Polo Park Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11901 Lake Worth Rd

Lake Worth FL, 33449, Palm Beach County

Phone: 561-333-5500

Ranking:

(560 out of 2,614, top 21%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Palm Beach County School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	52		59		63		66		62		72		58
Total Students:	833		982		1,088		1,148		1,127		1,087		1,048
Grade 6:	244	29.3%	291	29.6%	334	30.7%	367	32.0%	381	33.8%	380	35.0%	330	31.5%
Grade 7:	303	36.4%	317	32.3%	374	34.4%	380	33.1%	393	34.9%	351	32.3%	364	34.7%
Grade 8:	286	34.3%	374	38.1%	380	34.9%	401	34.9%	353	31.3%	356	32.8%	354	33.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	436	52.3%	522	53.2%	559	51.4%	581	50.6%	524	46.5%	512	47.1%	498	47.5%
Female:	397	47.7%	460	46.8%	529	48.6%	567	49.4%	552	49.0%	516	47.5%	511	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.5%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	9	0.8%	5	0.4%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%
Asian:	29	3.5%	34	3.5%	31	2.8%	36	3.1%	46	4.1%	43	4.0%	45	4.3%
Hispanic:	244	29.3%	251	25.6%	296	27.2%	300	26.1%	275	24.4%	241	22.2%	217	20.7%
Black:	128	15.4%	189	19.2%	205	18.8%	228	19.9%	216	19.2%	181	16.7%	141	13.5%
White:	401	48.1%	475	48.4%	511	47.0%	525	45.7%	542	48.1%	568	52.3%	607	57.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	27	3.2%	30	3.1%	41	3.8%	49	4.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	318	38.2%	293	29.8%	323	29.7%	332	28.9%	271	24.0%	221	20.3%	121	11.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	33	4.0%	57	5.8%	58	5.3%	78	6.8%	77	6.8%	86	7.9%	55	5.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.02		16.64		17.27		17.39		18.18		17.50		18.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	450	403	N/A
FCAT
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	308	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	310	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	316	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	312	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334	317	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	324	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	328	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	327	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	228	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	227	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	297	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	299	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	311	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	308	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	312	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	316	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	318	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	318	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	225	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	231	225	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334	317	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	318	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336	320	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	325	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	322	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	241	238	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	242	237	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	315	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	314	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	319	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	326	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	325	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	235	232	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	236	232	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334	314	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	317	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	317	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	322	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342	329	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	327	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	331	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341	335	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	249	248	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	251	245	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	294	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	296	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	298	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	303	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	311	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	314	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	315	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	317	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	240	239	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	243	239	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	292	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	301	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	309	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	310	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	321	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	329	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	322	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	206	201	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	76.4%	77.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	23.6%	22.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	49.4%	31.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.6%	68.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,693.0	$41,410.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,508.0	$32,332.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,696.0	$45,790.0

* Polo Park Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.