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DeSoto County School District

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District Information

Number of Schools
by Grade Levels Taught

Elementary Schools	4
Middle/Junior High Schools	1
Senior High Schools	3
Combination Schools	5
Exceptional Education	1
Alternative Education	6
Vocational/Technical Education	0
Adult Schools	1
Total	14
Data source: Master School Identification File as of 10/21/2008.

Florida Public Schools by School Type (Word, )

School Calendar

All schools in DeSoto County (pdf) currently operate on the traditional school year calendar (PDF, ).

2005-06 FTE Expenditures

Unweighted FTE	4,999.50
Current Expenditures	41,592,407.28
Current Expenditures per UFTE	8,319
Data source: Profiles of Florida School Districts 2005-06 Financial Data

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Staff Information

Full-Time Staff by Gender Within Racial/Ethnic Category
Fall 2007

Racial/Ethnic Category	Male	Female
White, Non-Hispanic	127	466
Black, Non-Hispanic	22	56
Hispanic	3	36
Asian/Pacific Islander	3	3
American Indian/Alaskan Native	0	1
Total	155	562
Total Full-Time Staff	717
Survey 2 demographic data, October 8-12, 2007, as of February 7, 2008.

Average Teacher Salaries by Combined Salary Pay Lane and Experience by Degree Level Fall 2006

Degree Level	Number	Average Salary	Average Number of Years of Experience
Bachelor's	264	$40,218	11.46
Master's	84	$47,586	15.29
Specialist	1	$60,777	15.00
Doctorate	5	$42,240	10.60
All Degrees	354	$42,053	12.43
DOE Staff Database: Salary Data: Survey 3 data, February 5-9, 2007, as of June 8, 2007.

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Student Information

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2007-08 Graduation Rate

66.5%

2007-08 Dropout Rate

3.4%

High School Completers, 2006-07

		White, Non-Hispanic	Black, Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total
Standard Diplomas	Female	65	17	25	3	0	0	110
	Male	63	21	23	0	0	0	107
	Total	128	38	48	3	0	0	217
Special Diplomas	Female	3	1	2	0	0	0	6
	Male	4	1	0	0	0	0	5
	Total	7	2	2	0	0	0	11
Certificates of Completion	Female	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
	Male	1	3	4	0	0	0	8
	Total	1	5	4	0	0	0	10
Equivalency Diplomas	Female	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Male	5	0	1	0	0	0	6
	Total	6	0	1	0	0	0	7
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of January 14, 2008.

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2006-07 Suspensions

In-School Suspensions	0
Out-of-School Suspensions	257
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of March 10, 2008.

Number of Dropouts (Grades 9-12)
by Racial/Ethnic Category, 2006-07

Racial/Ethnic Category	Dropouts
White, Non-Hispanic	36
Black, Non-Hispanic	7
Hispanic	26
Asian/Pacific Islander	0
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	0
Multiracial	0
Total	69
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of March 10, 2008.

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Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), Spring 2007

Data as of June 10, 2008
The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) is a new student achievement test administered to students in Florida's public schools. The test is designed to measure specific Sunshine State Standards benchmarks in Reading and Mathematics for Grades 3 through 10. FCAT Reading assesses content from two areas: (a) Constructs Meaning from Information Text and (b) Constructs Meaning from Literature. FCAT Mathematics assesses content from five areas: (a) Number Sense, Concepts and Operations, (b) Measurement, (c) Geometry and Spatial Sense, (d) Algebraic Thinking, and (e) Data Analysis and Probability. Students' test scores are measured on a scoring range from 100 to 500 and grouped into five achievement levels: Level 1 (lowest) to Level 5 (highest). Each subscore (shown below) represents the percentage of content in that area to which students responded correctly. For additional information on student assessment, please visit http://www.fldoe.org/asp.
Reading	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10
Number Tested	394	345	325	330	330	321	357	269
Total Score (Average)	310	313	294	295	302	288	299	287
Mathematics	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10
Number Tested	393	344	325	332	328	318	362	271
Total Score (Average)	331	322	332	303	313	306	296	310

