Garden Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

700 Center Rd

Venice FL, 34285, Sarasota County

Phone: 941-486-2110

Ranking:

(499 out of 2,614, top 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Sarasota 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:	41		37		38		39		41		41		42
Total Students:	610		588		577		601		609		618		628
Prekindergarten:	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	4	0.6%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	105	17.2%	95	16.2%	94	16.3%	105	17.5%	112	18.4%	104	16.8%	101	16.1%
Grade 1:	104	17.0%	98	16.7%	92	15.9%	108	18.0%	90	14.8%	92	14.9%	131	20.9%
Grade 2:	94	15.4%	89	15.1%	98	17.0%	93	15.5%	95	15.6%	117	18.9%	93	14.8%
Grade 3:	101	16.6%	113	19.2%	87	15.1%	91	15.1%	116	19.0%	99	16.0%	107	17.0%
Grade 4:	105	17.2%	86	14.6%	96	16.6%	112	18.6%	93	15.3%	103	16.7%	97	15.4%
Grade 5:	98	16.1%	105	17.9%	109	18.9%	90	15.0%	103	16.9%	99	16.0%	99	15.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	323	53.0%	301	51.2%	283	49.0%	290	48.3%	270	44.3%	290	46.9%	298	47.5%
Female:	287	47.0%	287	48.8%	294	51.0%	311	51.7%	307	50.4%	290	46.9%	295	47.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.7%	5	0.9%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Asian:	17	2.8%	13	2.2%	13	2.3%	13	2.2%	17	2.8%	10	1.6%	17	2.7%
Hispanic:	87	14.3%	79	13.4%	73	12.7%	73	12.1%	43	7.1%	35	5.7%	39	6.2%
Black:	9	1.5%	8	1.4%	5	0.9%	7	1.2%	8	1.3%	4	0.6%	10	1.6%
White:	458	75.1%	447	76.0%	451	78.2%	479	79.7%	515	84.6%	539	87.2%	530	84.4%
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:	35	5.7%	36	6.1%	30	5.2%	25	4.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	218	35.7%	255	43.4%	254	44.0%	248	41.3%	221	36.3%	166	26.9%	153	24.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	47	7.7%	88	15.0%	75	13.0%	64	10.6%	61	10.0%	72	11.7%	70	11.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.88		15.89		15.18		15.41		14.85		15.10		15.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	346	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	351	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	358	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358	352	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	347	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	211	206	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	206	207	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338	329	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338	332	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	334	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342	330	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343	333	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	209	207	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	208	208	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	327	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	322	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	325	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	331	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	338	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336	342	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341	341	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	337	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	218	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	219	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341	333	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	330	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	321	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343	334	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338	333	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334	336	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339	338	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	337	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	219	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	218	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	340	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	347	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	344	347	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338	347	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	349	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	227	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	226	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	322	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	324	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	326	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	326	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	329	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	228	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	224	227	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	317	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	321	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341	331	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	330	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	336	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	342	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338	340	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	205	208	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	47.1%	47.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	52.9%	52.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	23.5%	27.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	76.5%	73.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$54,984.0	$50,730.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$44,495.0	$41,830.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$58,211.0	$54,601.0

* Garden Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.