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Palm Beach Central High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8499 Forest Hill Blvd

West Palm Beach FL, 33411, Palm Beach County

Phone: 561-304-1000

Ranking:

(147 out of 492, top 30%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Palm Beach 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:	150		149		148		147		149		184		148
Total Students:	2,853		2,896		2,863		2,868		2,926		2,878		2,682
Grade 9:	764	26.8%	800	27.6%	743	26.0%	765	26.7%	790	27.0%	838	29.1%	742	27.7%
Grade 10:	756	26.5%	747	25.8%	748	26.1%	725	25.3%	775	26.5%	740	25.7%	737	27.5%
Grade 11:	690	24.2%	713	24.6%	716	25.0%	730	25.5%	721	24.6%	733	25.5%	650	24.2%
Grade 12:	643	22.5%	636	22.0%	656	22.9%	648	22.6%	640	21.9%	567	19.7%	553	20.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,513	53.0%	1,516	52.3%	1,545	54.0%	1,539	53.7%	1,481	50.6%	1,468	51.0%	1,331	49.6%
Female:	1,340	47.0%	1,380	47.7%	1,318	46.0%	1,329	46.3%	1,367	46.7%	1,288	44.8%	1,261	47.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	18	0.6%	20	0.7%	22	0.8%	22	0.8%	21	0.7%	12	0.4%	6	0.2%
Asian:	94	3.3%	89	3.1%	92	3.2%	81	2.8%	94	3.2%	93	3.2%	76	2.8%
Hispanic:	926	32.5%	918	31.7%	872	30.5%	855	29.8%	905	30.9%	773	26.9%	712	26.5%
Black:	521	18.3%	499	17.2%	506	17.7%	472	16.5%	457	15.6%	496	17.2%	414	15.4%
White:	1,194	41.9%	1,267	43.8%	1,281	44.7%	1,345	46.9%	1,379	47.1%	1,390	48.3%	1,388	51.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.0%	3	0.1%	4	0.1%	10	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	99	3.5%	100	3.5%	86	3.0%	83	2.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	952	33.4%	711	24.6%	645	22.5%	618	21.5%	519	17.7%	456	15.8%	351	13.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	108	3.8%	149	5.1%	168	5.9%	123	4.3%	158	5.4%	156	5.4%	105	3.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.02		19.44		19.34		19.51		19.64		18.20		18.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	394	403	N/A
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	400	409	N/A
2013	Biology 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	410	405	N/A
2013	Geometry	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	403	405	N/A
FCAT
2004	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	329	N/A
2005	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	330	N/A
2006	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	327	N/A
2007	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	326	N/A
2008	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336	329	N/A
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	331	N/A
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341	336	N/A
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	333	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	306	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	304	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	301	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	302	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	307	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	310	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	316	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	314	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	247	246	N/A
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	251	248	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	297	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	309	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	309	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	306	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	315	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	314	N/A
2007	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	309	N/A
2008	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	314	N/A
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	318	N/A
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	317	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	310	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	314	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	318	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	319	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	318	N/A
2012	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	243	241	N/A
2013	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	242	241	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.6%	73.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.4%	27.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	58.5%	42.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	41.5%	57.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,181.0	$41,753.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,452.0	$33,940.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$57,085.0	$47,718.0

* Palm Beach Central High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.