Thursday, November 26, 2009

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Coral Reef Senior High School

Dade County School District
Miami-Dade County

10101 SW 152nd St
Miami, FL 33157
Telephone: (305) 232-2044

College Readiness Index 52.0
Poverty-Adjusted Performance Index 2.18
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap 38.2

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Detailed Information (methodology)

School Data

Grades Served 9-12
Magnet School Yes
Charter School No
Admissions Type Application - Merit-Based Selection
NCES Locale Type Suburb, Large Territory
Receives Title I Funding No

Demographic Data

Enrollment 3,146
Minority Enrollment (% of total) 69.2%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total) 31.8%

Overall Student Performance

State Test Performance Index 122.0
Poverty-Adjusted Performance Index 2.18

Disadvantaged Student Performance

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate 74.5
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap 38.2
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate 82.4
Current State Test Achievement Gap 7.9

College-Ready Student Performance

College Readiness Index 52.0
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker 2.6
Participation Rate 71.1%
Quality-Adjusted Participation rate 45.7%
Participant Passing Rate 70.0%
Exams Per Test Taker 4.5
Exam Passing Rate 54.6%

Advanced Placement Student Performance

Quality-Adjusted AP Exams Per Test Taker 1.9
AP Participation Rate 84.8%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate 51.8%
AP Participant Passing Rate 61.1 %
AP Exams Per Test Taker 4.1
AP Exam Pass Rate 45.5%

International Baccalaureate Student Performance

Quality-Adjusted IB Exams Per Test Taker 5.1
IB Participation Rate 25.2%
Quality-Adjusted IB Participation Rate 25.2%
IB Participant Passing Rate 100.0 %
IB Exams Per Test Taker 6.0
IB Exam Pass Rate 85.0%
IB Diploma Per IB Test Taker 89.6%
IB Diploma Per Grade 12 Enrollment 22.6%

Criteria for Medals

Gold Medal:
Top 100 schools nationally based on the College Readiness Index
Silver Medal:
all other schools with a college readiness index of at least 20 but that are not ranked in the top 100 nationally
Bronze Medal:
either do not offer AP or IB or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20 but successfully meet the other two key performance indicator criteria
Honorable Mention:
schools that achieved very high levels of college readiness but only partially met state test performance criteria

College-ready student performance data derived from data provided by the College Board and/or International Baccalaureate of North America.

Advanced Placement student performance data derived from data provided by the College Board. Copyright © 2009. Data provided by the College Board. All rights reserved. www.collegeboard.com

International Baccalaureate student performance data derived from data provided by International Baccalaureate of North America. Copyright © 2009. Data provided by International Baccalaureate of North America.

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