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Alexander W Dreyfoos Junior School Of The Arts

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

501 South Sapodilla Ave

West Palm Beach FL, 33401, Palm Beach County

Phone: 561-802-6000

Ranking:

(9 out of 492, top 2%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Palm Beach County School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	84		73		72		73		74		98		83
Total Students:	1,337		1,322		1,296		1,311		1,302		1,322		1,350
Grade 9:	352	26.3%	335	25.3%	333	25.7%	348	26.5%	333	25.6%	318	24.1%	333	24.7%
Grade 10:	332	24.8%	337	25.5%	336	25.9%	337	25.7%	314	24.1%	332	25.1%	353	26.1%
Grade 11:	329	24.6%	329	24.9%	332	25.6%	308	23.5%	325	25.0%	339	25.6%	339	25.1%
Grade 12:	324	24.2%	321	24.3%	295	22.8%	318	24.3%	330	25.3%	333	25.2%	325	24.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	443	33.1%	442	33.4%	422	32.6%	432	33.0%	409	31.4%	432	32.7%	442	32.7%
Female:	894	66.9%	880	66.6%	874	67.4%	879	67.0%	820	63.0%	794	60.1%	813	60.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.4%	7	0.5%	7	0.5%	8	0.6%	7	0.5%	3	0.2%	5	0.4%
Asian:	69	5.2%	65	4.9%	58	4.5%	52	4.0%	47	3.6%	44	3.3%	48	3.6%
Hispanic:	269	20.1%	260	19.7%	266	20.5%	254	19.4%	263	20.2%	203	15.4%	179	13.3%
Black:	140	10.5%	158	12.0%	152	11.7%	155	11.8%	136	10.4%	136	10.3%	119	8.8%
White:	799	59.8%	782	59.2%	766	59.1%	776	59.2%	784	60.2%	848	64.1%	908	67.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	55	4.1%	50	3.8%	47	3.6%	64	4.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	236	17.7%	185	14.0%	157	12.1%	148	11.3%	140	10.8%	93	7.0%	89	6.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	51	3.8%	60	4.5%	56	4.3%	45	3.4%	54	4.1%	41	3.1%	49	3.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.92		18.11		18.13		17.96		17.59		15.60		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	411	403	402
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	422	409	406
2013	Biology 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	428	405	404
2013	Geometry	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	426	405	403
FCAT
2004	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	329	323
2005	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	330	322
2006	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	327	324
2007	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	326	323
2008	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	329	327
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	331	327
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	336	331
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	333	329
2004	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358	306	300
2005	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	304	296
2006	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	301	298
2007	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	302	300
2008	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	307	306
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	310	305
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	316	310
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	314	309
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	266	246	244
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	268	248	246
2006	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342	297	298
2007	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	309	302
2008	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	351	309	304
2009	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	306	303
2010	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	315	306
2011	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	314	307
2007	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	309	302
2008	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358	314	309
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	318	313
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	317	311
2007	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	310	308
2008	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	314	313
2009	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	318	316
2010	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	319	317
2011	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	318	317
2012	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	264	241	240
2013	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	265	241	240

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.4%	52.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	48.6%	47.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years	20.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.6%	15.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.4%	85.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$54,673.0	$49,625.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,605.0	$33,072.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$61,100.0	$52,546.0

* Alexander W Dreyfoos Junior School Of The Arts was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.