SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL (POLK SCH DIST.), Florida - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a Middle in LAKELAND, FL. It currently serves 745 students (grades 06-08). The school is part of the POLK School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

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Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Middle
Number of Students:745
Number of Teachers: 42
Student/Teacher Ratio: 17.74

Location Info

Location: 2815 EDEN PKWY, LAKELAND, FL 33803
Mailing Address: 2815 EDEN PKWY, LAKELAND, FL 33803
Phone: (863)499-2840
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 6 239
Grade 7 251
Grade 8 255
Gender/Sex of SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 401 53.83
Female 344 46.17
Race/Ethnicity Demography of SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 8 1.07
Black or African American 183 24.56
Hispanic/Latino 294 39.46
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.27
Two or more races 23 3.09
White 235 31.54
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 4 1.00
Black or African American 99 24.69
Hispanic/Latino 144 35.91
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.50
Two or more races 14 3.49
White 138 34.41
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 4 1.16
Black or African American 84 24.42
Hispanic/Latino 150 43.61
Two or more races 9 2.62
White 97 28.20

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 6 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 2 0.84
Black or African American 53 22.18
Hispanic/Latino 100 41.84
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.42
Two or more races 8 3.35
White 75 31.38
Grade 7 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 3 1.20
Black or African American 59 23.51
Hispanic/Latino 104 41.43
Two or more races 10 3.98
White 75 29.88
Grade 8 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 3 1.18
Black or African American 71 27.84
Hispanic/Latino 90 35.29
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.39
Two or more races 5 1.96
White 85 33.33