SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intermediate school of mid-tier scale in LAKELAND, Florida, run under POLK, enrolling 886 students in grades 6 through 8.

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

On demographics, SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% Black, 19% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Polk County's rate of about 65%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.8%; actual is 27.9%, a gap of -14.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Polk County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,978 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 172 public schools (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students), of which SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 1,120 students in 2018 compared to 886 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 40% to 52% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.