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Then and Now . . .

Florida's Original 158 Critically Low Performing SchoolsOne hundred fifty-eight schools were originally identified in November 1995 as having critically low studentperformance. To be identified as critically low performing, a school had to have had low student performancein three subject areas of reading, writing, and mathematics for two years in a row. Since the designation ofthese schools as low performing, they have received focused technical assistance from the district and stateas well as additional resources. It is important to determine if these additional efforts have paid off inimproved student achievement.

SCHOOL GRADES

School performance grades over the last five years show that most of the original critically low performingschools have made improvements in student performance. In 1999, the first year of school grading, only four

of the original low performing schools received a grade of C or higher. This number has increased to 88 in2003.

Grade 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003A 1 2 4 9 9

B 0 0 3 11 15

C 4 23 42 52 64

D 125 127 101 48 50

F 25 2 0 31 14

N or I 0 0 2 2 1

58 Percent of the Original Low PerformingSchools Are Now a "C" or Better(2003 School Grades for the Remaining 153 Schools)

F (14)I (1) A (9)

D (50)

B (15)

C (64)

A B C D F I

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Since 1999, the percentage of students reading on grade level or above level has increased in most of the origi158 schools. The median percentage of students reading on grade level or above in 1999 in the 158 schools w

18%, which by 2003 has increased to 31%.

Original 158 Low Performing Schools Show Significant Gains in Reading

Median Percentage of Students

Scoring Level 3 and Above

403020100

18 2428 29 31

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

In FCAT Writing (formerly Florida Writes!), all schools had a greater number of students performing at high levein 2002 than when they were first identified as critically low performing. The average percentage point gain wa54. This great increase occurred in spite of raising the definition of performing at high levels from scoring 3 aabove to scoring above 3.

STUDENT POPULATIONS

The demographics and student populations of most of the schools have changed little since 1995. Inparticular, the minority rate and percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch have

remained fairly constant.NUMBER OF SCHOOLS

Then Now

Free/Reduced Lunch > 75% 115 110

Minority Rate > 75% 121 134

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SCHOOL GRADES FOR ALL OF THE ORIGINAL CRITICALLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS

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DISTRICT SCHOOL NAME SCHOOL GRADES1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Brevard Endeavour Elementary Magnet School D D D F D

Broward North Side Elementary School D D D C D

Broward Hallandale Elementary School D A B A A

Broward Walker Elementary (Magnet) D C C C D

Broward Dillard High School D D D F D

Broward Hallandale High School D D D D D

Broward Lauderdale Manors Elementary School D D D C F

Broward Tedder Elementary School D D C C D

Broward Sunland Park Elementary School D D C C F

Broward Larkdale Elementary School D D D C D

Broward Westwood Heights Elementary School D D D C D

Broward Rock Island Annex Elementary D D C B C

Broward Meadowbrook Elementary School F C C B B

Broward New River Middle School D C C C C

Broward Fort Lauderdale High School C C C C C

Broward William Dandy Middle School D D D A B

Broward Palmview Elementary School D D C B B

Broward North Fork Elementary School F D D C C

Broward Annabel C. Perry Elementary School C C C A B

Broward Robert C. Markham Elementary School D D C C F

Broward Lauderdale Lakes Middle School F D D C C

Broward Cypress Elementary School D C A A BBroward Oriole Elementary School D D C D C

Broward Park Ridge Elementary School D D D I F

Broward Charles Drew Elementary School D D D D D

Broward Edgewood Elementary (Closed)

Collier Pinecrest Elementary School D D D F D

Collier Immokalee High School D D D F D

Collier Immokalee Middle School D D D D C

Dade Allapattah Elementary School D D D D C

Dade Arcola Lake Elementary School D D D C C

Dade Biscayne Gardens Elementary School D D D B C

Dade Van E. Blanton Elementary School D D D C B

Dade Bunche Park Elementary School F D C C DDade Paul Lawrence Dunbar School D D D F D

Dade Edison Park Elementary School D D D F C

Dade Lillie C. Evans Elementary School F D D F B

Dade Floral Heights Elementary School F D D F F

Dade Florida City Elementary School D D D D D

Dade Benjamin Franklin Elementary School D D D C C

Dade Golden Glades Elementary School D D D C C

Dade Holmes Elementary School D D D D F

Dade Lake Stevens Elementary School D D C C C

Dade Lakeview Elementary School D D D C C

Dade Leisure City K-8 Center D D D D D

Dade Laura C. Saunders Elementary School D D D D F

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Dade Liberty City Elementary School D D C C D

Dade Little River Elementary School D F D C D

Dade Toussaint L'ouverture Elementary School D D D D D

Dade Melrose Elementary School F D C B B

Dade Morningside Elementary School D D CDade North County Elementary School F D C C C

