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Which teacher or staff member at POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,122
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150004412
POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
11901 LAKE WORTH RD, WELLINGTON, FL 33449 · (561) 333-5500 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,122 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Florida public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
17.8:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
287 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 | 350 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 397 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 375 | 33% |
Student demographics
69%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
72.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
74.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.6% | 74.9% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 75.7% |
% 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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,122 | 25.6% | 71.0% |
| THOMAS E. WEIGHTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,270 | 27.5% | 55.9% |
| TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,067 | 27.5% | 68.5% |
| CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 1,079 | 30.2% | 70.9% |
| EAST RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLERMONT | 1,089 | 20.8% | 66.7% |
| WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLE WELLINGTON | 1,227 | 23.6% | 70.5% |
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 POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #82 of 560 | #5 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #111 of 560 ▼ 29 | #9 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #78 of 560 ▼ 27 | #6 of 36 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,122 | #84 of 584 | #14 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #144 of 547 | #24 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #65 of 553 | #7 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.6% | #496 of 565 | #28 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.0% | #19 of 137 | #1 of 7 |
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
1,122
-159 (-12%) vs 2020
+18% since 2000-01, when it was 954
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 1,122 | 63 | 17.8:1 | 26% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 1,163 | 59 | 19.7:1 | 28% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 1,156 | 63 | 18.4:1 | 33% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 1,281 | 69 | 18.6:1 | 45% (574) |
| 2017-18 | 863 | 51 | 16.9:1 | 39% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 860 | 51 | 16.9:1 | 41% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 1,148 | 66 | 17.4:1 | 36% (410) |
| 2000-01 | 954 | 43 | 22.2:1 | 13% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school that serves part of WELLINGTON, Florida. It had 1,122 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Florida average about 794 students, which makes this school 41% above average.
PALM BEACH has 191,505 students spread across 233 schools.
The student body at POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 38%. The next largest groups are 37% White, 15% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 13 points above the 24% share among Palm Beach County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL reported 63 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.8:1. The school's 17.8:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. Roughly 26% of students at POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 19 points below the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County.
POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Florida public middle schools.
POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is 2.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (71.0% versus 68.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Palm Beach County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Palm Beach County with 244 other public schools.
A public school about 1.1 miles away, PANTHER RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 70.2%, lower than POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL's 71.0%.
Locale data from NCES put POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
A 12% decline took enrollment from 1,281 in 2020-21 to 1,122 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 WELLINGTON
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
- WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,689 students
- BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,246 students
- WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,227 students
- EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,221 students
- WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Nearby schools
- PANTHER RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 794
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WELLINGTON2.1 mi · 682
- EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,221
- ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 842
- NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 745
- EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 834
Frequently asked questions
About POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,122 students in grades 06-08.
Is POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 37% White, 38% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL 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.