Middle · Florida

Bok Academy

CharterFree meals for all

Bok Academy, a public middle school in Lake Wales, Florida: grades 6–8, 640 students, 20.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Polk.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 640
Teachers (FTE): 31.0
Students per teacher: 20.6
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in Florida

Median 19.2 · 571 schools compared

More students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 71% of middle schools in Florida

Median 805 · 581 schools compared

Larger than 63% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Florida: 57%

56%proficient

−0.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 55% of middle schools in Florida

Median 54% · 581 middle schools compared

631 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Math

Florida: 59%

48%proficient

−3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 59% of middle schools in Florida

Median 52% · 581 middle schools compared

494 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Rural area near a city
Run by: Polk

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Polk.

Location

Address: 13895 Hwy 27, Lake Wales, FL 33859
Phone: (863)638-1010
City or town: Crooked Lake Park
County: Polk County

Website Quality of life in Crooked Lake Park Schools in Crooked Lake Park

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Edward W Bok Academy NorthCharterFree meals for all	6–8	726	20.2	54%	41%	5.8 mi
Dundee Ridge Middle AcademyFree meals for all	6–8	725	20.1	58%	51%	13.3 mi
Union AcademyFree meals for all	6–8	382	19.1	74%	59%	14.8 mi
Compass Middle Charter SchoolCharterAlternativeFree meals for all	5–8	168	18.7	23%	14%	15.6 mi
Bartow Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	881	19.2	42%	34%	15.6 mi
Denison Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	684	24.4	34%	31%	15.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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