Bear Lakes Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3505 Shenandoah Rd

West Palm Beach FL, 33409, Palm Beach County

Phone: 561-615-7700

Ranking:

(2,426 out of 2,614, bottom 7%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Palm Beach County School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	48		48		47		47		50		62		51
Total Students:	775		754		742		777		774		920		842
Grade 6:	210	27.1%	260	34.5%	233	31.4%	254	32.7%	260	33.6%	289	31.4%	282	33.5%
Grade 7:	286	36.9%	265	35.1%	247	33.3%	277	35.6%	261	33.7%	309	33.6%	320	38.0%
Grade 8:	279	36.0%	229	30.4%	262	35.3%	246	31.7%	253	32.7%	322	35.0%	240	28.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	390	50.3%	377	50.0%	384	51.8%	404	52.0%	376	48.6%	436	47.4%	405	48.1%
Female:	385	49.7%	377	50.0%	358	48.2%	373	48.0%	369	47.7%	437	47.5%	405	48.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	5	0.6%	4	0.4%	1	0.1%
Asian:	6	0.8%	5	0.7%	3	0.4%	7	0.9%	12	1.6%	14	1.5%	17	2.0%
Hispanic:	138	17.8%	129	17.1%	104	14.0%	121	15.6%	118	15.2%	144	15.7%	148	17.6%
Black:	576	74.3%	562	74.5%	575	77.5%	580	74.6%	563	72.7%	650	70.7%	576	68.4%
White:	34	4.4%	36	4.8%	33	4.4%	44	5.7%	55	7.1%	69	7.5%	72	8.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	2.6%	19	2.5%	21	2.8%	20	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	654	84.4%	596	79.0%	585	78.8%	579	74.5%	481	62.1%	573	62.3%	485	57.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	4.6%	37	4.9%	43	5.8%	51	6.6%	66	8.5%	94	10.2%	86	10.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.15		15.71		15.79		16.53		15.48		17.40		16.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	420	403	N/A
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	416	409	N/A
FCAT
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	308	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	310	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	316	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	312	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	317	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	324	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	328	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	327	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	228	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	227	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	271	297	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	269	299	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	311	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	308	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	312	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	316	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	318	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281	318	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	214	225	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	215	225	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	317	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	318	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	320	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	325	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	322	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	226	238	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	225	237	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	315	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	314	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	319	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	326	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	325	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	232	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	223	232	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	314	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	317	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	317	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	322	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	329	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	327	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	331	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	335	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	234	248	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	245	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	294	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	296	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	298	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	303	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	311	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	314	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	315	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	317	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	239	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	239	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	266	292	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	268	301	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281	309	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	269	310	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	321	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	329	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	322	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	188	201	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	80.0%	83.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.0%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	5.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	76.4%	66.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	23.6%	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$41,910.0	$37,153.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,481.0	$32,912.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,757.0	NA

* Bear Lakes Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.