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Ruth Owens Kruse Education Center

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11001 Sw 76th St

Miami FL, 33173, Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305-270-8699

Type: Special Education School, Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 12

School District: Dade 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:	37		37		39		37		35		36		49
Total Students:	160		167		179		181		187		178		181
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 1:	1	0.6%	3	1.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	NA	NA
Grade 2:	4	2.5%	0	0.0%	3	1.7%	0	0.0%	2	1.1%	NA	NA	2	1.1%
Grade 3:	2	1.3%	3	1.8%	5	2.8%	2	1.1%	1	0.5%	1	0.6%	13	7.2%
Grade 4:	4	2.5%	7	4.2%	4	2.2%	4	2.2%	1	0.5%	9	5.1%	5	2.8%
Grade 5:	9	5.6%	6	3.6%	8	4.5%	5	2.8%	10	5.3%	4	2.2%	6	3.3%
Grade 6:	12	7.5%	19	11.4%	13	7.3%	22	12.2%	11	5.9%	13	7.3%	20	11.0%
Grade 7:	18	11.3%	12	7.2%	22	12.3%	15	8.3%	25	13.4%	25	14.0%	22	12.2%
Grade 8:	18	11.3%	23	13.8%	20	11.2%	24	13.3%	32	17.1%	29	16.3%	27	14.9%
Grade 9:	14	8.8%	23	13.8%	18	10.1%	21	11.6%	22	11.8%	19	10.7%	29	16.0%
Grade 10:	23	14.4%	21	12.6%	30	16.8%	20	11.0%	27	14.4%	26	14.6%	25	13.8%
Grade 11:	14	8.8%	22	13.2%	19	10.6%	20	11.0%	27	14.4%	21	11.8%	17	9.4%
Grade 12:	40	25.0%	28	16.8%	37	20.7%	48	26.5%	29	15.5%	30	16.9%	15	8.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	116	72.5%	123	73.7%	133	74.3%	123	68.0%	130	69.5%	134	75.3%	138	76.2%
Female:	44	27.5%	44	26.3%	46	25.7%	58	32.0%	49	26.2%	34	19.1%	36	19.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	81	50.6%	88	52.7%	92	51.4%	99	54.7%	101	54.0%	88	49.4%	85	47.0%
Black:	56	35.0%	56	33.5%	61	34.1%	57	31.5%	60	32.1%	57	32.0%	59	32.6%
White:	21	13.1%	21	12.6%	26	14.5%	23	12.7%	26	13.9%	30	16.9%	34	18.8%
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:	2	1.3%	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	2	1.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	129	80.6%	143	85.6%	145	81.0%	131	72.4%	134	71.7%	123	69.1%	124	68.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	8	5.0%	6	3.6%	7	3.9%	11	6.1%	12	6.4%	17	9.6%	18	9.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	4.32		4.51		4.59		4.89		5.34		5.00		3.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	363	407	N/A
FCAT
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	322	N/A
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	326	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	256	298	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	248	308	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	242	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	260	294	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	242	332	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	225	304	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	245	310	N/A
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	190	283	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	293	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	222	305	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	304	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	233	310	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	213	309	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	197	225	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	210	275	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	220	282	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	260	306	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	258	300	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	232	304	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	233	309	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	193	224	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	247	305	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	242	309	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	255	307	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	243	310	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	228	308	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	204	233	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	251	306	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	262	307	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	275	309	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	238	315	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	268	316	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	205	229	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	220	298	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	229	301	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	239	304	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	231	307	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	245	319	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	257	316	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	273	318	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	247	323	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	242	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	232	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	199	281	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	214	282	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	289	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	223	292	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	254	304	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	250	305	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	272	306	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	235	308	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	215	236	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	237	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	211	270	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	198	280	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	215	295	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	203	292	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	253	295	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	306	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	257	308	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	179	197	N/A
2008	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	255	299	N/A
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	306	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	256	301	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	252	310	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	263	308	N/A
2012	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	207	237	N/A
2013	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	217	239	N/A

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Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.1%	60.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.9%	39.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	40.0%	36.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	60.0%	63.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,576.0	$42,026.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,815.0	$35,862.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,750.0	$47,037.0