Summary:
In zip code 33462, there is one middle school, Lantana Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 in Lantana, Florida, as part of the Palm Beach school district, which holds a 3 out of 5 star rating.
Lantana Middle School has 819 students and a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. The school shows a mixed academic profile. It excels in advanced math, with 90% of students proficient in Geometry and 76% in Algebra 1 on End-of-Course exams, both well above district and state averages. However, it struggles in core subjects like 8th-grade English Language Arts (43% proficient vs. 64% district) and 8th-grade Science (33% proficient vs. 55% district). A notable concern is a "7th-grade math slump," where proficiency in 2025-2026 was just 24%, roughly half the district average of 45%. The school's state ranking is in the bottom quarter, at the 22nd percentile for 2025-2026.
Despite spending $16,350 per student, which is a significant amount, the school's overall performance in core academics remains below district averages. On a positive note, there is a clear year-over-year improvement in English Language Arts, with 8th-grade proficiency rising from 31% to 43% and 7th-grade from 39% to 51% over two years. Chronic absenteeism is 23.2%, nearly identical to the district average and better than the state average of 31.4%. The school also has a high economic disadvantage rate, with 65.81% of students receiving free or reduced lunch.
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