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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	328
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	326	333
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339	329	337
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339	332	337
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	328	337
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	198	199	202
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	202	199	201
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	303	309
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	305	313
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	305	313
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	303	314
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	299	314
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	197	196	201
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	200	197	201
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	299	312
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	304	312
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	306	318
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	310	319
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	315	324
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	322	330
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	322	330
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	324	331
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	210	212	215
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	212	215
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	309	318
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	310	319
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	304	314
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	307	316
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	310	319
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	315	324
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	312	323
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	314	323
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	213	210	213
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	211	209	212
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	324	332
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	324	333
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	327	335
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	330	336
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	325	336
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	219	222
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	214	217	221
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	300	310
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	295	305
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	300	311
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	300	310
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	299	310
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	218	221
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	217	220
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	288	299
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	296	306
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	299	310
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	305	314
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	310	318
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	312	322
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	314	322
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	192	197	201

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.