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Palm Beach County School District

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District Information

Number of Schools
by Grade Levels Taught

Elementary Schools	125
Middle/Junior High Schools	34
Senior High Schools	56
Combination Schools	12
Exceptional Education	7
Alternative Education	28
Vocational/Technical Education	2
Adult Schools	27
Total	254
Data source: Master School Identification File as of 10/21/2008.

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

School Calendar

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

2006-07 FTE Expenditures

Unweighted FTE	169,477.07
Current Expenditures	1,478,250,130
Current Expenditures per UFTE	8,722
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	3,014	9,566
Black, Non-Hispanic	1,354	3,409
Hispanic	876	2,082
Asian/Pacific Islander	91	172
American Indian/Alaskan Native	10	36
Total	5,345	15,265
Total Full-Time Staff	20,610
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	7,632	$46,375	7.50
Master's	4,110	$55,913	11.96
Specialist	114	$61,387	13.26
Doctorate	123	$61,544	12.88
All Degrees	11,979	$49,946	9.14
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

71.8%

2007-08 Dropout Rate

4.4%

High School Completers, 2007-08

		White, Non-Hispanic	Black, Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total
Standard Diplomas	Female	2,568	1,219	983	166	19	167	5,122
	Male	2,381	1,025	856	188	19	152	4,621
	Total	4,949	2,244	1839	354	38	319	9,743
Special Diplomas	Female	38	46	22	2	0	1	109
	Male	73	103	58	2	0	2	238
	Total	111	149	80	4	0	3	347
Certificates of Completion	Female	35	242	119	8	1	6	411
	Male	46	212	102	8	1	9	378
	Total	81	454	221	16	2	15	789
Equivalency Diplomas	Female	4	1	0	0	0	0	5
	Male	9	13	3	0	1	0	26
	Total	13	14	3	0	1	0	31
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of November 20, 2008.

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2007-08 Suspensions

In-School Suspensions	11,387
Out-of-School Suspensions	16,417
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	593
Black, Non-Hispanic	1,191
Hispanic	546
Asian/Pacific Islander	15
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	8
Multiracial	51
Total	2,404
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	13,062	12,257	12,631	12,544	12,822	11,922	13,314	12,471
Total Score (Average)	311	320	306	312	314	311	314	307
Mathematics	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10
Number Tested	13,079	12,278	12,649	12,547	12,809	11,918	13,270	12,423
Total Score (Average)	335	331	338	317	318	329	314	329

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	6,096	4.0
	Narrative	6,069	4.0
	Combined	12,069	4.0
Grade 8	Expository	5,991	4.3
	Persuasive	5,801	4.3
	Combined	11,741	4.3
Grade 10	Expository	0	0.0
	Persuasive	12,763	3.9
	Combined	12,674	4.0

2007-08 School Grades

Number of Schools	A	B	C	D	F
172	63%	13%	16%	6%	2%
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	856	872	699	49	7	133	1,031	1,585	2,616
KG	4,409	3,530	3,389	337	29	748	5,970	6,472	12,442
1	4,570	3,696	3,431	356	28	717	6,215	6,583	12,798
2	4,652	3,708	3,439	360	38	719	6,251	6,665	12,916
3	4,756	3,875	3,511	338	54	734	6,334	6,934	13,268
4	4,882	3,604	3,195	337	57	689	6,119	6,645	12,764
5	4,829	3,497	3,032	339	64	708	6,087	6,382	12,469
6	5,181	3,728	3,180	354	61	690	6,425	6,769	13,194
7	5,197	3,606	3,076	326	61	584	6,265	6,585	12,850
8	5,128	3,701	2,989	361	73	665	6,292	6,625	12,917
9	5,893	4,212	3,143	368	67	584	6,829	7,438	14,267
10	5,674	4,161	3,064	326	71	586	6,796	7,086	13,882
11	5,576	3,808	2,762	349	45	450	6,431	6,559	12,990
12	5,203	3,160	2,263	322	47	377	5,843	5,529	11,372
TOTALS	66,806	49,158	41,173	4,522	702	8,384	82,888	87,857	170,745
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	79	33	23	6	2	5	56	92	148
Speech Impaired	1,988	676	660	69	13	183	1,186	2,403	3,589
Language Impaired	1,040	1,497	1,237	81	11	180	1,416	2,630	4,046
Deaf or Hard of Hearing	99	55	68	11	0	13	113	133	246
Visually Impaired	26	15	10	1	0	2	30	24	54
Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities	399	443	118	4	3	41	174	834	1,008
Specific Learning Disabled	4,113	3,980	3,536	92	62	474	3,964	8,293	12,257
Gifted	5,032	560	791	511	36	460	3,697	3,693	7,390
Hospital/ Homebound	34	22	14	4	0	0	36	38	74
Dual Sensory Impaired	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	4
Autism Spectrum Disorder	548	132	188	39	6	72	184	801	985
Traumatic Brain Injured	11	6	5	0	0	1	5	18	23
Developmentally Delayed	178	149	145	9	3	31	143	372	515
Established Conditions	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	4	6
Other Health Impaired	495	138	108	9	3	31	221	563	784
Intellectual Disabilities	467	933	379	23	5	44	753	1,098	1,851
All Exceptionalities	14,511	8,643	7,285	859	144	1,538	11,981	20,999	32,980
Total Disabled	9,479	8,083	6,494	348	108	1,078	8,284	17,306	25,590
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	755
Black, Non-Hispanic	5,797
Hispanic	10,920
Asian/Pacific Islander	588
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	97
Multiracial	209
Female	8,654
Male	9,712
Total	18,366
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	10,358
Black, Non-Hispanic	36,078
Hispanic	25,677
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,259
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	328
Multiracial	2,934
Female	36,943
Male	39,691
Total	76,634
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 data, October 8-12, 2007, as of March 11, 2008.

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