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Highlands County School District

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District Information

Number of Schools
by Grade Levels Taught

Elementary Schools	10
Middle/Junior High Schools	4
Senior High Schools	4
Combination Schools	0
Exceptional Education	0
Alternative Education	1
Vocational/Technical Education	0
Adult Schools	0
Total	18
Data source: Master School Identification File as of 10/21/2008.

Florida Public Schools by School Type (Word, 47KB)

School Calendar

All schools in Highlands County currently operate on the traditional school year calendar (PDF, 297KB).

2006-07 FTE Expenditures

Unweighted FTE	12,363.70
Current Expenditures	106,087,208
Current Expenditures per UFTE	8,581
Data source: Profiles of Florida School Districts 2006-07 Financial Data

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Staff Information

Full-Time Staff by Gender Within Racial/Ethnic Category Fall 2008

Racial/Ethnic Category	Male	Female
White, Non-Hispanic	294	1,099
Black, Non-Hispanic	62	140
Hispanic	17	91
Asian/Pacific Islander	2	3
American Indian/Alaskan Native	2	1
Total	377	1,334
Total Full-Time Staff	1,711
Survey 2 demographic data, October 13-17, 2008, as of December 22, 2008.

Average Teacher Salaries by Combined Salary Pay Lane and Experience by Degree Level Fall 2007

Degree Level	Number	Average Salary	Average Number of Years of Experience
Bachelor's	671	$41,485	11.31
Master's	257	$49,451	18.29
Specialist	6	$54,036	19.50
Doctorate	10	$48,796	18.30
All Degrees	944	$43,811	13.34
DOE Staff Database: Salary Data: Survey 3 data, February 4-8, 2008, as of May 14, 2008.

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Student Information

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2007-08 Graduation Rate

71.2%

2007-08 Dropout Rate

4.2%

High School Completers, 2007-08

		White, Non-Hispanic	Black, Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total
Standard Diplomas	Female	208	42	73	4	0	0	327
	Male	174	35	64	4	2	1	280
	Total	382	77	137	8	2	1	607
Special Diplomas	Female	9	8	3	0	0	1	21
	Male	20	10	6	0	1	0	37
	Total	29	18	9	0	1	1	58
Certificates of Completion	Female	7	5	11	2	0	0	25
	Male	1	7	5	1	0	0	14
	Total	8	12	16	3	0	0	39
Equivalency Diplomas	Female	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Male	2	1	2	0	0	0	5
	Total	3	1	2	0	0	0	6
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of November 20, 2008.

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2007-08 Suspensions

In-School Suspensions	2,943
Out-of-School Suspensions	1,248
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of January 9, 2009.

Number of Dropouts (Grades 9-12) by Racial/Ethnic Category, 2007-08

Racial/Ethnic Category	Dropouts
White, Non-Hispanic	89
Black, Non-Hispanic	32
Hispanic	45
Asian/Pacific Islander	2
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	0
Multiracial	1
Total	169
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of October 30, 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	968	976	874	920	934	842	1010	891
Total Score (Average)	313	313	297	300	308	304	302	292
Mathematics	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10
Number Tested	968	976	866	921	930	848	1012	887
Total Score (Average)	337	319	326	303	314	320	298	318

2007-08 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	487	4.0
	Narrative	490	3.9
	Combined	967	4.0
Grade 8	Expository	419	4.2
	Persuasive	441	4.2
	Combined	856	4.2
Grade 10	Expository	0	0.0
	Persuasive	919	3.6
	Combined	915	3.6

2007-08 School Grades

Number of Schools	A	B	C	D	F
16	44%	6%	31%	19%	0%
Visit http://schoolGrades.fldoe.org/ for additional information.

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PK-12 Student Membership
Fall 2008

Grade	White Non-Hispanic	Black Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total Female	Total Male	Total Membership
PK	38	29	73	2	0	2	57	87	144
KG	463	180	267	15	9	36	459	511	970
1	513	172	291	14	6	37	505	528	1,033
2	490	159	278	22	3	29	489	492	981
3	458	158	253	15	7	29	442	478	920
4	492	173	249	15	4	23	438	518	956
5	495	204	226	15	8	21	449	520	969
6	486	158	230	11	8	13	462	444	906
7	487	173	247	5	9	9	468	462	930
8	501	162	247	17	10	10	431	516	947
9	642	235	278	14	4	11	536	648	1,184
10	473	191	205	9	4	13	449	446	895
11	431	135	160	10	6	11	388	365	753
12	399	118	149	11	4	12	384	309	693
TOTALS	6,368	2,247	3,153	175	82	256	5,957	6,324	12,281
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 Data, October 13-17, 2008, as of November 18, 2008.

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Exceptional Student Membership
Fall 2008

Primary Exceptionality	White Non-Hispanic	Black Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Female	Male	Total Membership
Orthopedically Impaired	24	9	12	1	0	0	19	27	46
Speech Impaired	133	20	31	1	1	3	57	132	189
Language Impaired	30	28	44	0	0	0	37	65	102
Deaf or Hard of Hearing	13	1	4	0	0	0	11	7	18
Visually Impaired	2	2	4	0	0	1	4	5	9
Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities	88	76	27	0	0	2	31	162	193
Specific Learning Disabled	404	161	195	4	10	12	230	556	786
Gifted	230	18	35	11	3	10	156	151	307
Hospital/ Homebound	7	2	1	0	0	0	7	3	10
Dual Sensory Impaired	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Autism Spectrum Disorder	31	3	11	3	0	1	8	41	49
Traumatic Brain Injured	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	5
Developmentally Delayed	19	3	10	1	0	0	12	21	33
Established Conditions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Health Impaired	67	14	17	0	1	1	30	70	100
Intellectual Disabilities	78	88	48	1	1	2	81	137	218
All Exceptionalities	1,130	426	439	22	16	32	684	1381	2,065
Total Disabled	900	408	404	11	13	22	528	1,230	1,758
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 Data, October 13-17, 2008, as of November 18, 2008.

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Students Whose Primary Language
Is Other Than English, Fall 2007

Racial/Ethnic Category	Number of Students
White, Non-Hispanic	10
Black, Non-Hispanic	33
Hispanic	534
Asian/Pacific Islander	34
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	1
Multiracial	7
Female	280
Male	339
Total	619
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	2,741
Black, Non-Hispanic	1,852
Hispanic	2,740
Asian/Pacific Islander	54
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	43
Multiracial	240
Female	3,731
Male	3,939
Total	7,670
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 data, October 8-12, 2007, as of March 11, 2008.

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