Bartow Middle School

It is clear that Polk County schools district does not have the proper training for their teachers and administrators on how to work with children that are Autistic. This school has clearly lacked the basic fundamental understanding of Autism and how it affects Autistic children that live with sensory disorder, anxiety, and depression. We have provided the school with a neuropsychological report that explains why the manifestations of certain behaviors with my daughter occurs. If you have an Autistic child, do not enroll them in this school. Also, go to the ESE section of the Polk County schools and review their advisory board minutes. The district is fully aware of their lack of training with ESE students. Very sad!

If you are actually ready to finish work and get to your correct grade, this is the school for you in Polk county! Best staff hands down! They care about their students and want to help if you show you actually care. Don’t come here to sleep! The 1 on 1 help you can receive from teachers is unmatched. Do it now so you can walk with your friends across that graduation stage!

We love this school. My daughter has been attending this school for the past two years. She loves it so much that she doesn't even want to go on break sometimes. The teachers and staff are all caring and make sure to reach out when there is a need. I love the IB unit kickoffs that my daughter has been involved in. This year, they did a "boot camp" style kick off where they got to do field-day activities to explore changes in the natural world. The kids had so much fun. They later got to go on a field trip to the children's museum and used materials to make their own roller coasters. The students also presented their roller coasters to the staff and to the kindergarten students. This year she's also learned about worms, built solar ovens, been challenged in an enrichment group and will soon be attended the summer camp they have available where she'll be able to engage in the Fab Lab. She's super excited about this. We also loved the various parent nights they've had available this year. They did a science night, culture night, and math/ela game night. The culture night was my favorite because we got to learn about different countries and they decorated the whole school. Second grade did Japan and they literally made Cherry Blossom trees we got to walk under. Love the current administration and the staff. Not sure what the data on this website is about. Seems out of date to me. We've all had good experiences here though.