Polo Park Middle School

11901 Lake Worth Rd, Wellington, FL 33449 | (561) 333-5500

Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 1,127

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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

Polo Park Middle School Student Race Distribution

	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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