Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School
Public high school, grades 6 to 12 · Fort Meade, Florida
Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School in Fort Meade, Florida enrolled 731 students in 2024-25 with 46.0 full-time teachers, 15.9 students per teacher against the Florida high-school median of 21.6. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 38-42% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 37% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Florida: 53% and 52.2%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90-94% (Florida: 88%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 7% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 6%
786 students in 2022-23, 771 students in 2023-24, 731 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 49.0 to 46.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 786 | 49.0 | 16.0 |
| 2023-24 | 771 | 45.0 | 17.1 |
| 2024-25 | 731 | 46.0 | 15.9 |
15.9 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 83 of every 100 Florida high schools
Among the 730 Florida high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 21.6; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
5 AP courses and one counselor per 259 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School enrolled 777 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 139 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses5
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 259 of the 777 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions139
- Chronically absent45.8% (2022-23)
Who attends
53.4% of students were Hispanic, 29.5% White, 14.6% Black in 2024-25.
- Hispanic53.4%
- White29.5%
- Black14.6%
- Two or more races1.9%
- Asian0.4%
- Pacific Islander0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School scored proficient or above: 38-42% in reading in 2021-22 and 37% in math in 2022-23, against 53% in reading in 2021-22 and 52.2% in math in 2022-23 across Florida. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Florida, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 38‑42% | 44% | 53% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 37% | 45% (2021-22) | 52.2% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
90-94% of the 108 students in Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88% across Florida. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | Florida | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 90‑94% | 78% | 88% |
| Students in the class | 108 | 7,813 | 208,274 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
What to look at next about Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School
- Polk County Sheriff's Central CenterThe nearest public high school, 8.6 miles away: 45 students, 22.5 per teacher (2024-25).8.6 mi
- Davenport High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 8.8 miles away: 2,731 students, 25.8 per teacher (2024-25).8.8 mi
- Compare Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School with Polk County Sheriff's Central CenterStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Polk County Public Schools spends per student$11,747 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$11,747
- The largest public schools in FloridaFort Meade Middle/Senior High School is the number 444 by size of 818 Florida high schools open in 2024-25.#444 of 818
- Florida schools by students per teacher15.9 students per teacher here against the Florida median of 21.6 for high schools.15.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School
How many students attend Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School?
731 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 786 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Fort Meade, FL.What is the student-teacher ratio at Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School?
15.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Florida median for high schools is 21.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School a Title I school?
Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School do on state tests?
The students tested at Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School scored proficient or above: 38-42% in reading in 2021-22 and 37% in math in 2022-23, against 53% in reading in 2021-22 and 52.2% in math in 2022-23 across Florida. Florida's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School?
90-94% of the 108 students in Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88% across Florida. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School in?
Polk County Public Schools, NCES district ID 1201590. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 120159001743 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.