English Language Arts
72.9%
State avg 52.9%
District avg 44.4%
County avg 44.4%
District avg 44.4%
County avg 44.4%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Florida schools by score · Polk County schools by score
FAST / B.E.S.T., SY 2023-24
All grades, all students. % at Level 3 or Above.Mathematics
9.0%
State avg 55.7%
District avg 44.2%
County avg 44.2%
District avg 44.2%
County avg 44.2%
Science
67.0%
State avg 55.5%
District avg 47.1%
County avg 47.1%
District avg 47.1%
County avg 47.1%
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 9 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 67 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 53, 56, and 55.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
By grade, SY 2023-24
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 9 | 67.0% | 52.6% | 18 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 10 | 80.0% | 52.8% | 15 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade HS | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9.0% | 55.6% | 11 | 67.0% | 67.0% | 15 |
1-year history
All grades, all students. POLK PRE-COLLEGIATE ACADEMY Florida avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 72.9% | 44.4% | 44.4% | 52.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 9.0% | 44.2% | 44.2% | 55.7% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 67.0% | 47.1% | 47.1% | 55.5% |
How to read these scores
What is FAST / B.E.S.T.?
Florida public-school students take the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) three times a year in ELA and Math (grades 3-10), plus a B.E.S.T. Science test at grades 5 and 8. High school students take B.E.S.T. End-of-Course (EOC) exams in Algebra I and Biology. The Spring (PM3) administration is the summative measure used here.
What does "% at Level 3 or Above" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at Level 3, 4, or 5 on Florida's 5-level B.E.S.T. performance scale. Level 3 is "On Grade Level"; Levels 4 and 5 are "Above Grade Level" and "Mastery". The cumulative top-three rate is the headline measure FLDOE reports for school grades. A higher number is better.
What does 72.9% mean for English Language Arts at POLK PRE-COLLEGIATE ACADEMY?
It means about 72.9 percent of students tested at POLK PRE-COLLEGIATE ACADEMY performed at grade level or above on the FAST / B.E.S.T. English Language Arts test in 2023-24. The statewide average for Florida that year was 52.9%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Florida, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Florida Department of Education, Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) and B.E.S.T. End-of-Course exams (Algebra I, Biology). School-level results from the FLDOE Spring PM3 administration. Headline metric is the cumulative "Level 3 or Above" rate on Florida's 5-level B.E.S.T. performance scale.
How often is it updated?
FAST / B.E.S.T. is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.