Polk Avenue Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

110 Polk Ave East

Lake Wales FL, 33853, Polk County

Phone: 863-678-4244

Ranking:

(1,871 out of 2,614, bottom 28%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

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:	32		36		38		36		34		43		39
Total Students:	485		470		510		495		510		543		565
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	18	3.5%	10	2.0%	10	2.0%	11	2.0%	17	3.0%
Kindergarten:	112	23.1%	80	17.0%	84	16.5%	89	18.0%	95	18.6%	98	18.0%	122	21.6%
Grade 1:	78	16.1%	87	18.5%	79	15.5%	77	15.6%	73	14.3%	86	15.8%	91	16.1%
Grade 2:	83	17.1%	77	16.4%	78	15.3%	74	14.9%	82	16.1%	94	17.3%	89	15.8%
Grade 3:	94	19.4%	93	19.8%	85	16.7%	93	18.8%	101	19.8%	82	15.1%	84	14.9%
Grade 4:	61	12.6%	58	12.3%	80	15.7%	89	18.0%	65	12.7%	79	14.5%	91	16.1%
Grade 5:	57	11.8%	75	16.0%	86	16.9%	63	12.7%	84	16.5%	93	17.1%	71	12.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	222	45.8%	225	47.9%	252	49.4%	242	48.9%	246	48.2%	273	50.3%	270	47.8%
Female:	263	54.2%	245	52.1%	258	50.6%	253	51.1%	222	43.5%	224	41.3%	256	45.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	4	0.7%
Asian:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	6	1.2%	6	1.2%	5	1.0%	5	0.9%	8	1.4%
Hispanic:	195	40.2%	186	39.6%	198	38.8%	180	36.4%	166	32.5%	153	28.2%	164	29.0%
Black:	105	21.6%	105	22.3%	110	21.6%	109	22.0%	116	22.7%	126	23.2%	140	24.8%
White:	172	35.5%	164	34.9%	181	35.5%	183	37.0%	189	37.1%	219	40.3%	214	37.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	10	2.1%	12	2.6%	14	2.7%	17	3.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	323	66.6%	403	85.7%	431	84.5%	403	81.4%	409	80.2%	406	74.8%	404	71.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	22	4.7%	23	4.5%	33	6.7%	33	6.5%	44	8.1%	55	9.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.16		13.06		13.42		13.75		15.00		14.70		14.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	321	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	326	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	329	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	332	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	328	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	193	199	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	195	199	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	303	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	305	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	305	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	303	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	299	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	183	196	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	182	197	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	299	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	304	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	306	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	310	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	315	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	322	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	322	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	324	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	213	212	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	213	212	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	309	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285	310	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	304	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	307	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	310	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	315	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	312	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	314	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	210	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	197	209	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	324	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	324	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	327	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	330	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	325	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	219	219	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	225	217	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	300	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277	295	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	300	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	300	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	299	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	218	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	217	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	288	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	296	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	299	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	305	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	310	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	312	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	314	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	206	197	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	73.3%	72.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	10.0%	10.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	NA
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	56.7%	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	43.3%	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$37,852.0	$37,761.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,528.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,197.0	NA

* Polk Avenue Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.