Dade Olinda Elementary School F D D B A

Dade Opa-Locka Elementary School F D D C D

Dade Orchard Villa Elementary School D D D C C

Dade Kelsey L. Pharr Elementary School D D D D C

Dade Poinciana Park Elementary School F D D D D

Dade Ethel F. Beckford/Richmond Elem Comm F D D A C

Dade Riverside Elementary School D D D C C

Dade Shadowlawn Elementary School D F D D C

Dade Frances S. Tucker Elementary School D D C A A

Dade West Homestead Elementary School D D D D D

Dade West Little River Elementary School D D D F I

Dade Westview Elementary School D D D D C

Dade Phillis Wheatley Elementary School F D D D D

Dade Nathan B. Young Elementary School D D D D B

Dade Allapattah Middle School D D D D D

Dade Thomas Jefferson Middle School D D D D C

Dade Westview Middle School D D D C C

Dade Homestead Senior High School D D D D D

Dade Miami Beach Senior High School D C C C C

Dade Miami Carol City Senior High School D D D D D

Dade Miami Central Senior High School D D D D D

Dade Miami Edison Senior High School F D D F FDade Miami Jackson Senior High School D D D F F

Dade Miami Northwestern Senior High School D D D F F

Dade Miami Springs Senior High School D D D D D

Dade North Miami Senior High School D D D D D

DadeBooker T Washington Middle (Changed To HighSchool)

Dade Miramar Elementary School (Closed)

Desoto Memorial Elementary School D C C C C

Duval Robert E. Lee High School D D C D D

Duval Andrew Jackson High School D C C F C

Duval Paxon School For Advanced Studies A C A A A

Duval Woodland Acres Elementary School D C D C DDuval Rutledge H. Pearson Elementary School D D D F D

Duval Highlands Elementary School D D D C C

Duval Long Branch Elementary School D D D D F

Duval St. Clair Evans Academy F D D D D

Duval West Jacksonville Elementary School D D D F D

Duval Smart Pope Livingston Elementary School D D D D D

Duval John E. Ford Elementary School D D C C C

Duval Northwestern Middle School D D D D D

Duval Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School (Closed) C D CLOSED

Duval George Washington Carver Elementary School D D D F C

Duval Eugene J. Butler Middle School D D D F D

Duval D C N C C

D C

S. A. Hull Elementary School

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Escambia Middle School F D C C D

Escambia C. A. Weis Elementary School F D D D C

Gadsden Chattahoochee High School (Middle) D D D D D

Gadsden Chattahoochee High School F D D D D

Gadsden nsboro High School D C CGadsden a Middle School D C C

Gadsden Havana Northside High School D D D D F

Gadsden Gretna Elementary School D C B B B

Gadsden James A. Shanks High School D D D F F

Gadsden r-Parramore Middle School D D D

HamiltonHamilton Middle School (Combined With New HighSchool) D C

Hillsborough Cleveland Elementary School C C D C B

Hillsborough Elementary School D N C

Hillsborough Oak Park Elementary School D D D F D

Hillsborough es Elementary School D D D F D

Hillsborough Sulphur Springs Elementary School D D D C C

Jefferson Howard Middle School D D C D D

Leon Leonard Wesson Elementary School D D C F C

Leon Oak Ridge Elementary School D D C C C

Leon John G Riley Elementary School D D N D B

Leon R. Frank Nims Middle School D C C C C

Leon Bond Elementary School D D C D D

Levy Chiefland Elementary School D C C C A

Manatee Manatee Elementary School D C C C C

Manatee Samoset Elementary School D D C F C

Manatee James Tillman Elementary School D C C D C

Orange Memorial Middle School D D D D COrange Grand Avenue Elementary School D D D D D

Orange Kaley Elementary School D C D C A

Orange Rock Lake Elementary School D D D F C

Orange Evans High School D D D F D

Orange Catalina Elementary School D D D F C

Orange Mollie E. Ray Elementary School F D D F C

Orange Apopka Elementary School F D D C C

Orange Maxey Elementary School D D D C B

Orange Hungerford Elementary School F D C D D

Orange Wheatley Elementary School D D D C C

Orange Ivey Lane Elementary School D D D F C

Orange es High School D D D F FOrange Washington Shores Elementary School D D D B C

Palm Beach Washington Elementary School D D D D C

Palm Beach Lincoln Elementary School F D D F C

Palm Beach Northmore Elementary School D D D D C

Palm Beach Northboro Elementary School D C A B B

Palm Beach Westward Elementary School D D C C C

Palm Beach Lake Shore Middle School D D D D C

Palm Beach Gove Elementary School D D C A A

Palm Beach Glade View Elementary School F D D D C

Palm Beach Rosenwald Elementary School D D D D C

Palm Beach West Riviera Elementary School F D D F C

Palm Beach D D D D C

Brownsville

Gree D DHavan D C

Carte D C

Graham

Robl

Jon

K Cunningham/Canal Point Elementary School

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