Return to Normal View

DOE Homepage Students Educators Community Family Administrators and Staff MyFlorida.com

Florida Department of Education
DOE Home

Education Information & Accountability Services

 

 Education Information & Accountability Services 

Text Index Google Custom Search

School District Data


School District Data Home | Search by County/District | Search by City | Search State Map | School Superintendents

Polk County School District


County Seat: Bartow, Florida

For additional information on education within the county, click on the district name above to visit the district's local web site or contact:

Dr. Gail McKinzie
Superintendent of Schools
PO Box 391
Bartow, Florida 33831-0391
Phone: 863/534-0521
Fax: 863/519-8231
e-mail: gail.mckinzie@polk-fl.net

Office of Superintendent is appointive.
District Information | Staff Information | Student Information



District Information

Number of Schools
by Grade Levels Taught
Elementary Schools 83
Middle/Junior High Schools 24
Senior High Schools 33
Combination Schools 13
Exceptional Education 5
Alternative Education 17
Vocational/Technical Education 2
Adult Schools 2
Total 155
Data source: Master School Identification File as of 10/21/2008.

School Calendar

All schools in Polk County (pdf) currently operate on the traditional school year calendar (PDF, ) except Valleyview Elementary.

2005-06 FTE Expenditures

Unweighted FTE 88,807.33
Current Expenditures 661,912,513.13
Current Expenditures per UFTE 7,453
Data source: Profiles of Florida School Districts 2005-06 Financial Data

Return to top of page


Staff Information


Full-Time Staff by Gender Within Racial/Ethnic Category
Fall 2007
Racial/Ethnic Category Male Female
White, Non-Hispanic 2,154 7,898
Black, Non-Hispanic 481 1,625
Hispanic 180 731
Asian/Pacific Islander 14 64
American Indian/Alaskan Native 7 15
Total 2,836 10,333
Total Full-Time Staff 13,169
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 5,239 $39,491 7.21
Master's 1,637 $47,263 14.15
Specialist 72 $53,557 17.13
Doctorate 44 $47,378 10.61
All Degrees 6,992 $41,505 8.96
DOE Staff Database: Salary Data: Survey 3 data, February 5-9, 2007, as of June 8, 2007.

Return to top of page


Student Information


Scroll down to view additional information.


2006-07 Graduation Rate 70.6% 2006-07 Dropout Rate 4.2%

High School Completers, 2006-07
  White, Non-Hispanic Black, Non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American
Indian/
Alaskan Native		 Multiracial Total
Standard
Diplomas		 Female 1,306 407 300 46 4 23 2,086
Male 1,253 346 252 39 8 17 1,915
Total 2,559 753 552 85 12 40 4,001
 
Special
Diplomas		 Female 39 35 10 0 0 0 84
Male 89 76 27 3 0 0 195
Total 128 111 37 3 0 0 279
 
Certificates
of
Completion		 Female 65 100 64 4 0 0 233
Male 38 60 62 1 0 2 163
Total 103 160 126 5 0 2 396
 
Equivalency
Diplomas		 Female 3 2 0 0 0 1 6
Male 55 22 8 0 0 1 86
Total 58 24 8 0 0 2 92
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of January 14, 2008.

Return to top of page


2006-07 Suspensions
In-School Suspensions 7,339
Out-of-School Suspensions 11,117
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 597
Black, Non-Hispanic 260
Hispanic 261
Asian/Pacific Islander 11
American Indian/ Alaskan Native 2
Multiracial 17
Total 1,148
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of March 10, 2008.

Return to top of page

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 7,640 7,045 6,968 6,721 6,704 6,361 7,038 6,208
Total Score (Average) 305 310 295 298 304 300 304 292
MATHEMATICS GRADE 3 GRADE 4 GRADE 5 GRADE 6 GRADE 7 GRADE 8 GRADE 9 GRADE 10
Number Tested 7,642 7,043 6,962 6,714 6,708 6,362 7,024 6,186
Total Score (Average) 326 315 324 297 301 312 299 317

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 3,500 3.9
Narrative 3,508 3.8
Combined 6,957 3.8
Grade 8 Expository 3,214 4.1
Persuasive 3,126 4.1
Combined 6,312 4.1
Grade 10 Expository 0 0.0
Persuasive 6,345 3.6
Combined 6,290 3.7

2007 School Grades
Number of Schools A B C D F
109 47% 20% 26% 6% 1%
Visit http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/ for additional information.

