U.S. Department of Education: Promoting Educational Excellence for all Americans

Table of contents
•Title page
•Introduction
•Acknowledgments
•National Summary
State Profiles
•Sources
•Appendix A
•Appendix B
•Appendix C
•Full report in PDF format (1,601K)

State Education Indicators with a Focus on Title I

Florida
http://www.firn.edu/doe/


School and Teacher Demographics

Per Pupil Expenditures
(CCD, 1998-1999)
$5,790

Number of districts
(CCD, 1999-2000)
67

Number of public schools
(CCD, 1999-2000)
Elementary Middle High Combined Total
1,681 492 418 523 3,131

Number of charter schools
(CCD, 1999-2000)
113

Number of FTE teachers
(CCD, 1999-2000)
Elementary Middle High Combined Total
65,796 25,512 31,134 6,637 129,381

Public school enrollment
  1993-94 1999-2000
K-8
(CCD)
1,480,401 1,671,791
9-12
(CCD)
525,569 655,886
Total
(CCD)
2,040,763 2,381,480
Pre-K
(by state definition)
34,793 53,803

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1998-99)

State 50%, Local 42%, Federal 8%.

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
  1993-94 1999-2000
American Indian/Alaskan Natives 3,738 6,213
  * *
Asian/Pacific Islander 34,331 43,905
  2% 2%
Black 504,913 602,464
  25% 25%
Hispanic 282,189 431,072
  14% 18%
White 1,215,592 1,297,826
  60% 54%
Other n/a n/a
 

Students with disabilities
(OSEP)
1993-94 1999-2000
248,217 312,174
12% 13%

Students with Limited English Proficiency
(ED/NCBE, K-12)
1993-94 1999-2000
144,731 235,181
6% 10%

Migratory students
(OME, K-12)
1993-94 1999-2000
54,595 n/a
2%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1999-2000)

For 0 to 34%, 1,137 schools; 35% to 49%, 518 schools; 50% to 74%, 882 schools; 75% to 100%, 583 schools.

*11 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information
(Collected from States, January 2002 for 2001-2002 school year)

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Under the A+ Plan: For C grade: 60% of students at level 2 (FCAT reading, math); Writing: 50% at level 3 for Elementary, 67 % for Middle School, 75% for High School.

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
To attain grade A/B- gain 2 percent students at level 3 (FCAT)

Indicators for School Accountability
NRT scores, attendance, dropout, suspension rates

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for schools
Transition: High School: > 85 percent pass Lang. Arts, > 80 percent pass Math, > 67 percent Writing. Middle School: > 40 percent over 50th percentile NRT. Elementary school: > 33 percent over 50th percentile NRT


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Title I

Title I
(ED Consolidated Report, 1999-2000)
  School Wide Programs Targeted Assistance Totals
Number of Schools 1,028 107 1,135
  91% 9% 100%
Schools Meeting AYP Goal 1,024 107 1,131
  100% 100% 100%
School in Need of Improvement 4 0 4
  * *

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, ED, 1999-00)
$398,211,329

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NAEP State Results
  Grade 4 Grade 8
Reading, 1998:  
Proficient level and above 23% 23%
Basic level and above 54% 65%
Math, 2000:  
Proficient level and above n/a n/a
Basic level and above n/a n/a

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Assessment Information
Assessment Reported Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
State Definition of "Proficient" Definition not provided for 1999-2000

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Student Achievement 1999-2000

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/Language Arts
          Proficient Above Proficiency
  Partially Proficient | Proficient Advanced
All Students 42% | 53% 5%
Title I Schools 52 | 46 3
High Poverty Schools 63 | 35 1
      |    
Students with Limited English Proficiency 92 | 8 0
Migratory students 73 | 27 0
Students with Disabilities 85 | 15 0

Mathematics
          Proficient Above Proficiency
  Partially Proficient | Proficient Advanced
All Students 49% | 46% 5%
Title I Schools 59 | 38 3
High Poverty Schools 67 | 31 2
      |    
Students with Limited English Proficiency 84 | 16 1
Migratory students 74 | 25 1
Students with Disabilities 87 | 13 0

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
          Proficient Above Proficiency
  Partially Proficient | Proficient Advanced
All Students 54% | 44% 2%
Title I Schools 70 | 30 1
High Poverty Schools 78 | 21 0
      |    
Students with Limited English Proficiency 95 | 5 0
Migratory students 86 | 14 0
Students with Disabilities 91 | 9 0

 

Mathematics
          Proficient Above Proficiency
  Partially Proficient | Proficient Advanced
All Students 42% | 46% 11%
Title I Schools 59 | 35 6
High Poverty Schools 69 | 28 3
      |    
Students with Limited English Proficiency 81 | 17 2
Migratory students 70 | 29 1
Students with Disabilities 86 | 13 1

 

Grade 10

Reading/Language Arts
          Proficient Above Proficiency
  Partially Proficient | Proficient Advanced
All Students 68% | 28% 4%
Title I Schools 80 | 18 1
High Poverty Schools 92 | 8 1
      |    
Students with Limited English Proficiency 98 | 2 0
Migratory students 91 | 9 0
Students with Disabilities 96 | 4 0

 

Mathematics
          Proficient Above Proficiency
  Partially Proficient | Proficient Advanced
All Students 44% | 49% 7%
Title I Schools 59 | 37 3
High Poverty Schools 76 | 24 1
      |    
Students with Limited English Proficiency 80 | 19 1
Migratory students 72 | 28 0
Students with Disabilities 85 | 15 0


High School Indicators
  1993-94 1998-99
High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
n/a n/a
  1994-95 1998-99
Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
48,197 55,423
55% 56%

Sources


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