Highland Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

500 Highland Ave

Lake Worth FL, 33460, Palm Beach County

Phone: 561-202-0500

Ranking:

(2,467 out of 2,614, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

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:	81		70		68		65		62		66		60
Total Students:	965		959		896		818		795		720		742
Prekindergarten:	57	5.9%	67	7.0%	65	7.3%	54	6.6%	52	6.5%	53	7.4%	56	7.5%
Kindergarten:	168	17.4%	189	19.7%	162	18.1%	148	18.1%	136	17.1%	125	17.4%	120	16.2%
Grade 1:	186	19.3%	148	15.4%	152	17.0%	121	14.8%	135	17.0%	116	16.1%	111	15.0%
Grade 2:	148	15.3%	168	17.5%	132	14.7%	126	15.4%	118	14.8%	121	16.8%	141	19.0%
Grade 3:	179	18.5%	155	16.2%	154	17.2%	129	15.8%	130	16.4%	122	16.9%	136	18.3%
Grade 4:	104	10.8%	118	12.3%	111	12.4%	115	14.1%	129	16.2%	104	14.4%	83	11.2%
Grade 5:	123	12.7%	114	11.9%	120	13.4%	125	15.3%	95	11.9%	79	11.0%	95	12.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	473	49.0%	483	50.4%	462	51.6%	425	52.0%	401	50.4%	355	49.3%	380	51.2%
Female:	492	51.0%	476	49.6%	434	48.4%	393	48.0%	377	47.4%	338	46.9%	340	45.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	25	2.6%	20	2.1%	14	1.6%	15	1.8%	3	0.4%	6	0.8%	7	0.9%
Asian:	8	0.8%	5	0.5%	3	0.3%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	8	1.1%	11	1.5%
Hispanic:	660	68.4%	660	68.8%	626	69.9%	535	65.4%	551	69.3%	487	67.6%	475	64.0%
Black:	230	23.8%	223	23.3%	200	22.3%	225	27.5%	205	25.8%	164	22.8%	188	25.3%
White:	37	3.8%	46	4.8%	50	5.6%	36	4.4%	23	2.9%	36	5.0%	43	5.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	3	0.3%	4	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	918	95.1%	919	95.8%	856	95.5%	762	93.2%	724	91.1%	595	82.6%	609	82.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	19	2.0%	25	2.6%	19	2.1%	28	3.4%	41	5.2%	56	7.8%	58	7.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.91		13.70		13.18		12.58		12.93		12.70		12.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	333	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	335	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	342	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	340	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	333	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	196	201	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	194	202	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	310	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	311	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	273	310	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	260	310	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	263	312	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	185	199	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	182	200	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	316	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	315	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	319	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	325	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	331	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	335	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	332	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	335	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	201	216	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	202	217	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	317	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	318	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	275	314	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	318	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	320	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	325	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	325	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	322	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	199	213	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	198	212	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	335	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	338	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	340	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	338	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	336	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	222	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	208	222	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277	312	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	306	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	314	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	313	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	311	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	207	221	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	221	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	305	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	272	316	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	319	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	322	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	326	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	333	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	328	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	185	205	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.1%	71.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.9%	28.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	65.6%	41.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	34.4%	58.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,766.0	$39,162.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,285.0	$33,838.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,204.0	$43,438.0

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