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Lawton Chiles Middle Academy Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

400 Florida Ave North

Lakeland FL, 33801, Polk County

Phone: 863-499-2742

Ranking:

(74 out of 2,614, top 3%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Polk County School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	37		39		38		38		37		42		38
Total Students:	650		649		652		655		659		649		592
Grade 6:	220	33.8%	220	33.9%	221	33.9%	220	33.6%	224	34.0%	219	33.7%	198	33.4%
Grade 7:	219	33.7%	219	33.7%	217	33.3%	217	33.1%	224	34.0%	218	33.6%	203	34.3%
Grade 8:	211	32.5%	210	32.4%	214	32.8%	218	33.3%	211	32.0%	212	32.7%	191	32.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	334	51.4%	343	52.9%	333	51.1%	336	51.3%	301	45.7%	330	50.8%	317	53.5%
Female:	316	48.6%	306	47.1%	319	48.9%	319	48.7%	322	48.9%	289	44.5%	252	42.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Asian:	59	9.1%	54	8.3%	57	8.7%	54	8.2%	55	8.3%	47	7.2%	39	6.6%
Hispanic:	76	11.7%	87	13.4%	88	13.5%	94	14.4%	40	6.1%	36	5.5%	20	3.4%
Black:	103	15.8%	105	16.2%	100	15.3%	109	16.6%	133	20.2%	140	21.6%	161	27.2%
White:	379	58.3%	371	57.2%	377	57.8%	371	56.6%	402	61.0%	403	62.1%	352	59.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	30	4.6%	30	4.6%	28	4.3%	27	4.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	116	17.8%	100	15.4%	107	16.4%	111	16.9%	94	14.3%	76	11.7%	82	13.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	42	6.5%	54	8.3%	54	8.3%	38	5.8%	46	7.0%	58	8.9%	37	6.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.57		16.64		17.16		17.24		17.81		18.00		15.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	443	396	402
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	440	398	406
FCAT
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342	288	301
2005	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	290	305
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	294	312
2007	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	292	307
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	297	313
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	350	301	316
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	305	319
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	306	319
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	243	221	227
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	240	222	226
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342	288	297
2005	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	290	299
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342	299	311
2007	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	295	306
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	298	310
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	302	313
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358	304	315
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	306	315
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	239	219	225
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	237	222	225
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343	294	312
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	301	315
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	300	314
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	344	302	314
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	301	314
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	248	230	236
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	249	230	235
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	344	300	313
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	304	315
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	308	318
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	313	322
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	313	322
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	247	228	231
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	246	226	231
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	299	311
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	301	313
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	302	314
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	307	318
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	312	324
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	312	322
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	351	314	324
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	351	314	325
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	260	237	243
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	253	237	240
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345	282	295
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	287	297
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	288	299
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	294	303
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	344	300	310
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	303	312
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343	302	312
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341	304	313
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	256	233	237
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	252	233	237
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334	275	289
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355	286	298
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	289	305
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	291	305
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	297	310
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	300	315
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	299	316
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	211	195	200

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	76.5%	69.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	17.6%	24.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	38.2%	20.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	61.8%	79.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,054.0	$41,520.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,094.0	$34,570.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,981.0	$44,883.0

* Lawton Chiles Middle Academy Middle School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.