📍 550 Clower St e, Bartow, Polk County, 33830
Compass Middle Charter School is an Alternative/PRU serving middle age pupils, located in Bartow, Polk County. The school has 153 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Anita Fine. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Compass Middle Charter School enrolls 153 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 24% Black or African American and 22% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 77 | 50% |
| Black or African American | 36 | 24% |
| White | 34 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
121 of the school's 153 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 121 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Compass Middle Charter School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 56.
Compass Middle Charter School is one of 164 schools in POLK, based in BARTOW, Florida. The district serves 111,372 students district-wide and employs 5,972 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 153 students, Compass Middle Charter School is smaller than the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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