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Fort Meade Middle/senior High School

Serves grades 6 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
700 Edgewood Dr N
Fort Meade, FL 33841
Phone
(863) 285-1180
District
POLK
County
POLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
786
Classroom Teachers
49

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

3

(10 is best)

Better than 26.4% of all FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Fort Meade Middle/senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
51%
33%
47%
38%
54%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
34%
47%
30%
47%
38%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
41%
50%
31%
47%
50%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 9

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
48%
43%
37%
48%
58%
38%
48%
43%
37%
48%
58%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
31%
50%
40%
50%
22%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
16
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 116 14.8%
Grade 7 122 15.5%
Grade 8 132 16.8%
Grade 9 104 13.2%
Grade 10 109 13.9%
Grade 11 111 14.1%
Grade 12 92 11.7%
Total 786 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 35.4% 34.5% 37.2%
Black 13.4% 20.9% 21.8%
Hispanic 50.7% 42.7% 37.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 1.6% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 67.7% 52.7% 52.2%
Free lunch eligible 67.7% 51.8% 48.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.9% 3.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 736,229 22,244,823
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 409.4 409
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 16.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.7% 31.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.9% 26.1%
65 OR OLDER 19.9% 20.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 264,145 8,353,441
Single Parent Households With Children 9.4% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.9% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.4% 32.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.6% 16.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.5% 16.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.2% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.7% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.6% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.3% 11.8%
$15,000 or less 9.1% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,279 $687,930,000 53.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $457 $50,099,000 3.9%
Staff $582 $63,794,000 4.9%
General Administration $84 $9,237,000 0.7%
School Administration $430 $47,131,000 3.6%
Operation $861 $94,289,000 7.3%
Transportation $340 $37,222,000 2.9%
Other $213 $23,298,000 1.8%
Total Support $2,967 $325,070,000 25.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,577 $282,313,000 21.8%
Total Expenditures $11,823 $1,295,313,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,069 $17,407,883,000 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $527 $1,512,050,000 4.5%
Staff $633 $1,814,776,000 5.4%
General Administration $105 $300,687,000 0.9%
School Administration $536 $1,538,939,000 4.6%
Operation $1,086 $3,114,724,000 9.3%
Transportation $337 $967,831,000 2.9%
Other $284 $815,478,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,509 $10,064,485,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,051 $5,882,029,000 17.6%
Total Expenditures $11,628 $33,354,397,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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