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Alexander W Dreyfoos Junior School Of The Arts

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

501 South Sapodilla Ave

West Palm Beach FL, 33401, Palm Beach County

Phone: 561-802-6000

Ranking:

(9 out of 492, top 2%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Palm Beach County School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	84		73		72		73		74		98		83
Total Students:	1,337		1,322		1,296		1,311		1,302		1,322		1,350
Grade 9:	352	26.3%	335	25.3%	333	25.7%	348	26.5%	333	25.6%	318	24.1%	333	24.7%
Grade 10:	332	24.8%	337	25.5%	336	25.9%	337	25.7%	314	24.1%	332	25.1%	353	26.1%
Grade 11:	329	24.6%	329	24.9%	332	25.6%	308	23.5%	325	25.0%	339	25.6%	339	25.1%
Grade 12:	324	24.2%	321	24.3%	295	22.8%	318	24.3%	330	25.3%	333	25.2%	325	24.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	443	33.1%	442	33.4%	422	32.6%	432	33.0%	409	31.4%	432	32.7%	442	32.7%
Female:	894	66.9%	880	66.6%	874	67.4%	879	67.0%	820	63.0%	794	60.1%	813	60.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.4%	7	0.5%	7	0.5%	8	0.6%	7	0.5%	3	0.2%	5	0.4%
Asian:	69	5.2%	65	4.9%	58	4.5%	52	4.0%	47	3.6%	44	3.3%	48	3.6%
Hispanic:	269	20.1%	260	19.7%	266	20.5%	254	19.4%	263	20.2%	203	15.4%	179	13.3%
Black:	140	10.5%	158	12.0%	152	11.7%	155	11.8%	136	10.4%	136	10.3%	119	8.8%
White:	799	59.8%	782	59.2%	766	59.1%	776	59.2%	784	60.2%	848	64.1%	908	67.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	55	4.1%	50	3.8%	47	3.6%	64	4.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	236	17.7%	185	14.0%	157	12.1%	148	11.3%	140	10.8%	93	7.0%	89	6.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	51	3.8%	60	4.5%	56	4.3%	45	3.4%	54	4.1%	41	3.1%	49	3.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.92		18.11		18.13		17.96		17.59		15.60		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	411	403	N/A
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	422	409	N/A
2013	Biology 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	428	405	N/A
2013	Geometry	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	426	405	N/A
FCAT
2004	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	329	N/A
2005	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	330	N/A
2006	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	327	N/A
2007	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	326	N/A
2008	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	329	N/A
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	331	N/A
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	336	N/A
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	333	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358	306	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	304	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	301	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	302	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	307	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	310	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	316	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	314	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	266	246	N/A
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	268	248	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342	297	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	309	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	351	309	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	306	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	315	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	314	N/A
2007	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	309	N/A
2008	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358	314	N/A
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	318	N/A
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	317	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	310	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	314	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	318	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	319	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	318	N/A
2012	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	264	241	N/A
2013	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	265	241	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.4%	52.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	48.6%	47.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years	20.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.6%	15.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.4%	85.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$54,673.0	$49,625.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,605.0	$33,072.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$61,100.0	$52,546.0

* Alexander W Dreyfoos Junior School Of The Arts was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.