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Westwood Heights Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2861 Sw 9th St

Fort Lauderdale FL, 33312, Broward County

Phone: 754-323-7900

Ranking:

(2,458 out of 2,614, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Broward 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:	46		44		41		46		47		61		54
Total Students:	583		609		608		592		674		674		707
Prekindergarten:	55	9.4%	55	9.0%	58	9.5%	50	8.4%	53	7.9%	51	7.6%	46	6.5%
Kindergarten:	83	14.2%	85	14.0%	89	14.6%	70	11.8%	95	14.1%	80	11.9%	105	14.9%
Grade 1:	83	14.2%	86	14.1%	81	13.3%	93	15.7%	87	12.9%	113	16.8%	128	18.1%
Grade 2:	78	13.4%	75	12.3%	99	16.3%	92	15.5%	101	15.0%	103	15.3%	100	14.1%
Grade 3:	103	17.7%	135	22.2%	93	15.3%	83	14.0%	122	18.1%	112	16.6%	125	17.7%
Grade 4:	94	16.1%	100	16.4%	79	13.0%	98	16.6%	111	16.5%	115	17.1%	100	14.1%
Grade 5:	87	14.9%	73	12.0%	109	17.9%	106	17.9%	105	15.6%	100	14.8%	103	14.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	283	48.5%	330	54.2%	315	51.8%	319	53.9%	342	50.7%	343	50.9%	358	50.6%
Female:	300	51.5%	279	45.8%	293	48.2%	273	46.1%	319	47.3%	315	46.7%	334	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	37	6.3%	33	5.4%	31	5.1%	24	4.1%	29	4.3%	26	3.9%	33	4.7%
Black:	536	91.9%	560	92.0%	563	92.6%	555	93.8%	631	93.6%	630	93.5%	651	92.1%
White:	8	1.4%	8	1.3%	6	1.0%	5	0.8%	7	1.0%	6	0.9%	10	1.4%
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:	0	0.0%	5	0.8%	5	0.8%	7	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	543	93.1%	526	86.4%	531	87.3%	528	89.2%	587	87.1%	548	81.3%	567	80.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	14	2.4%	17	2.8%	32	5.3%	19	3.2%	36	5.3%	50	7.4%	62	8.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.67		13.84		14.83		12.93		14.34		13.50		13.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	337	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	341	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	343	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	342	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	343	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	184	203	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	179	202	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	273	310	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280	312	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277	313	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	315	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	273	314	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	182	200	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	181	200	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	321	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	320	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	334	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	329	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	332	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	337	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	334	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	338	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	198	217	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	195	217	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	318	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	316	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	318	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	316	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	319	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	325	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	324	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	325	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	201	213	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	196	212	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	343	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	341	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	344	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	343	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	342	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	224	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	206	222	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	311	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	265	305	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	314	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	270	311	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285	310	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	210	221	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	205	220	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	298	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	264	308	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277	308	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	267	314	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277	317	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	320	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	267	319	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	187	199	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	59.2%	71.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	40.8%	28.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	46.9%	53.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	53.1%	46.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,209.0	$40,786.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,267.0	$35,499.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,349.0	$47,931.0

* Westwood Heights Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.