Southwest Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2815 Eden Parkway

Lakeland FL, 33803, Polk County

Phone: 863-499-2840

Ranking:

(1,891 out of 2,614, bottom 28%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Polk 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:	55		62		60		58		57		75		72
Total Students:	899		918		929		921		844		888		965
Grade 6:	303	33.7%	314	34.2%	318	34.2%	348	37.8%	296	35.1%	298	33.6%	343	35.5%
Grade 7:	305	33.9%	301	32.8%	336	36.2%	288	31.3%	281	33.3%	273	30.7%	329	34.1%
Grade 8:	291	32.4%	303	33.0%	275	29.6%	285	30.9%	267	31.6%	317	35.7%	293	30.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	473	52.6%	457	49.8%	446	48.0%	459	49.8%	425	50.4%	469	52.8%	522	54.1%
Female:	426	47.4%	461	50.2%	483	52.0%	462	50.2%	378	44.8%	379	42.7%	412	42.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.6%	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	4	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	13	1.4%	11	1.2%	12	1.3%	12	1.3%	15	1.8%	13	1.5%	12	1.2%
Hispanic:	221	24.6%	232	25.3%	199	21.4%	191	20.7%	143	16.9%	158	17.8%	164	17.0%
Black:	226	25.1%	216	23.5%	203	21.9%	200	21.7%	191	22.6%	204	23.0%	197	20.4%
White:	390	43.4%	411	44.8%	460	49.5%	469	50.9%	462	54.7%	480	54.1%	564	58.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	44	4.9%	44	4.8%	50	5.4%	45	4.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	544	60.5%	579	63.1%	604	65.0%	583	63.3%	491	58.2%	424	47.7%	273	28.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	64	7.1%	79	8.6%	80	8.6%	83	9.0%	98	11.6%	139	15.7%	58	6.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.35		14.81		15.48		15.88		14.81		14.00		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	423	396	N/A
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	420	398	N/A
FCAT
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	288	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	290	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	294	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	292	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	297	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	301	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	305	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	306	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	221	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	222	222	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	288	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	290	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	299	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	295	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	298	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	302	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	304	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	306	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	219	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	222	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	294	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	301	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	300	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	302	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	301	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	230	230	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	230	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	300	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	304	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	308	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	313	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	313	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	228	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	224	226	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	299	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	301	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	302	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	307	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	312	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	312	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	314	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	314	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	242	237	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	239	237	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	282	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	287	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	288	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	294	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	300	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	303	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	302	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	304	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	234	233	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	231	233	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281	275	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	286	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	289	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	291	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	297	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	300	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	299	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	193	195	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	89.8%	85.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	6.8%	10.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	54.2%	37.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	45.8%	62.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,550.0	$38,754.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,619.0	$35,475.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,393.0	$43,863.0

* Southwest Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.