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DeSoto County School District

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District Information

Number of Schools
by Grade Levels Taught

Elementary Schools	4
Middle/Junior High Schools	1
Senior High Schools	3
Combination Schools	5
Exceptional Education	1
Alternative Education	6
Vocational/Technical Education	0
Adult Schools	1
Total	14
Data source: Master School Identification File as of 10/21/2008.

Florida Public Schools by School Type (Word, 47KB)

School Calendar

All schools in DeSoto County (pdf) currently operate on the traditional school year calendar (PDF, 297KB).

2006-07 FTE Expenditures

Unweighted FTE	5,011.93
Current Expenditures	44,514,761
Current Expenditures per UFTE	8,882
Data source: Profiles of Florida School Districts 2006-07 Financial Data

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Staff Information

Full-Time Staff by Gender Within Racial/Ethnic Category Fall 2008

Racial/Ethnic Category	Male	Female
White, Non-Hispanic	133	456
Black, Non-Hispanic	22	56
Hispanic	3	35
Asian/Pacific Islander	2	3
American Indian/Alaskan Native	0	1
Total	160	551
Total Full-Time Staff	711
Survey 2 demographic data, October 13-17, 2008, as of December 22, 2008.

Average Teacher Salaries by Combined Salary Pay Lane and Experience by Degree Level Fall 2007

Degree Level	Number	Average Salary	Average Number of Years of Experience
Bachelor's	272	$42,077	11.79
Master's	83	$50,023	15.78
Specialist	2	$57,925	9.00
Doctorate	4	$45,090	12.75
All Degrees	361	$44,025	12.77
DOE Staff Database: Salary Data: Survey 3 data, February 4-8, 2008, as of May 14, 2008.

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Student Information

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2007-08 Graduation Rate

66.5%

2007-08 Dropout Rate

3.4%

High School Completers, 2007-08

		White, Non-Hispanic	Black, Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total
Standard Diplomas	Female	56	21	21	1	1	0	100
	Male	73	20	30	2	0	0	125
	Total	129	41	51	3	1	0	225
Special Diplomas	Female	0	3	1	0	0	0	4
	Male	2	5	0	0	0	0	7
	Total	2	8	1	0	0	0	11
Certificates of Completion	Female	1	6	3	0	0	0	10
	Male	3	2	4	0	0	0	9
	Total	4	8	7	0	0	0	19
Equivalency Diplomas	Female	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Male	6	0	2	0	0	0	8
	Total	6	0	3	0	0	0	9
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of November 20, 2008.

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2007-08 Suspensions

In-School Suspensions	3
Out-of-School Suspensions	300
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of January 9, 2009.

Number of Dropouts (Grades 9-12) by Racial/Ethnic Category, 2007-08

Racial/Ethnic Category	Dropouts
White, Non-Hispanic	31
Black, Non-Hispanic	7
Hispanic	27
Asian/Pacific Islander	0
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	0
Multiracial	0
Total	65
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of October 30, 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	394	345	325	330	330	321	357	269
Total Score (Average)	310	313	294	295	302	288	299	287
Mathematics	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10
Number Tested	393	344	325	332	328	318	362	271
Total Score (Average)	331	322	332	303	313	306	296	310

2007-08 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	169	3.8
	Narrative	169	3.7
	Combined	336	3.8
Grade 8	Expository	164	4.0
	Persuasive	157	4.0
	Combined	316	4.1
Grade 10	Expository	0	0.0
	Persuasive	273	3.4
	Combined	273	3.4

2007-08 School Grades

Number of Schools	A	B	C	D	F
5	20%	0%	60%	20%	0%
Visit http://schoolGrades.fldoe.org/ for additional information.

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PK-12 Student Membership
Fall 2008

Grade	White Non-Hispanic	Black Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Total Female	Total Male	Total Membership
PK	41	26	38	0	0	1	49	57	106
KG	181	54	161	0	0	10	189	217	406
1	197	45	185	5	2	13	216	231	447
2	184	51	150	4	1	9	192	207	399
3	181	60	163	4	0	5	183	230	413
4	174	49	139	1	0	4	178	189	367
5	154	46	128	4	1	1	155	179	334
6	144	47	122	2	0	7	141	181	322
7	144	50	132	2	0	8	177	159	336
8	181	52	116	2	1	7	173	186	359
9	249	106	130	3	0	6	188	306	494
10	187	76	96	1	0	4	166	198	364
11	180	59	68	1	1	2	127	184	311
12	140	70	80	4	0	0	165	129	294
TOTALS	2,337	791	1,708	33	6	77	2,299	2,653	4,952
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 Data, October 13-17, 2008, as of November 18, 2008.

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Exceptional Student Membership
Fall 2008

Primary Exceptionality	White Non-Hispanic	Black Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaskan Native	Multiracial	Female	Male	Total Membership
Orthopedically Impaired	6	1	6	0	0	0	4	9	13
Speech Impaired	103	20	40	1	1	1	46	120	166
Language Impaired	27	15	51	0	0	0	27	66	93
Deaf or Hard of Hearing	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	5
Visually Impaired	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities	68	49	4	0	0	2	22	101	123
Specific Learning Disabled	163	57	85	2	0	3	87	223	310
Gifted	77	9	21	3	0	1	57	54	111
Hospital/ Homebound	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	6
Dual Sensory Impaired	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Autism Spectrum Disorder	3	2	1	2	0	1	1	8	9
Traumatic Brain Injured	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Developmentally Delayed	3	1	3	0	0	0	5	2	7
Established Conditions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Health Impaired	26	8	5	0	0	1	11	29	40
Intellectual Disabilities	16	30	20	0	0	1	26	41	67
All Exceptionalities	496	197	241	8	1	10	293	660	953
Total Disabled	419	188	220	5	1	9	236	606	842
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 Data, October 13-17, 2008, as of November 18, 2008.

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Students Whose Primary Language
Is Other Than English, Fall 2007

Racial/Ethnic Category	Number of Students
White, Non-Hispanic	8
Black, Non-Hispanic	3
Hispanic	538
Asian/Pacific Islander	9
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	1
Multiracial	7
Female	275
Male	291
Total	566
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	1,135
Black, Non-Hispanic	550
Hispanic	1,562
Asian/Pacific Islander	10
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	7
Multiracial	54
Female	1,575
Male	1,743
Total	3,318
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 data, October 8-12, 2007, as of March 11, 2008.

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