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Highland City Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5355 9th St Se

Highland City FL, 33846, Polk County

Phone: 863-648-3540

Ranking:

(1,415 out of 2,614, bottom 46%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Polk 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:	31		33		34		36		38		54		45
Total Students:	420		427		447		480		487		616		628
Prekindergarten:	13	3.1%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	68	16.2%	83	19.4%	72	16.1%	71	14.8%	69	14.2%	93	15.1%	107	17.0%
Grade 1:	72	17.1%	55	12.9%	60	13.4%	76	15.8%	71	14.6%	103	16.7%	98	15.6%
Grade 2:	59	14.0%	59	13.8%	72	16.1%	78	16.3%	81	16.6%	102	16.6%	120	19.1%
Grade 3:	66	15.7%	78	18.3%	83	18.6%	82	17.1%	91	18.7%	103	16.7%	110	17.5%
Grade 4:	70	16.7%	75	17.6%	77	17.2%	85	17.7%	89	18.3%	104	16.9%	114	18.2%
Grade 5:	72	17.1%	76	17.8%	81	18.1%	86	17.9%	84	17.2%	109	17.7%	79	12.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	219	52.1%	225	52.7%	239	53.5%	258	53.8%	256	52.6%	316	51.3%	309	49.2%
Female:	201	47.9%	202	47.3%	208	46.5%	222	46.3%	206	42.3%	277	45.0%	296	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	11	2.6%	11	2.6%	10	2.2%	7	1.5%	9	1.8%	10	1.6%	10	1.6%
Hispanic:	89	21.2%	84	19.7%	95	21.3%	108	22.5%	92	18.9%	100	16.2%	99	15.8%
Black:	43	10.2%	38	8.9%	33	7.4%	38	7.9%	39	8.0%	83	13.5%	90	14.3%
White:	263	62.6%	281	65.8%	296	66.2%	313	65.2%	330	67.8%	408	66.2%	410	65.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	3.3%	12	2.8%	10	2.2%	11	2.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	233	55.5%	208	48.7%	239	53.5%	240	50.0%	204	41.9%	222	36.0%	220	35.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	35	8.3%	41	9.6%	38	8.5%	41	8.5%	72	14.8%	79	12.8%	94	15.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.55		12.94		13.15		13.33		12.82		13.40		14.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	321	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	326	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	329	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	332	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336	328	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	196	199	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	194	199	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	303	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	305	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	305	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	303	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	299	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	196	196	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	198	197	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	299	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	304	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	306	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	310	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	315	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	322	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	322	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	324	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	213	212	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	211	212	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	309	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	310	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	304	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	307	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	310	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	315	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	312	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	314	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	210	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	208	209	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	324	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	324	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	327	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	330	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	325	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	219	219	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	220	217	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	300	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	295	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	300	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	300	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	299	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	219	218	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	219	217	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	288	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	296	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	299	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	305	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	310	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	312	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	314	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	194	197	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	84.2%	84.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	13.2%	15.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	47.4%	16.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	52.6%	83.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,427.0	$40,492.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,968.0	$34,745.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,239.0	$44,658.0

* Highland City Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.