Highlands Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

500 20th St Sw

Vero Beach FL, 32962, Indian River County

Phone: 772-564-3390

Ranking:

(1,641 out of 2,614, bottom 37%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Indian River 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:	32		32		32		32		32		36		37
Total Students:	464		472		467		454		431		480		574
Prekindergarten:	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	3	0.7%	23	4.8%	17	3.0%
Kindergarten:	71	15.3%	82	17.4%	76	16.3%	72	15.9%	65	15.1%	67	14.0%	86	15.0%
Grade 1:	81	17.5%	81	17.2%	66	14.1%	69	15.2%	68	15.8%	84	17.5%	101	17.6%
Grade 2:	77	16.6%	73	15.5%	73	15.6%	77	17.0%	74	17.2%	75	15.6%	84	14.6%
Grade 3:	84	18.1%	76	16.1%	82	17.6%	91	20.0%	81	18.8%	69	14.4%	98	17.1%
Grade 4:	63	13.6%	82	17.4%	89	19.1%	77	17.0%	65	15.1%	82	17.1%	85	14.8%
Grade 5:	85	18.3%	77	16.3%	79	16.9%	68	15.0%	75	17.4%	80	16.7%	103	17.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	231	49.8%	225	47.7%	229	49.0%	226	49.8%	219	50.8%	248	51.7%	298	51.9%
Female:	233	50.2%	247	52.3%	238	51.0%	228	50.2%	184	42.7%	200	41.7%	247	43.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	8	1.7%	8	1.7%	7	1.5%	8	1.8%	12	2.8%	6	1.3%	9	1.6%
Hispanic:	91	19.6%	89	18.9%	94	20.1%	89	19.6%	76	17.6%	70	14.6%	97	16.9%
Black:	168	36.2%	173	36.7%	159	34.0%	159	35.0%	129	29.9%	130	27.1%	122	21.3%
White:	175	37.7%	181	38.3%	182	39.0%	171	37.7%	193	44.8%	249	51.9%	321	55.9%
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:	20	4.3%	19	4.0%	24	5.1%	25	5.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	386	83.2%	380	80.5%	352	75.4%	364	80.2%	287	66.6%	274	57.1%	259	45.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	5.2%	29	6.1%	36	7.7%	34	7.5%	41	9.5%	43	9.0%	73	12.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.50		14.75		14.78		14.19		13.47		14.50		15.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	326	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	329	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	332	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	328	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	333	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	195	201	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	192	197	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	312	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	319	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	318	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	314	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	317	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	201	204	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	193	201	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	311	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	320	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345	322	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	319	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	324	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	327	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	326	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	327	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	214	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	203	213	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	324	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	328	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	318	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	319	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	322	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	327	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	326	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	324	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	213	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	207	213	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	332	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	333	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	337	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	334	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	336	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	223	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	220	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	313	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	308	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	317	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	309	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	312	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	223	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	214	220	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	301	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	310	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	314	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	321	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	322	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	327	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	325	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	192	199	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	83.8%	75.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	16.2%	25.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	51.4%	32.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	48.6%	67.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,230.0	$41,056.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,607.0	$34,602.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,220.0	$44,560.0

* Highlands 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.