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Western Academy Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

650 Royal Palm Beach Blvd

West Palm Beach FL, 33411, Palm Beach County

Phone: 561-792-4123

Ranking:

(892 out of 2,614, top 34%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Palm Beach 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:	28		26		19		19		19		18		11
Total Students:	386		383		375		358		300		249		199
Kindergarten:	43	11.1%	40	10.4%	41	10.9%	39	10.9%	38	12.7%	37	14.9%	21	10.6%
Grade 1:	41	10.6%	44	11.5%	41	10.9%	40	11.2%	37	12.3%	21	8.4%	22	11.1%
Grade 2:	44	11.4%	40	10.4%	42	11.2%	37	10.3%	23	7.7%	22	8.8%	23	11.6%
Grade 3:	43	11.1%	41	10.7%	41	10.9%	38	10.6%	34	11.3%	39	15.7%	24	12.1%
Grade 4:	44	11.4%	45	11.7%	45	12.0%	41	11.5%	43	14.3%	22	8.8%	21	10.6%
Grade 5:	46	11.9%	45	11.7%	44	11.7%	44	12.3%	23	7.7%	21	8.4%	22	11.1%
Grade 6:	43	11.1%	45	11.7%	44	11.7%	43	12.0%	37	12.3%	38	15.3%	19	9.5%
Grade 7:	43	11.1%	42	11.0%	45	12.0%	36	10.1%	41	13.7%	29	11.6%	29	14.6%
Grade 8:	39	10.1%	41	10.7%	32	8.5%	40	11.2%	24	8.0%	20	8.0%	18	9.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	191	49.5%	189	49.3%	181	48.3%	175	48.9%	136	45.3%	113	45.4%	90	45.2%
Female:	195	50.5%	194	50.7%	194	51.7%	183	51.1%	140	46.7%	93	37.3%	79	39.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	1.0%	8	2.1%	5	1.3%	4	1.1%	2	0.7%	2	0.8%	2	1.0%
Asian:	11	2.8%	13	3.4%	12	3.2%	9	2.5%	8	2.7%	6	2.4%	3	1.5%
Hispanic:	98	25.4%	96	25.1%	96	25.6%	77	21.5%	65	21.7%	49	19.7%	38	19.1%
Black:	65	16.8%	66	17.2%	75	20.0%	78	21.8%	70	23.3%	42	16.9%	32	16.1%
White:	186	48.2%	175	45.7%	167	44.5%	175	48.9%	139	46.3%	115	46.2%	98	49.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	5.4%	24	6.3%	19	5.1%	14	3.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	148	38.3%	122	31.9%	119	31.7%	112	31.3%	64	21.3%	46	18.5%	32	16.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	3.9%	22	5.7%	28	7.5%	22	6.1%	39	13.0%	27	10.8%	22	11.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.79		14.73		19.53		18.99		15.79		16.10		18.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	425	403	N/A
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	333	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	335	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	342	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	340	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	333	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	207	201	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	202	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	310	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	311	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	310	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	310	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	312	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	207	199	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	205	200	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	316	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	319	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	325	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	331	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	335	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	332	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343	335	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	214	216	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	217	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	317	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	314	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	318	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	320	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	325	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	325	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	322	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	215	213	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	219	212	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	335	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	338	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	340	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334	338	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342	336	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	229	222	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	222	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	312	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	306	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	314	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	313	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	311	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	226	221	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	223	221	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	305	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	316	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	319	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	322	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	326	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	333	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	328	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	208	205	N/A
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	308	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	316	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	312	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	317	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	324	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	328	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	327	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	236	228	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	240	227	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	297	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	311	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	308	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	312	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	316	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	318	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339	318	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	225	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	225	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	317	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	318	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	320	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	325	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	322	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	240	238	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	247	237	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	315	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	314	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	319	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	326	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336	325	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	240	232	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	242	232	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	314	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	317	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	322	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	329	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	327	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	331	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	335	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	252	248	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	256	245	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	294	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	298	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	303	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	344	311	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	314	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	315	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	317	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	244	239	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	253	239	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	292	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334	301	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	309	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	310	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	321	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	329	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	322	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	214	201	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	100.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	0.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	NA
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$34,438.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	NA

* Western Academy Charter School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.