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Palm Beach County School District

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District Information

Number of Schools
by Grade Levels Taught

Elementary Schools	122
Middle/Junior High Schools	35
Senior High Schools	58
Combination Schools	12
Adult Schools	27
Total	254
Data source: Master School Identification File as of 03/26/2008.

School Calendar

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

2005-06 FTE Expenditures

Unweighted FTE	172,597.40
Current Expenditures	1,411,252,529.16
Current Expenditures per UFTE	8,177
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	3,080	9,588
Black, Non-Hispanic	1,349	3,471
Hispanic	867	2,060
Asian/Pacific Islander	85	176
American Indian/Alaskan Native	10	33
Total	5,391	15,328
Total Full-Time Staff	20,719
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	7,574	$45,052	8.20
Master's	4,009	$54,409	12.99
Specialist	110	61,612	16.27
Doctorate	112	60,357	15.73
All Degrees	11,805	$48,529	9.98
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

71.8%

2006-07 Dropout Rate

4.4%

High School Completers, 2006-07

		White, Non-Hispanic	Black, Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total
Standard Diplomas	Female	2,488	1,139	850	159	18	132	4,786
	Male	2,390	857	793	174	14	109	4,337
	Total	4,878	1,996	1,643	333	32	241	9,123
Special Diplomas	Female	38	61	34	1	1	3	138
	Male	60	110	36	2	1	5	214
	Total	98	171	70	3	2	8	352
Certificates of Completion	Female	59	243	132	8	1	5	448
	Male	44	203	103	12	0	4	366
	Total	103	446	235	20	1	9	814
Equivalency Diplomas	Female	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
	Male	7	3	2	0	0	0	12
	Total	7	4	3	0	0	0	14
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of January 14, 2008.

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2006-07 Suspensions

In-School Suspensions	10,020
Out-of-School Suspensions	16,786
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	708
Black, Non-Hispanic	1,143
Hispanic	592
Asian/Pacific Islander	24
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	9
Multiracial	42
Total	2,518
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	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 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 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 2007

Grade	White Non-Hispanic	Black Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total Female	Total Male	Total Membership
PK	823	1,022	612	37	7	146	1,088	1,559	2,647
KG	4,451	3,535	3,297	337	28	692	5,989	6,351	12,340
1	4,690	3,713	3,442	359	59	721	6,216	6,768	12,984
2	4,644	3,672	3,372	332	64	704	6,117	6,671	12,788
3	4,990	3,775	3,454	341	73	700	6,318	7,015	13,333
4	4,772	3,476	3,038	330	77	724	6,062	6,355	12,417
5	5,114	3,547	3,077	345	71	681	6,257	6,578	12,835
6	5,179	3,604	3,054	320	65	585	6,239	6,568	12,807
7	5,147	3,797	3,058	366	75	694	6,362	6,775	13,137
8	5,196	3,387	2,766	333	58	500	5,947	6,293	12,240
9	6,073	4,650	3,433	321	79	636	7,280	7,912	15,192
10	5,898	4,225	3,082	351	52	467	6,889	7,186	14,075
11	5,756	3,673	2,570	341	60	428	6,380	6,448	12,828
12	5,303	3,015	2,197	368	39	338	5,754	5,506	11,260
TOTALS	68,036	49,091	40,452	4,481	807	8,016	82,898	87,985	170,883
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	259	655	218	5	3	23	464	699	1,163
Trainable Mentally Handicapped	169	239	127	11	2	15	226	337	563
Orthopedically Impaired	90	34	24	6	2	4	59	101	160
Speech Impaired	2,040	674	629	58	16	193	1,183	2,427	3,610
Language Impaired	1,018	1,503	1,122	81	18	164	1,328	2,578	3,906
Deaf or Hard of Hearing	98	54	62	9	0	14	105	132	237
Visually Impaired	22	13	7	0	0	3	26	19	45
Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities	451	488	121	4	4	45	199	914	1,113
Specific Learning Disabled	4,273	3,892	3,334	91	65	428	3,802	8,281	12,083
Gifted	5,168	657	868	533	34	468	3,865	3,863	7,728
Hospital/ Homebound	26	12	14	0	0	1	25	28	53
Profoundly Mentally Handicapped	46	57	40	3	0	3	75	74	149
Dual Sensory Impaired	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	4	6
Autism Spectrum Disorder	465	134	166	34	8	62	168	701	869
Traumatic Brain Injured	13	11	7	0	0	1	6	26	32
Developmentally Delayed	195	137	127	8	2	30	144	355	499
Established Conditions	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	3	6
Other Health Impaired	490	128	101	7	3	38	223	544	767
All Exceptionalities	14,827	8,693	6,969	850	157	1,493	11,903	21,086	32,989
Total Disabled	9,659	8,036	6,101	317	123	1,025	8,038	17,223	25,261
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	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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