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Bowling Green Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4530 Church Ave

Bowling Green FL, 33834, Hardee County

Phone: 863-375-2288

Ranking:

(1,800 out of 2,614, bottom 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Hardee 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:	30		33		32		31		30		31		29
Total Students:	440		448		450		475		456		430		416
Prekindergarten:	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%
Kindergarten:	79	18.0%	78	17.4%	63	14.0%	73	15.4%	68	14.9%	80	18.6%	79	19.0%
Grade 1:	81	18.4%	71	15.8%	71	15.8%	70	14.7%	83	18.2%	78	18.1%	82	19.7%
Grade 2:	77	17.5%	77	17.2%	78	17.3%	82	17.3%	75	16.4%	84	19.5%	84	20.2%
Grade 3:	66	15.0%	71	15.8%	69	15.3%	86	18.1%	87	19.1%	76	17.7%	64	15.4%
Grade 4:	62	14.1%	73	16.3%	82	18.2%	88	18.5%	75	16.4%	61	14.2%	50	12.0%
Grade 5:	73	16.6%	77	17.2%	87	19.3%	76	16.0%	67	14.7%	49	11.4%	55	13.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	230	52.3%	237	52.9%	231	51.3%	241	50.7%	227	49.8%	209	48.6%	206	49.5%
Female:	210	47.7%	211	47.1%	219	48.7%	234	49.3%	212	46.5%	199	46.3%	194	46.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	334	75.9%	337	75.2%	343	76.2%	352	74.1%	330	72.4%	307	71.4%	293	70.4%
Black:	24	5.5%	20	4.5%	26	5.8%	33	6.9%	38	8.3%	32	7.4%	31	7.5%
White:	76	17.3%	84	18.8%	71	15.8%	81	17.1%	78	17.1%	75	17.4%	79	19.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.4%	6	1.3%	9	2.0%	8	1.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	372	84.5%	379	84.6%	383	85.1%	405	85.3%	380	83.3%	351	81.6%	310	74.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	27	6.1%	24	5.4%	25	5.6%	35	7.4%	32	7.0%	35	8.1%	49	11.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.67		13.58		14.06		15.32		15.20		15.10		14.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	327	328
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	336	333
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	340	337
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	336	337
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	329	337
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	203	203	202
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	211	207	201
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	301	309
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	309	313
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	306	313
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	308	314
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	304	314
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	202	202	201
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	199	201	201
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	275	295	312
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	299	312
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	308	318
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	322	319
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	328	324
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	335	330
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	332	330
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	331	331
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	211	215	215
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	218	215
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	302	318
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	304	319
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	301	314
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	304	316
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	305	319
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	317	324
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	320	323
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	312	323
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	205	208	213
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	208	210	212
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	326	332
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	329	333
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	336	335
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	332	336
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336	334	336
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	219	222
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	215	218	221
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	302	310
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	294	305
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	301	311
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	293	310
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	300	310
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	215	221
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	215	220
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	253	276	299
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	303	306
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	300	310
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	305	314
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	303	318
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	307	322
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	312	322
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	193	198	201

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	92.6%	92.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA	7.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	40.0%	39.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	60.0%	60.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,611.0	$36,927.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,226.0	$30,514.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,307.0	$43,570.0

* Bowling Green Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.