Return to top of page


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 519 247 432 13 5 84 552 748 1,300
KG 3,647 1,688 1,961 119 17 453 3,754 4,131 7,885
1 3,760 1,598 1,897 110 22 416 3,751 4,052 7,803
2 3,715 1,597 1,847 108 32 397 3,698 3,998 7,696
3 3,721 1,623 1,920 105 19 314 3,683 4,019 7,702
4 3,637 1,527 1,560 115 14 310 3,542 3,621 7,163
5 3,663 1,469 1,560 79 25 255 3,490 3,561 7,051
6 3,599 1,558 1,583 80 17 219 3,414 3,642 7,056
7 3,588 1,509 1,535 97 13 213 3,251 3,704 6,955
8 3,577 1,437 1,349 79 12 155 3,183 3,426 6,609
9 4,295 1,844 1,609 108 18 132 3,739 4,267 8,006
10 3,833 1,641 1,333 105 10 119 3,420 3,621 7,041
11 3,593 1,449 1,093 109 16 92 3,126 3,226 6,352
12 3,191 1,182 942 101 16 49 2,808 2,673 5,481
TOTALS 48,338 20,369 20,621 1,328 236 3,208 45,411 48,689 94,100
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 Data, October 8-12, 2007, as of March 10, 2008.

Return to top of page

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 526 646 186 10 2 18 557 831 1,388
Trainable Mentally Handicapped 179 112 81 3 1 5 162 219 381
Orthopedically Impaired 77 35 28 3 0 2 67 78 145
Speech Impaired 676 123 102 12 0 47 289 671 960
Language Impaired 312 225 255 9 2 35 290 548 838
Deaf or Hard of Hearing 52 17 22 0 0 0 33 58 91
Visually Impaired 32 9 7 0 0 1 15 34 49
Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities 368 306 75 1 0 29 117 662 779
Specific Learning Disabled 2,790 1,443 1,277 19 6 114 1,824 3,825 5,649
Gifted 2,409 382 375 85 10 117 1,658 1,720 3,378
Hospital/ Homebound 43 5 6 0 0 1 35 20 55
Profoundly Mentally Handicapped 63 22 33 4 0 3 48 77 125
Dual Sensory Impaired 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Autism Spectrum Disorder 93 26 40 6 2 9 20 156 176
Traumatic Brain Injured 12 5 2 0 0 0 8 11 19
Developmentally Delayed 213 64 100 5 1 23 120 286 406
Established Conditions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Health Impaired 669 238 104 3 2 25 311 730 1,041
All Exceptionalities 8,514 3,658 2,693 160 26 429 5,554 9,926 15,480
Total Disabled 6,105 3,276 2,318 75 16 312 3,896 8,206 12,102
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 Data, October 8-12, 2007, as of March 10, 2008.

Return to top of page

Students Whose Primary Language
Is Other Than English, Fall 2007
Racial/Ethnic Category Number of Students
White, Non-Hispanic 215
Black, Non-Hispanic 651
Hispanic 7,548
Asian/Pacific Islander 285
American Indian/ Alaskan Native 14
Multiracial 133
Female 4,236
Male 4,610
Total 8,846
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 20,127
Black, Non-Hispanic 16,303
Hispanic 17,216
Asian/Pacific Islander 551
American Indian/ Alaskan Native 130
Multiracial 1,992
Female 27,172
Male 29,147
Total 56,319
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 data, October 8-12, 2007, as of March 11, 2008.

Return to top of page

School District Data Home | Search by County/District | Search by City | Search State Map | School Superintendents

E-mail:

Last updated on 10/21/2008 1:56:09 PM