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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	328
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	335	333
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	342	337
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	340	337
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	333	337
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	196	201	202
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	194	202	201
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	310	309
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	311	313
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	273	310	313
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	260	310	314
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	263	312	314
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	185	199	201
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	182	200	201
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	316	312
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	315	312
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	319	318
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	325	319
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	331	324
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	335	330
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	332	330
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	335	331
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	201	216	215
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	202	217	215
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	317	318
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	318	319
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	275	314	314
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	318	316
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	320	319
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	325	324
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	325	323
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	322	323
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	199	213	213
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	198	212	212
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	335	332
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	338	333
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	340	335
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	338	336
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	336	336
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	222	222
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	208	222	221
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277	312	310
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	306	305
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	314	311
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	313	310
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	311	310
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	207	221	221
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	221	220
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	305	299
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	272	316	306
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	319	310
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	322	314
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	326	318
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	333	322
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	328	322
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	185	205	201

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.