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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	402
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	395	398	406
2013	Biology 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	393	394	404
2013	Geometry	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	396	394	403
FCAT
2004	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	313	323
2005	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	313	322
2006	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	311	324
2007	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	314	323
2008	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	317	327
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	318	327
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	321	331
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	320	329
2004	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	287	300
2005	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277	285	296
2006	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	270	282	298
2007	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	288	300
2008	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	292	306
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	293	305
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	295	310
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	295	309
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	238	239	244
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	239	240	246
2006	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277	287	298
2007	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	288	302
2008	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	293	304
2009	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	273	288	303
2010	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	296	306
2011	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	292	307
2007	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	290	302
2008	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	299	309
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	300	313
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	299	311
2007	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	296	308
2008	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	304	313
2009	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	306	316
2010	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	307	317
2011	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	307	317
2012	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	235	235	240
2013	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	236	235	240

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.