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Howell L. Watkins Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

9480 Macarthur Blvd

West Palm Beach FL, 33403, Palm Beach County

Phone: 561-776-3600

Ranking:

(2,418 out of 2,614, bottom 7%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

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:	53		45		41		39		45		61		61
Total Students:	782		704		642		598		689		803		830
Grade 6:	289	37.0%	269	38.2%	239	37.2%	188	31.4%	225	32.7%	254	31.6%	266	32.0%
Grade 7:	266	34.0%	241	34.2%	203	31.6%	204	34.1%	227	32.9%	265	33.0%	318	38.3%
Grade 8:	227	29.0%	194	27.6%	200	31.2%	206	34.4%	237	34.4%	284	35.4%	246	29.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	386	49.4%	353	50.1%	321	50.0%	314	52.5%	358	52.0%	412	51.3%	422	50.8%
Female:	396	50.6%	351	49.9%	321	50.0%	284	47.5%	299	43.4%	357	44.5%	377	45.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.6%	3	0.4%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%
Asian:	12	1.5%	14	2.0%	17	2.6%	18	3.0%	14	2.0%	19	2.4%	23	2.8%
Hispanic:	108	13.8%	85	12.1%	86	13.4%	67	11.2%	79	11.5%	61	7.6%	62	7.5%
Black:	552	70.6%	508	72.2%	466	72.6%	416	69.6%	458	66.5%	565	70.4%	547	65.9%
White:	76	9.7%	73	10.4%	54	8.4%	78	13.0%	112	16.3%	130	16.2%	170	20.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	29	3.7%	21	3.0%	19	3.0%	16	2.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	655	83.8%	540	76.7%	510	79.4%	436	72.9%	462	67.1%	512	63.8%	468	56.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	4.1%	32	4.5%	41	6.4%	42	7.0%	47	6.8%	75	9.3%	83	10.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.75		15.64		15.66		15.33		15.31		15.40		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	416	403	N/A
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	404	409	N/A
FCAT
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	308	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	310	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	316	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	275	312	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281	317	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	324	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	328	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	327	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	228	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	227	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	297	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	271	299	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	311	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281	308	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	312	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	316	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	318	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	318	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	213	225	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	213	225	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	317	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	318	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281	320	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	325	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	322	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	238	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	222	237	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	315	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	314	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	319	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	326	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	325	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	224	232	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	220	232	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	314	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	317	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	317	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	322	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	329	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	327	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	331	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	335	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	236	248	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	245	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	271	294	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	296	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	298	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	303	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	311	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	314	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	315	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	317	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	239	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	239	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	265	292	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	275	301	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	272	309	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	272	310	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	321	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	329	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	322	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	190	201	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.7%	77.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	33.3%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	63.5%	62.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	36.5%	37.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,225.0	$37,477.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,103.0	$33,474.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$60,350.0	$45,602.0

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