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Palatka High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

302 Mellon Rd

Palatka FL, 32177, Putnam County

Phone: 386-329-0577

Ranking:

(384 out of 492, bottom 22%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Putnam 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:	58		61		61		68		71		78		88
Total Students:	1,313		1,349		1,365		1,451		1,456		1,505		1,548
Grade 9:	368	28.0%	452	33.5%	423	31.0%	413	28.5%	434	29.8%	427	28.4%	488	31.5%
Grade 10:	411	31.3%	348	25.8%	346	25.3%	356	24.5%	382	26.2%	436	29.0%	403	26.0%
Grade 11:	289	22.0%	274	20.3%	329	24.1%	351	24.2%	326	22.4%	312	20.7%	347	22.4%
Grade 12:	240	18.3%	262	19.4%	253	18.5%	318	21.9%	307	21.1%	327	21.7%	304	19.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	673	51.3%	679	50.3%	708	51.9%	735	50.7%	750	51.5%	781	51.9%	797	51.5%
Female:	640	48.7%	670	49.7%	657	48.1%	716	49.3%	675	46.4%	698	46.4%	730	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.3%	4	0.3%	7	0.5%	5	0.3%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	12	0.9%	8	0.6%	10	0.7%	11	0.8%	10	0.7%	14	0.9%	9	0.6%
Hispanic:	47	3.6%	44	3.3%	51	3.7%	59	4.1%	40	2.7%	31	2.1%	34	2.2%
Black:	486	37.0%	504	37.4%	507	37.1%	526	36.3%	541	37.2%	550	36.5%	545	35.2%
White:	746	56.8%	775	57.4%	777	56.9%	831	57.3%	840	57.7%	892	59.3%	943	60.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	1.4%	14	1.0%	12	0.9%	19	1.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	747	56.9%	761	56.4%	764	56.0%	865	59.6%	705	48.4%	652	43.3%	617	39.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	65	5.0%	99	7.3%	83	6.1%	70	4.8%	131	9.0%	113	7.5%	109	7.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.64		22.11		22.38		21.34		20.51		19.70		17.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	394	403	402
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	386	396	406
2013	Biology 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	401	400	404
2013	Geometry	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	402	399	403
FCAT
2004	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	314	323
2005	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	313	322
2006	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	317	324
2007	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	317	323
2008	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	322	327
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	318	327
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	321	331
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	316	329
2004	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	288	300
2005	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	283	296
2006	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	287	298
2007	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	288	300
2008	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	295	306
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	291	305
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	293	310
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285	288	309
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	238	240	244
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	240	240	246
2006	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	275	284	298
2007	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	293	302
2008	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	297	304
2009	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	288	303
2010	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	290	306
2011	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	289	307
2007	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	296	302
2008	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	302	309
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	300	313
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	296	311
2007	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	299	308
2008	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	305	313
2009	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	304	316
2010	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	305	317
2011	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	306	317
2012	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	233	233	240
2013	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	235	234	240

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.3%	66.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	33.8%	31.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	19.7%	22.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	80.3%	77.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,917.0	$42,082.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,182.0	$35,450.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,523.0	$45,007.0

* Palatka 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.