The following are results of the 2007-2008 Florida School Music Association music performance assessments for Polk County high school and middle school concert bands. Band directors are listed in parentheses.
Superior: Auburndale High (Jason Gibbs), Bartow High 1 (Jon Eckman), Blake Academy-Lakeland (Lindsay Samuels), Daniel Jenkins Academy of Technology-Haines City (Jason Harden), Denison Middle-Winter Haven (Bryan Osteen), Haines City High (Sean Harlan), Jewett Middle Academy-Winter Haven (Barbara Fultz), Lake Region High 1- Eagle Lake (Donald West), Lakeland High 2 (Brad Wharton), Lawton Chiles Middle Academy-Lakeland (Jane Sholine), Southwest Middle-Lakeland (Jeff Cayer), Mulberry High (Kevin LeVine), Ridge Community High-Davenport (Phillip Wharton), Winter Haven 1 and 2 (Sean Luce).
Excellent: Bartow High 2 (Jon Eckman), Bartow Middle (Mark Lussier), Boone Middle-Haines City (Cheryce Harris), George Jenkins High 1 and 2-Lakeland (Dennis LoCurcio), Jewett School Of The Arts-Winter Haven (Jermaine Chapel), Kathleen High-Lakeland (Chris Revett), Lake Gibson High-Lakeland (Matthew Clark), Lake Gibson Middle-Lakeland (Michael McElwain), Lake Region High 2 (Donald West), Lake Wales High (Mike Yopp), Lakeland High 1 (Brad Wharton), Lakeland Highlands Middle (Amber Thompson), McKeel Academy Middle -Lakeland (Allison Scanlan), McLaughlin Middle And Fine Arts Academy-Lake Wales (Lisa Walker), Rochelle School Of The Arts-Lakeland (Jesse Bryant), Southwest Middle 2-Lakeland (Jeff Cayer), Stambaugh Middle-Auburndale (Stephen Alia), Union Academy 2 - Bartow (Kent Kesler), Westwood Middle-Winter Haven (David Christopher).
Good: Crystal Lake Middle-Lakeland (C. Nicole Moore), Dundee Ridge Middle-Dundee (Tashianna Torres), Frostproof Middle (Evan Marsh), Frostproof Senior (Evan Marsh), Kathleen Middle-Lakeland (David Szumlanski), Mulberry Middle (April Malott), Sleepy Hill Middle-Lakeland (J.R. Boatwright), Union Academy 1 – Bartow (Kent Kesler).