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Bartow Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

550 Clower St East

Bartow FL, 33830, Polk County

Phone: 863-534-7415

Ranking:

(2,369 out of 2,614, bottom 9%)*

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:	52		57		59		61		54		62		62
Total Students:	814		849		816		801		817		748		778
Grade 6:	256	31.4%	297	35.0%	274	33.6%	265	33.1%	305	37.3%	243	32.5%	284	36.5%
Grade 7:	267	32.8%	285	33.6%	267	32.7%	280	35.0%	250	30.6%	265	35.4%	238	30.6%
Grade 8:	291	35.7%	267	31.4%	275	33.7%	256	32.0%	262	32.1%	240	32.1%	256	32.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	434	53.3%	447	52.7%	427	52.3%	410	51.2%	389	47.6%	375	50.1%	391	50.3%
Female:	380	46.7%	402	47.3%	389	47.7%	391	48.8%	383	46.9%	340	45.5%	362	46.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	0.7%	10	1.2%	14	1.7%	11	1.4%	2	0.2%	2	0.3%	4	0.5%
Asian:	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	6	0.7%	9	1.1%	6	0.7%	6	0.8%	8	1.0%
Hispanic:	210	25.8%	201	23.7%	172	21.1%	161	20.1%	132	16.2%	113	15.1%	123	15.8%
Black:	187	23.0%	186	21.9%	187	22.9%	180	22.5%	200	24.5%	189	25.3%	170	21.9%
White:	385	47.3%	429	50.5%	409	50.1%	413	51.6%	440	53.9%	413	55.2%	452	58.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	2	0.2%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	2.5%	16	1.9%	26	3.2%	24	3.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	493	60.6%	513	60.4%	549	67.3%	531	66.3%	495	60.6%	383	51.2%	373	47.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	71	8.7%	69	8.1%	55	6.7%	63	7.9%	95	11.6%	93	12.4%	106	13.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.65		14.89		13.83		13.13		15.27		14.20		12.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	421	396	402
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	412	398	406
FCAT
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	288	301
2005	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	290	305
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	294	312
2007	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	275	292	307
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281	297	313
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	301	316
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	305	319
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	306	319
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	221	227
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	222	226
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281	288	297
2005	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	290	299
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	299	311
2007	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	295	306
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	298	310
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285	302	313
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	304	315
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	306	315
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	215	219	225
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	219	222	225
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	294	312
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	301	315
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	300	314
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	302	314
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	301	314
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	230	236
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	230	235
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	300	313
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	304	315
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	308	318
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	313	322
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	313	322
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	224	228	231
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	226	231
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	299	311
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285	301	313
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	302	314
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	307	318
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	312	324
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	312	322
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	314	324
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	314	325
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	230	237	243
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	237	240
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	282	295
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281	287	297
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	288	299
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	294	303
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	300	310
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	303	312
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	302	312
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	304	313
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	229	233	237
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	233	237
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	264	275	289
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281	286	298
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	273	289	305
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285	291	305
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	297	310
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	300	315
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	299	316
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	192	195	200

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	83.3%	76.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	16.7%	23.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	54.8%	32.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	45.2%	67.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,560.0	$38,519.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,098.0	$34,847.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,172.0	$43,421.0

* Bartow Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.