Bartow Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 881 students
Compass Middle Charter School
550 Clower St E, Bartow, FL 33830
Grades
5–8
Middle
Students
168
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
18.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Polk
Polk County
Not graded
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About Compass Middle Charter School
Compass Middle Charter School is a charter middle school in Bartow, Florida, serving grades 5–8. It is part of Polk. The school is located in a town on the edge of a metro area in Polk County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 168 students were enrolled, with about 18.7 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Florida middle school (19.2 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Polk District Office.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 5–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 5–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 168 students
- Students per teacher
- 18.7 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Polk District Office
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Town — Fringe
- School district
- Polk
- County
- Polk County
- NCES school ID
- 120159003925
Schools near Compass Middle Charter School
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.