | 14.4:1 | 72% (626) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 48 | 16.0:1 | 44% (341) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 24 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL
MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle school, is located in MULBERRY, Florida. The student body numbers 1,058 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Florida) has about 794 students.
POLK runs 163 schools with a combined 116,552 students. MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
Roughly 52% of students at MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 37% White, 8% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Polk County, the Hispanic share is about 29%. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 23.0 students per teacher. That is 3.4 students per teacher above the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 74% of students. Compared with the 65% average for public schools in Polk County, the school's rate is higher.
MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.4% is 2.7 points below the 44.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Polk County this way: the median household income is $65,978, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Polk County has 172 public schools and roughly 117,004 students.
The school nearest to MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is PURCELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 6. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.7%; MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 41.4%, ranking 6th of 8.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 1,058 students in 2024-25, 71 fewer than the 1,129 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.9:1 to 23.0:1.
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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 MULBERRY
- MULBERRY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,451 students
- WILLOW OAK SCHOOLElementary · 996 students
- PURCELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 438 students
- RCMA MULBERRY COMMUNITY ACADEMYElementary · 107 students
Nearby schools
- PURCELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 438
- MULBERRY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,451
- JAMES W. SIKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 502
- WILLOW OAK SCHOOL4.0 mi · 996
- SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 735
- RCMA MULBERRY COMMUNITY ACADEMY5.0 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,058 students in grades 06-08.
Is MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 23.0:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 37% White, 52% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MULBERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
MULBERRY 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.