Summary:
In zip code 34759, there is one middle school, Lake Marion Creek Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 in Poinciana, Florida, with a large enrollment of 1,013 students within the Polk County School District.
Lake Marion Creek Middle School presents a mixed performance profile. The school is a standout in advanced math, with 82% of students proficient in Algebra 1 and 89% proficient in Geometry, significantly outperforming both district and state averages. However, it struggles in other core areas; only 43% of students are proficient in Civics, a 43-percentage-point gap below the district average, and proficiency in grade-level math (FAST) averages just 25.7%, well below state norms. English Language Arts proficiency is also low and stagnant at around 37-38% across all grades. The school’s chronic absenteeism rate of 32.8% is better than the district’s 39.1% but slightly above the state average of 31.4%.
Despite pockets of excellence in advanced coursework, the school’s overall ranking is low at 1,103 out of 1,216 schools (9th percentile, 0 stars), reflecting widespread underperformance in core subjects for the majority of its students. With a high poverty rate (73.54% free/reduced lunch) and per-student spending of $9,183, the data suggests a need to re-evaluate resource allocation to address significant gaps in Civics, general math, and literacy instruction, while building on the successful advanced math program.
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