Polo Park Middle School
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5 out of 5 | 1 Review
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School Description
School Summary and Highlights
- Enrolls 1,127 middle school students from grades 6-8
- Ranks 189th out of 742 middle schools in FL.
School District Details
- Palm Beach County School District
- Per-Pupil Spending: $9,394
- Graduation Rate: 64.8%
- Dropout Rate: 5.0%
- Students Per Teacher: 15.1
- Enrolled Students: 172,897
Faculty Details and Student Enrollment
Students and Faculty
- Total Students Enrolled: 1,127
- Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 62.0
- Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 18.2
Students Gender Breakdown
- Males: 528 (46.9%)
- Females: 556 (49.3%)
Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown
- Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 77 (6.8%)
- Eligible for Free Lunch: 271 (24.0%)
- Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 348 (30.9%)
Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian | 5 | 0.4% |
| Black | 216 | 19.2% |
| Asian | 46 | 4.1% |
| Hispanic | 275 | 24.4% |
| White | 542 | 48.1% |
Number of Students Per Grade
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| 6th Grade | 381 | 33.8% |
| 7th Grade | 393 | 34.9% |
| 8th Grade | 353 | 31.3% |
Teacher Educational Background (2010)
Percent of Teachers with a Bachelor's Degree
School:
76.3%
District:
75.9%
State:
65.3%
Percent of Classes Taught by Non-Highly Qualified Teachers
School:
4.9%
State:
4.8%
Percent of Classes Taught By Teachers (Out-of-Field) of Their Background
School:
7.9%
State:
4.8%
Source: FL Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010
School Ratings and Reviews
Overall Rating: 5
5 out of 5 | 1 Review
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1 review for Polo Park Middle School
- Reviewed by Former Student on August 20, 2009
- Rating:
(5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - i went to this school half of my sixth grade year till i moved its an awesome school but they need to be more organized last year if you took the bus to my nieghborhood we sat at the school for 45 minutes to an hour...... and in the morning sometimes the bus wouldn't even show up...... but other then that its a great school..... but i heard this year that on the first day that there were kids waiting in the media center for hours trying to get there schedule fixed or just get there schedule......
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