Lake Wales Senior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1 Highlander Way

Lake Wales FL, 33853, Polk County

Phone: 863-678-4222

Ranking:

(408 out of 492, bottom 17%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

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:	67		64		80		69		65		84		80
Total Students:	1,401		1,304		1,191		1,252		1,256		1,311		1,382
Grade 9:	404	28.8%	431	33.1%	386	32.4%	313	25.0%	357	28.4%	328	25.0%	392	28.4%
Grade 10:	419	29.9%	337	25.8%	284	23.8%	353	28.2%	295	23.5%	381	29.1%	337	24.4%
Grade 11:	341	24.3%	280	21.5%	292	24.5%	275	22.0%	340	27.1%	292	22.3%	358	25.9%
Grade 12:	235	16.8%	255	19.6%	228	19.1%	308	24.6%	264	21.0%	310	23.6%	295	21.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	693	49.5%	665	51.0%	596	50.0%	647	51.7%	626	49.8%	655	50.0%	707	51.2%
Female:	708	50.5%	639	49.0%	595	50.0%	605	48.3%	604	48.1%	626	47.7%	651	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	0.8%	14	1.1%	10	0.8%	8	0.6%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	2	0.1%
Asian:	18	1.3%	16	1.2%	12	1.0%	4	0.3%	6	0.5%	10	0.8%	6	0.4%
Hispanic:	318	22.7%	257	19.7%	214	18.0%	222	17.7%	201	16.0%	200	15.3%	207	15.0%
Black:	330	23.6%	342	26.2%	321	27.0%	357	28.5%	344	27.4%	358	27.3%	376	27.2%
White:	674	48.1%	629	48.2%	600	50.4%	630	50.3%	686	54.6%	719	54.8%	771	55.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	50	3.6%	45	3.5%	34	2.9%	30	2.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	674	48.1%	706	54.1%	625	52.5%	705	56.3%	600	47.8%	546	41.6%	527	38.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	154	11.0%	134	10.3%	104	8.7%	69	5.5%	109	8.7%	141	10.8%	145	10.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.91		20.38		14.89		18.14		19.32		18.50		17.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	392	396	N/A
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	395	398	N/A
2013	Biology 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	393	394	N/A
2013	Geometry	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	396	394	N/A
FCAT
2004	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	313	N/A
2005	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	313	N/A
2006	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	311	N/A
2007	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	314	N/A
2008	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	317	N/A
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	318	N/A
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	321	N/A
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	320	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	287	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277	285	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	270	282	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	288	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	292	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	293	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	295	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	295	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	238	239	N/A
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	239	240	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277	287	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	288	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	293	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	273	288	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	296	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	292	N/A
2007	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	290	N/A
2008	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	299	N/A
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	300	N/A
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	299	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	296	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	304	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	306	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	307	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	307	N/A
2012	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	235	235	N/A
2013	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	236	235	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.4%	60.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	13.9%	16.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	NA
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	65.8%	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	34.2%	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$38,968.0	$41,935.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,830.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,936.0	NA

* Lake Wales Senior High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.