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Polk County School District


County Seat: Bartow, Florida

For additional information on education within the county, click on the district name above to visit the district's local web site or contact:

Dr. Gail McKinzie
Superintendent of Schools
PO Box 391
Bartow, Florida 33831-0391
Phone: 863/534-0521
Fax: 863/519-8231
e-mail: gail.mckinzie@polk-fl.net

Office of Superintendent is appointive.
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District Information

Number of Schools
by Grade Levels Taught
Elementary Schools 83
Middle/Junior High Schools 24
Senior High Schools 33
Combination Schools 13
Exceptional Education 5
Alternative Education 17
Vocational/Technical Education 2
Adult Schools 2
Total 155
Data source: Master School Identification File as of 10/21/2008.

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


School Calendar

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

2006-07 FTE Expenditures

Unweighted FTE 92,020.15
Current Expenditures 731,217,393
Current Expenditures per UFTE 7,946
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 2,102 7,898
Black, Non-Hispanic 468 1,685
Hispanic 197 802
Asian/Pacific Islander 14 74
American Indian/Alaskan Native 5 16
Total 2,786 10,475
Total Full-Time Staff 13,261
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 5,422 $41,258 8.99
Master's 1,736 $49,102 16.60
Specialist 65 $56,262 21.69
Doctorate 49 $50,269 14.95
All Degrees 7,272 $43,325 10.96
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 73.6% 2007-08 Dropout Rate 3.8%

High School Completers, 2007-08
  White, Non-Hispanic Black, Non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American
Indian/
Alaskan Native		 Multiracial Total
Standard
Diplomas		 Female 1,451 442 358 49 7 19 2,326
Male 1,299 367 321 42 9 24 2,062
Total 2,750 809 679 91 16 43 4,388
 
Special
Diplomas		 Female 53 49 22 1 0 0 125
Male 114 86 28 0 0 1 229
Total 167 135 50 1 0 1 354
 
Certificates
of
Completion		 Female 51 78 56 4 0 1 190
Male 34 54 59 2 1 3 153
Total 85 132 115 6 1 4 343
 
Equivalency
Diplomas		 Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Male 40 28 6 2 0 0 76
Total 40 28 6 2 0 0 76
DOE Student Database, Survey 5 data, as of November 20, 2008.

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2007-08 Suspensions
In-School Suspensions 8,252
Out-of-School Suspensions 14,014
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 621
Black, Non-Hispanic 331
Hispanic 276
Asian/Pacific Islander 8
American Indian/ Alaskan Native 1
Multiracial 16
Total 1,253
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 7,640 7,045 6,968 6,721 6,704 6,361 7,038 6,208
Total Score (Average) 305 310 295 298 304 300 304 292
Mathematics Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10
Number Tested 7,642 7,043 6,962 6,714 6,708 6,362 7,024 6,186
Total Score (Average) 326 315 324 297 301 312 299 317

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 3,500 3.9
Narrative 3,508 3.8
Combined 6,957 3.8
Grade 8 Expository 3,214 4.1
Persuasive 3,126 4.1
Combined 6,312 4.1
Grade 10 Expository 0 0.0
Persuasive 6,345 3.6
Combined 6,290 3.7

2007-08 School Grades
Number of Schools A B C D F
109 47% 20% 26% 6% 1%
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 705 649 655 25 3 105 901 1,241 2,142
KG 3,491 1,458 1,827 97 18 508 3,532 3,867 7,399
1 3,608 1,644 1,928 116 15 441 3,690 4,062 7,752
2 3,713 1,599 1,896 112 20 429 3,784 3,985 7,769
3 3,753 1,746 2,002 104 32 416 3,887 4,166 8,053
4 3,611 1,499 1,721 99 17 305 3,498 3,754 7,252
5 3,632 1,534 1,545 114 18 314 3,549 3,608 7,157
6 3,733 1,550 1,555 87 26 271 3,500 3,722 7,222
7 3,449 1,525 1,576 82 15 209 3,345 3,511 6,856
8 3,457 1,482 1,440 97 14 210 3,119 3,581 6,700
9 4,015 1,739 1,534 85 15 168 3,559 3,997 7,556
10 3,745 1,651 1,465 123 16 135 3,445 3,690 7,135
11 3,402 1,374 1,126 127 8 113 3,037 3,113 6,150
12 3,176 1,259 954 99 15 70 2,822 2,751 5,573
TOTALS 47,490 20,709 21,224 1,367 232 3,694 45,668 49,048 94,716
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 67 35 23 1 0 2 54 74 128
Speech Impaired 605 104 102 5 0 51 240 627 867
Language Impaired 309 221 254 3 1 38 261 565 826
Deaf or Hard of Hearing 38 13 25 0 0 0 29 47 76
Visually Impaired 23 13 7 0 0 1 12 32 44
Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities 308 241 67 1 1 29 104 543 647
Specific Learning Disabled 2,497 1,391 1,275 16 10 130 1,727 3,592 5,319
Gifted 2,511 384 407 106 14 136 1,743 1,815 3,558
Hospital/ Homebound 31 5 10 3 0 0 25 24 49
Dual Sensory Impaired 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Autism Spectrum Disorder 132 35 57 5 2 11 31 211 242
Traumatic Brain Injured 14 5 2 0 0 0 8 13 21
Developmentally Delayed 238 75 144 7 1 31 140 356 496
Established Conditions 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Other Health Impaired 649 241 108 4 2 34 308 730 1,038
Intellectual Disabilities 718 691 317 16 3 31 714 1,062 1,776
All Exceptionalities 8,141 3,454 2,798 167 34 494 5,396 9,692 15,088
Total Disabled 5,630 3,070 2,391 61 20 358 3,653 7,877 11,530
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 215
Black, Non-Hispanic 651
Hispanic 7,548
Asian/Pacific Islander 285
American Indian/ Alaskan Native 14
Multiracial 133
Female 4,236
Male 4,610
Total 8,846
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 20,127
Black, Non-Hispanic 16,303
Hispanic 17,216
Asian/Pacific Islander 551
American Indian/ Alaskan Native 130
Multiracial 1,992
Female 27,172
Male 29,147
Total 56,319
DOE Student Database, Survey 2 data, October 8-12, 2007, as of March 11, 2008.

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