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What's something SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
886
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159003655
SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
2215 SLEEPY HILL RD, LAKELAND, FL 33810 · (863) 815-6577 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL886 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Florida public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
20.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
679 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 | 228 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 310 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 348 | 39% |
Student demographics
63%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
26.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
23.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 27.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 886 | 76.6% | 27.9% |
| BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL SARASOTA | 811 | 73.2% | 43.8% |
| WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 712 | 77.2% | 32.9% |
| DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY DUNDEE | 725 | 72.0% | 54.8% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 746 | 73.3% | 35.3% |
| 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 SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #558 of 560 | #23 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #559 of 560 ▼ 20 | #23 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #553 of 560 ▼ 42 | #24 of 24 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 886 | #232 of 584 | #8 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #387 of 547 | #12 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #193 of 553 | #16 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.6% | #28 of 565 | #5 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #120 of 379 | #1 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
886
-75 (-8%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 955
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 886 | 43 | 20.6:1 | 77% (679) |
| 2023-24 | 1,087 | 48 | 22.6:1 | 75% (820) |
| 2022-23 | 1,090 | 55 | 19.8:1 | 67% (725) |
| 2020-21 | 961 | 57 | 16.9:1 | 64% (615) |
| 2017-18 | 1,120 | 55 | 20.4:1 | 61% (686) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 46 | 17.7:1 | 65% (528) |
| 2010-11 | 923 | 66 | 14.0:1 | 82% (754) |
| 2000-01 | 955 | 52 | 18.4:1 | 60% (577) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school with a street address in LAKELAND, Florida. It reported 886 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in a 163-school district, POLK, which enrolls 116,552 students.
The student body at SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is 52% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 25% Black, 19% White, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Polk County, the Hispanic share is about 29%. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 20.6 students per teacher. Statewide, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Of all students at SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, 77% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Polk County report 65%.
On the allk12 Grade, SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at F, ahead of 1% of Florida public middle schools.
SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.9 points (27.9% versus 42.8%), a bottom-10% result in Florida on BeatsExpectations.
Polk County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $65,978 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Polk County with 171 other public schools.
SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL had a net loss of 75 students, or 8%. By 2024-25, the school had 20.6 students per teacher, compared with 16.9 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 LAKELAND
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,861 students
- MCKEEL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGYHigh · 1,750 students
- SOUTH MCKEEL ACADEMYElementary · 1,200 students
Nearby schools
- SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 711
- GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 431
- IDEA LAKELAND2.0 mi · 452
- NORTH LAKELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF CHOICE2.1 mi · 658
- DR. NE ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 697
- KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,861
Frequently asked questions
About SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 886 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 19% White, 52% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.