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Monroe County School District Spending
vs. Student Achievement
John R. Dick
School Board District 4
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Comparison of Monroe to 19 “A" rated Districts in Florida
• The following graphs on slides 3 & 4 show the percent passing on both the Reading & Math FCAT for the past 7 years. The line with the numbered data points represents Monroe County.
• Over the past 7 years all of the districts have experienced an upward trend and the district placements have been fairly consistent with Monroe in the lower half.
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19 "A" Rated Districts % Passing Reading FCAT
54
57 57
59
62 62
66
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year
Per
cen
t S
tud
ents
Pas
sin
g
Alachua
Brevard
Calhoun
Charlotte
Citrus
Clay
Gilchrist
Leon
Martin
Monroe
Nassau
Okaloosa
Palm Beach
Santa Rosa
Sarasota
Seminole
St. Johns
Wakula
Walton
Source: http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/reports/index.asp
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19 "A" Rated Districts % Passing Mathematics FCAT
58
61 61
65
6768
72
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year
Per
cen
t S
tud
ents
Pas
sin
g
Alachua
Brevard
Calhoun
Charlotte
Citrus
Clay
Gilchrist
Leon
Martin
Monroe
Nassau
Okaloosa
Palm Beach
Santa Rosa
Sarasota
Seminole
St. Johns
Wakula
Walton
Source: http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/reports/index.asp
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Current Expenditures per FTE
• The graph on slide 6 shows the 19 “A” rated districts current spending per FTE for a 6 year period ending in 2007.
• Monroe consistently has the highest student expenditures with $12,267 for the 2006-07 school year.
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Current Dollar Expenditures per FTE of 19 "A" Rated Districts
5466 54225661
6040
6453
7282$7,388 $7,252
$7,877
$9,468
$10,834
$12,267
5000
6000
7000
8000
9000
10000
11000
12000
13000
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Year
Do
llar
Exp
end
itu
re p
er F
TE
Alachua
Brevard
Calhoun
Charlotte
Citrus
Clay
Gilchrist
Leon
Martin
Monroe
Nassau
Okaloosa
Palm Beach
Santa Rosa
Sarasota
Seminole
St. Johns
Wakula
Walton
Source: http://www.fldoe.org/fefp/profile.asp
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Average Class Size
• The graph on slide 8 shows the class size average of the 19 “A” rated districts for the last 6 years.
• All districts have experienced a downward trend. Monroe County is the line shown with the numbered data points.
• Monroe County has remained consistently in the middle of the districts.
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Average Class Size For 19 "A" Rated Districts
22.1 22.03
19.83 20.1
18.8518.26
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Year
Cla
ss S
ize
Alachua
Brevard
Calhoun
Charlotte
Citrus
Clay
Gilchrist
Leon
Martin
Monroe
Nassau
Okaloosa
Palm Beach
Santa Rosa
Sarasota
Seminole
St. Johns
Wakula
Walton
Source: http://www.fldoe.org/arm/csavg.asp
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Administrative & Non Classroom Teacher Positions
• The graph on slide 10 shows the number of positions in the district office administrator, school administrator, & other professional staff categories.
• These positions have significantly increased during the 04-05 school year which is the same year voters approved the half mil referendum.
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Administrative Positions
31 3134
3032
30
22 23
3331
33 32
64
59
75
9195
105
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year
Am
ou
nt
of
Per
son
nel
School Administrators
District Office Administrators
Other Professionals
Source: http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/psstf.pdf
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Achievement Gap
• Slides 12 & 13 show the achievement gap between Monroe County and the State Average for the last 5 years.
• Monroe County is shown with the numbered data points.
• Monroe County Reading levels have not kept up with the state average.
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FCAT Reading Achievement Gap Monroe County vs State
65 65
68 68
72
4243
4647
52
31
28
34
31
35
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year
Per
cen
t o
f S
tud
ents
Pas
sin
g
Monroe White
Monroe Hispanic
Monroe Black
State White
State Hispanic
State Black
Source: http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/reports/index.asp
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FCAT Mathematics Achievement Gap Monroe County vs State
68
71
7475
79
49
5253
55
62
32
3536
35
42
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year
Per
cen
t o
f S
tud
ents
Pas
sin
g
Monroe White
Monroe Hispanic
Monroe Black
State White
State Hispanic
State Black
Source: http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/reports/index.asp
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SAT Scores
• Slides 15 & 16 shows student performance on the SAT from 2001-2006.
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Verbal SAT Scores
492
480
494
488
485
491
465
470
475
480
485
490
495
500
505
510
515
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year
Po
int
Sco
re National Mean
State Mean
Monroe County
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Mathematics SAT Scores 2001-2006
506
485
490
484
488
491
460
470
480
490
500
510
520
530
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year
Po
ints
Sco
red
National Mean
State Mean
Monroe County
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Free & Reduced / District Grades
• Slide 18 shows the 67 districts in Florida with their District grade for the last 5 years.
• The districts are sorted in ascending order by the percentage of Free & Reduced students.
• The spreadsheet reveals a definite correlation between poverty and student performance.
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District Grades Source:
http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/xls/0708/districtgrades20072008.xls
Free & Reduced Source:
http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/frplunch.pdf
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Summary
• All districts have had a similar increase in student achievement during the period.
• All districts have decreased class size at the same rate.
• Monroe County has dramatically increased per student spending.
• The spending has increased by 66% while the average teacher salary has only increased 28% in the same period.
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Summary
• For the 2006-07 school year Sarasota County had the highest average teacher salary of the 19 “A” rated districts at $52,348. Monroe County was next at $50,775.
• The average teacher salary of all the districts excluding Monroe was $44,313.
• The average spending per student of all the districts excluding Monroe was $8,462.
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Summary
• Monroe County spending per student was 44.9% higher than the average of the other districts.
• Monroe County teacher salary was only 14.5% higher than the average of the other districts.
• Shouldn’t we re-evaluate how we are spending our financial resources?
