Monroe County School District 2014-2015 School And District Grades Released
The Monroe County School District announces the release of the 2014-2015 preliminary school and district grades as
reported by the Florida Department of Education. The 2014-2015 school and district grades represent baseline grades
based upon the new accountability system which measures school and district success in English Language Arts,
Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies along with Middle School Acceleration, High School College and Career
Acceleration, and High School Graduation Rate. The 2014-2015 grades do not include a measurement of student learning
gains due to the transition to the new Florida Standards Assessment which students took for the first time last year.
Monroe County appears 14th in the preliminary district rankings, an upward movement of nine places from 2013-2014.
Monroe regained an “A” rating as a district following two years where the district earned a “B” rating. The district’s
performance was particularly strong in Science, Social Studies, and Middle School Acceleration where Monroe ranked
tenth in each category among Florida’s 67 school districts. Monroe was one of 22 districts to earn an overall “A” rating.
At the school level, ten out of sixteen schools received an “A” rating (Big Pine Academy, Coral Shores High School, Key
Largo School, Key West Montessori, Ocean Studies Charter, Plantation Key School, Sigsbee Charter, Stanley Switlik
Elementary, Sugarloaf School, and Treasure Village Montessori), five a “B” rating (Gerald Adams Elementary, Horace
O’Bryant School, Key West High School, Marathon School, and Poinciana Elementary), and one a “C” (Key West
Collegiate Academy). Four schools improved their rating with Coral Shores High School and Sugarloaf School improving
from a “B” to an “A”, while Gerald Adams Elementary and Horace O’Bryant School improved from a “C” to a “B”.
The new accountability system rates all schools on the percentage of available points earned based on whatever
performance indicators a particular school is measured by. In 2014-2015 Elementary schools were rated on the percentage
of students showing satisfactory performance in English Language Arts (Grades 3-5), Mathematics (Grades 3-5), and
Science (Grade 5) for a total of 300 possible points. In comparison, high schools are measured by the percentage of
students showing satisfactory performance in English Language Arts (Grades 9-10), High School Math (Algebra 1,
Algebra 2, and Geometry), Biology, and United States History, as well as the 4-year graduation rate and the College and
Career Acceleration Rate for a total of 600 available points. Schools earning 62% or more of the available points earned
an “A” rating.
Superintendent Mark Porter stated, “Congratulations to our “A” rated schools and thank you to all of our staff members
for their hard work on behalf of students in the Monroe County Schools. School and District grades are just one
measurement of the work that we do with our students to prepare them for success. These results validate the hard work of
teachers, principals, and staff in preparing our students to meet the challenges of the more rigorous Florida Standards. We
look forward to the continued challenge of preparing all students for the future with the help of our parents and
communities. ”
Additional information is available at the Florida Department of Education website at http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org.
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