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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
Adult Schools	0
Total	18
Data source: Master School Identification File as of 03/26/2008.

School Calendar

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

2005-06 FTE Expenditures

Unweighted FTE	12,082.81
Current Expenditures	96,587,057.98
Current Expenditures per UFTE	7,994
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	317	1,107
Black, Non-Hispanic	73	157
Hispanic	19	89
Asian/Pacific Islander	2	3
American Indian/Alaskan Native	2	2
Total	413	1,358
Total Full-Time Staff	1,771
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	645	$39,672	12.78
Master's	251	$47,124	19.53
Specialist	5	$53,198	19.20
Doctorate	10	$46,665	17.60
All Degrees	911	$41,876	14.82
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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2006-07 Graduation Rate

73.0%

2006-07 Dropout Rate

5.4%

High School Completers, 2006-07

		White, Non-Hispanic	Black, Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total
Standard Diplomas	Female	176	63	53	4	2	4	302
	Male	194	48	51	6	4	2	305
	Total	370	111	104	10	6	6	607
Special Diplomas	Female	9	10	2	0	0	0	21
	Male	17	10	2	0	0	0	29
	Total	26	20	4	0	0	0	50
Certificates of Completion	Female	4	13	11	0	0	0	28
	Male	3	3	3	0	1	1	11
	Total	7	16	14	0	1	1	39
Equivalency Diplomas	Female	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Male	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Total	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of January 14, 2008.

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2006-07 Suspensions

In-School Suspensions	2,862
Out-of-School Suspensions	1,087
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	119
Black, Non-Hispanic	39
Hispanic	53
Asian/Pacific Islander	0
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	2
Multiracial	1
Total	214
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	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 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 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 2007

Grade	White Non-Hispanic	Black Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total Female	Total Male	Total Membership
PK	50	24	72	1	0	10	62	95	157
KG	504	168	259	13	4	57	467	538	1,005
1	518	167	292	23	3	45	529	519	1,048
2	468	174	245	19	6	41	463	490	953
3	501	179	249	13	4	28	445	529	974
4	496	204	223	12	6	34	459	516	975
5	467	160	214	10	6	27	456	428	884
6	507	168	235	8	8	26	474	478	952
7	514	158	243	12	11	25	425	538	963
8	511	153	205	13	5	15	423	479	902
9	667	263	306	10	4	26	593	683	1,276
10	486	192	204	9	7	17	464	451	915
11	440	119	154	13	5	13	410	334	744
12	423	98	159	11	2	4	359	338	697
TOTALS	6,552	2,227	3,060	167	71	368	6,029	6,416	12,445
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	61	72	38	0	0	1	64	108	172
Trainable Mentally Handicapped	18	12	12	0	1	1	19	25	44
Orthopedically Impaired	31	9	8	0	0	0	16	32	48
Speech Impaired	134	25	27	0	2	6	54	140	194
Language Impaired	28	25	33	0	0	4	30	60	90
Deaf or Hard of Hearing	15	0	5	0	0	0	14	6	20
Visually Impaired	2	2	3	0	0	0	4	3	7
Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities	106	94	27	0	0	4	36	195	231
Specific Learning Disabled	451	175	195	3	7	26	256	601	857
Gifted	241	19	33	11	3	9	166	150	316
Hospital/ Homebound	7	2	2	0	0	0	10	1	11
Profoundly Mentally Handicapped	3	3	0	0	0	1	5	2	7
Dual Sensory Impaired	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Autism Spectrum Disorder	26	3	7	3	0	2	9	32	41
Traumatic Brain Injured	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	6
Developmentally Delayed	15	1	11	0	0	3	10	20	30
Established Conditions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Health Impaired	64	9	15	1	0	1	24	66	90
All Exceptionalities	1,207	452	416	18	13	58	719	1,445	2,164
Total Disabled	966	433	383	7	10	49	553	1,295	1,848
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	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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