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Forest Hill Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5555 Purdy Ln

West Palm Beach FL, 33415, Palm Beach County

Phone: 561-432-2300

Ranking:

(1,855 out of 2,614, bottom 29%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Palm Beach County School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	66		62		60		58		58		76		89
Total Students:	760		779		782		734		768		827		1,166
Kindergarten:	125	16.4%	145	18.6%	134	17.1%	127	17.3%	116	15.1%	119	14.4%	195	16.7%
Grade 1:	134	17.6%	129	16.6%	130	16.6%	113	15.4%	111	14.5%	148	17.9%	198	17.0%
Grade 2:	119	15.7%	131	16.8%	113	14.5%	105	14.3%	153	19.9%	142	17.2%	216	18.5%
Grade 3:	126	16.6%	132	16.9%	121	15.5%	140	19.1%	139	18.1%	141	17.0%	206	17.7%
Grade 4:	138	18.2%	117	15.0%	141	18.0%	134	18.3%	124	16.1%	139	16.8%	179	15.4%
Grade 5:	118	15.5%	125	16.0%	143	18.3%	115	15.7%	125	16.3%	138	16.7%	172	14.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	410	53.9%	421	54.0%	409	52.3%	381	51.9%	374	48.7%	412	49.8%	574	49.2%
Female:	350	46.1%	358	46.0%	373	47.7%	353	48.1%	368	47.9%	368	44.5%	518	44.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.5%	7	0.9%	10	1.3%	9	1.2%	12	1.6%	3	0.4%	2	0.2%
Asian:	23	3.0%	20	2.6%	17	2.2%	14	1.9%	18	2.3%	19	2.3%	22	1.9%
Hispanic:	474	62.4%	466	59.8%	441	56.4%	430	58.6%	461	60.0%	470	56.8%	671	57.5%
Black:	144	18.9%	153	19.6%	158	20.2%	129	17.6%	130	16.9%	128	15.5%	187	16.0%
White:	100	13.2%	113	14.5%	132	16.9%	131	17.8%	129	16.8%	168	20.3%	214	18.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	15	2.0%	20	2.6%	24	3.1%	18	2.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	630	82.9%	608	78.0%	593	75.8%	534	72.8%	524	68.2%	512	61.9%	658	56.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	5.0%	54	6.9%	56	7.2%	59	8.0%	78	10.2%	111	13.4%	126	10.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.52		12.56		13.03		12.77		13.24		12.60		13.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	333	328
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	335	333
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	342	337
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338	340	337
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	333	337
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	196	201	202
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	197	202	201
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	310	309
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	311	313
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	310	313
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	310	314
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	312	314
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	194	199	201
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	194	200	201
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	316	312
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	315	312
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	319	318
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	325	319
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	331	324
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	335	330
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	332	330
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	335	331
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	203	216	215
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	209	217	215
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	317	318
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	318	319
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	314	314
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	318	316
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	320	319
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	325	324
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	325	323
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	322	323
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	206	213	213
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	212	212
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	335	332
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	338	333
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	340	335
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	338	336
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	336	336
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	222	222
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	222	221
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	312	310
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	306	305
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	314	311
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	313	310
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296	311	310
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	221	221
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	221	220
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	305	299
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	316	306
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	319	310
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	322	314
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	326	318
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	333	322
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	328	322
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	196	205	201

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.2%	71.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	33.8%	28.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	69.0%	47.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	31.0%	52.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,200.0	$40,192.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,514.0	$34,614.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,864.0	$45,264.0

* Forest Hill Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.