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Highlands Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

500 20th St Sw

Vero Beach FL, 32962, Indian River County

Phone: 772-564-3390

Ranking:

(1,641 out of 2,614, bottom 37%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Indian River 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:	32		32		32		32		32		36		37
Total Students:	464		472		467		454		431		480		574
Prekindergarten:	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	3	0.7%	23	4.8%	17	3.0%
Kindergarten:	71	15.3%	82	17.4%	76	16.3%	72	15.9%	65	15.1%	67	14.0%	86	15.0%
Grade 1:	81	17.5%	81	17.2%	66	14.1%	69	15.2%	68	15.8%	84	17.5%	101	17.6%
Grade 2:	77	16.6%	73	15.5%	73	15.6%	77	17.0%	74	17.2%	75	15.6%	84	14.6%
Grade 3:	84	18.1%	76	16.1%	82	17.6%	91	20.0%	81	18.8%	69	14.4%	98	17.1%
Grade 4:	63	13.6%	82	17.4%	89	19.1%	77	17.0%	65	15.1%	82	17.1%	85	14.8%
Grade 5:	85	18.3%	77	16.3%	79	16.9%	68	15.0%	75	17.4%	80	16.7%	103	17.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	231	49.8%	225	47.7%	229	49.0%	226	49.8%	219	50.8%	248	51.7%	298	51.9%
Female:	233	50.2%	247	52.3%	238	51.0%	228	50.2%	184	42.7%	200	41.7%	247	43.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	8	1.7%	8	1.7%	7	1.5%	8	1.8%	12	2.8%	6	1.3%	9	1.6%
Hispanic:	91	19.6%	89	18.9%	94	20.1%	89	19.6%	76	17.6%	70	14.6%	97	16.9%
Black:	168	36.2%	173	36.7%	159	34.0%	159	35.0%	129	29.9%	130	27.1%	122	21.3%
White:	175	37.7%	181	38.3%	182	39.0%	171	37.7%	193	44.8%	249	51.9%	321	55.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	4.3%	19	4.0%	24	5.1%	25	5.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	386	83.2%	380	80.5%	352	75.4%	364	80.2%	287	66.6%	274	57.1%	259	45.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	5.2%	29	6.1%	36	7.7%	34	7.5%	41	9.5%	43	9.0%	73	12.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.50		14.75		14.78		14.19		13.47		14.50		15.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
FCAT
2007	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	326	328
2008	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	329	333
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	332	337
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	328	337
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316	333	337
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	195	201	202
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	192	197	201
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	312	309
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	319	313
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	318	313
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	314	314
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	317	314
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	201	204	201
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	193	201	201
2004	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	311	312
2005	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	320	312
2006	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345	322	318
2007	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	319	319
2008	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	324	324
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	327	330
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	326	330
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	327	331
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	214	215
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	203	213	215
2004	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	324	318
2005	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	328	319
2006	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	318	314
2007	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312	319	316
2008	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	322	319
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	327	324
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	326	323
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	324	323
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	213	213
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	207	213	212
2007	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	332	332
2008	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	333	333
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	337	335
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	334	336
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	336	336
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	223	222
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	212	220	221
2007	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	313	310
2008	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	308	305
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	317	311
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	309	310
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	312	310
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	223	221
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	214	220	220
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	301	299
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298	310	306
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	314	310
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	321	314
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	322	318
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	327	322
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	325	322
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	192	199	201

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	83.8%	75.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	16.2%	25.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	51.4%	32.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	48.6%	67.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,230.0	$41,056.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,607.0	$34,602.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,220.0	$44,560.0

* Highlands Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.