Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

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

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
1,648	487	416	486	7

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
18:1	20:1	19:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
64,360	25,636	30,776	5,715	208

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	1,303,439	1,649,915
9-12 (CCD)	486,486	633,560
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	53,986

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.2%	0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.4	1.8
Black	23.8	25.4
Hispanic	11.9	17.1
White	62.8	55.4

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
11.4%	12.9%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
57,710	288,603

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
54,595	52,715

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	n/a

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
49%	54%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 1,450 schools; 35 to 49%, 609 schools; 50 to 74%, 659 schools; and 75 to 100%, 309 schools.

*17 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
A+ Plan: For C grade: 60% at level 2 (FCAT reading, math) Writing 50% level 3 elem., 67% mid., 75% HS Rewards & sanctions

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. Art >80 pass Math, >67 percent Writing. Middle School: >40 percent over 50th percentile NRT. Elementary school: >33 percent over 50th percentile NRT

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
904 (92.5%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	691,618
9-12	10,694
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	1,871	54
Asian/Pacific Islander	8,413	199
Black	267,962	4,572
Hispanic	147,654	2,096
White	264,751	10,725

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$363,243,233

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 298 schools with schoolwide programs and 768 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 848 schoolwide, 124 targeted assistance; in 1999, 855 schoolwide, 122 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, First year in use

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards did not meet review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
Level 4: see Appendix A

Definition of Title I Targeted Assistance
All students in Title I schools at tested grade are included in the assessment results.

Exclusion from Assessment
Absence, sickness, temporary disability, etc.

Other Assessments
Stanford Achievement Test, 9th Edition
High School Competency Test

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/LanguageArts
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
All Students		30%	17%	31%	18%	3%
Title I Schoolwide		23	18	36	21	3
Title I Targeted		43	18	26	12	1
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	15	15	37	28	5
	75-100	53	18	21	8	1
LEP Students		73	15	10	2	0
Migrant students		63	19	15	3	0

Student achievement trend
Reading 4th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1998-99, 21% of all students meet Proficient, 33% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty meet Proficient, and 9% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet Proficient.

Grade 5

Mathematics
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
All Students		28%	33%	23%	14%	2%
Title I Schoolwide		22	36	27	13	2
Title I Targeted		39	34	18	8	1
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	13	30	30	23	4
	75-100	48	32	14	5	1
LEP Students		63	27	8	2	0
Migrant students		52	32	12	4	0

Grade 8

Reading/LanguageArts
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
All Students		22%	30%	34%	13%	1%
Title I Schoolwide		22	32	34	11	1
Title I Targeted		38	32	24	6	0
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	12	25	40	20	3
	75-100	46	31	19	4	0
LEP Students		72	23	5	0	0
Migrant students		49	35	14	3	0

Mathematics
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
All Students		27%	24%	30%	13%	7%
Title I Schoolwide		26	25	32	12	6
Title I Targeted		46	25	21	6	2
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	14	20	35	18	12
	75-100	54	24	17	4	1
LEP Students		66	22	10	1	1
Migrant students		54	26	18	2	0

Student achievement trend
Math 8th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1998-99, 20% of all students meet Proficient, 30% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty meet Proficient, and 5% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet Proficient.

Grade 10

Reading
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
All Students	28%	39%	21%	7%	5%
Title I Schoolwide	33	40	18	6	4
Title I Targeted	46	36	13	3	2

Mathematics
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
All Students	22%	27%	26%	21%	4%
Title I Schoolwide	22	31	26	18	3
Title I Targeted	34	33	21	11	1

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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