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James W. Sikes Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2727 Shepherd Rd

Lakeland FL, 33811, Polk County

Phone: 863-648-3525

Ranking:

(1,475 out of 2,614, bottom 44%)*

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:	55		59		60		59		63		71		59
Total Students:	895		872		888		905		911		900		859
Prekindergarten:	6	0.7%	5	0.6%	9	1.0%	9	1.0%	5	0.5%	8	0.9%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	151	16.9%	164	18.8%	159	17.9%	136	15.0%	143	15.7%	140	15.6%	147	17.1%
Grade 1:	163	18.2%	159	18.2%	128	14.4%	145	16.0%	156	17.1%	147	16.3%	143	16.6%
Grade 2:	160	17.9%	118	13.5%	141	15.9%	150	16.6%	161	17.7%	147	16.3%	152	17.7%
Grade 3:	121	13.5%	146	16.7%	172	19.4%	170	18.8%	167	18.3%	159	17.7%	145	16.9%
Grade 4:	144	16.1%	148	17.0%	140	15.8%	155	17.1%	150	16.5%	150	16.7%	140	16.3%
Grade 5:	150	16.8%	132	15.1%	139	15.7%	140	15.5%	129	14.2%	149	16.6%	132	15.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	471	52.6%	446	51.1%	458	51.6%	468	51.7%	434	47.6%	414	46.0%	414	48.2%
Female:	424	47.4%	426	48.9%	430	48.4%	437	48.3%	404	44.3%	409	45.4%	391	45.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	6	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	16	1.8%	16	1.8%	15	1.7%	18	2.0%	16	1.8%	12	1.3%	10	1.2%
Hispanic:	260	29.1%	249	28.6%	240	27.0%	242	26.7%	202	22.2%	216	24.0%	195	22.7%
Black:	101	11.3%	95	10.9%	103	11.6%	100	11.0%	105	11.5%	93	10.3%	86	10.0%
White:	496	55.4%	482	55.3%	491	55.3%	498	55.0%	523	57.4%	510	56.7%	518	60.3%
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	2.2%	27	3.1%	36	4.1%	41	4.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	435	48.6%	413	47.4%	421	47.4%	405	44.8%	325	35.7%	247	27.4%	284	33.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	83	9.3%	80	9.2%	72	8.1%	81	9.0%	84	9.2%	105	11.7%	124	14.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.27		14.78		14.80		15.34		14.46		15.00		14.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	321	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	326	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339	329	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339	332	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	328	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	198	199	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	202	199	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	303	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	305	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	305	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	303	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	299	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	197	196	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	200	197	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	299	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	304	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	306	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	310	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	315	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	322	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	322	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	324	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	210	212	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	212	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	309	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	310	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	304	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	307	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	310	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	315	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	312	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	314	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	213	210	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	211	209	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	324	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	324	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	327	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	330	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	325	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	219	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	214	217	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	300	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	295	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	300	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	300	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	299	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	218	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	217	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	288	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	296	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	299	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	305	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	310	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	312	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	314	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	192	197	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	78.4%	77.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	15.7%	18.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	47.1%	20.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	52.9%	80.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,585.0	$40,025.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,846.0	$31,819.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,576.0	$44,361.0

* James W. Sikes 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.