2007 Florida Writing Assessment Program Results

Data as of May 8, 2008
For the Florida Writing Assessment, students are given 45 minutes to read their assigned topic, plan what to write, and write their responses. Scores range from 6.0 (highest) to 1.0 (lowest).
Grade Level	Writing Mode	Number Tested	Mean Score
Grade 4	Expository	169	3.8
	Narrative	169	3.7
	Combined	336	3.8
Grade 8	Expository	164	4.0
	Persuasive	157	4.0
	Combined	316	4.1
Grade 10	Expository	0	0.0
	Persuasive	273	3.4
	Combined	273	3.4

2007 School Grades

Number of Schools	A	B	C	D	F
5	20%	0%	60%	20%	0%
Visit http://schoolGrades.fldoe.org/ for additional information.

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PK-12 Student Membership
Fall 2007

Grade	White Non-Hispanic	Black Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total Female	Total Male	Total Membership
PK	54	33	42	0	0	1	53	77	130
KG	202	44	189	5	2	19	224	237	461
1	200	56	163	1	0	10	202	228	430
2	200	52	165	2	2	8	188	241	429
3	182	48	153	0	0	9	189	203	392
4	157	46	132	1	1	8	161	184	345
5	150	48	120	2	0	8	141	187	328
6	156	49	115	1	2	3	166	160	326
7	186	48	102	2	0	4	166	176	342
8	191	58	104	3	0	4	168	192	360
9	259	98	142	2	0	3	219	285	504
10	226	73	84	1	0	4	157	231	388
11	182	69	85	4	0	1	177	164	341
12	116	50	60	3	1	0	107	123	230
TOTALS	2,461	772	1,656	27	8	82	2,318	2,688	5,006
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 Data, October 8-12, 2007, as of March 10, 2008.

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Exceptional Student Membership
Fall 2007

Primary Exceptionality	White Non-Hispanic	Black Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Female	Male	Total Membership
Educable Mentally Handicapped	21	22	15	0	0	2	24	36	60
Trainable Mentally Handicapped	3	2	4	0	0	1	3	7	10
Orthopedically Impaired	4	1	4	1	0	0	2	8	10
Speech Impaired	105	23	40	1	1	1	49	122	171
Language Impaired	27	20	48	0	0	3	33	65	98
Deaf or Hard of Hearing	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	4
Visually Impaired	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities	88	45	4	0	0	1	21	117	138
Specific Learning Disabled	156	50	86	0	0	1	70	223	293
Gifted	90	8	15	3	0	0	61	55	116
Hospital/ Homebound	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Profoundly Mentally Handicapped	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	4	5
Dual Sensory Impaired	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Autism Spectrum Disorder	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	7	8
Traumatic Brain Injured	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Developmentally Delayed	4	2	5	0	0	0	3	8	11
Established Conditions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Health Impaired	25	6	2	0	0	0	10	23	33
All Exceptionalities	530	185	229	6	1	11	284	678	962
Total Disabled	440	177	214	3	1	11	223	623	846
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 Data, October 8-12, 2007, as of March 10, 2008.

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Students Whose Primary Language
Is Other Than English, Fall 2007

Racial/Ethnic Category	Number of Students
White, Non-Hispanic	8
Black, Non-Hispanic	3
Hispanic	538
Asian/Pacific Islander	9
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	1
Multiracial	7
Female	275
Male	291
Total	566
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 data, October 8-12, 2007, as of January 10, 2008.

Students Receiving
Reduced-Price or Free Lunch, Fall 2007

Racial/Ethnic Category	Number of Students
White, Non-Hispanic	1,135
Black, Non-Hispanic	550
Hispanic	1,562
Asian/Pacific Islander	10
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	7
Multiracial	54
Female	1,575
Male	1,743
Total	3,318
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 data, October 8-12, 2007, as of March 11, 2008.

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