Friday, December 7, 2012
Most Florida teachers rated as effective
Despite a controversial new grading system, 96.5 percent of Florida's teachers were rated effective or better in reports that state officials rolled out Thursday for nearly 130,000 educators.
Find your Tampa Bay-area county below to see how teachers there performed
Search the list to see how teachers at your Hernando County school performed
The new system — which is designed to be more sophisticated, more helpful, and provide more accountability — nonetheless produced dramatically different results in the Tampa Bay area and the state.
Hover each bar of the chart to see the percentage of teachers in each category
| School |
Highly effective Effective Needs improvement Developing Unsatisfactory |
Number of teachers | Teachers not evaluated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hernando High School | 109 | 16 | |
| Brooksville Elementary School | 62 | 2 | |
| Westside Elementary School | 51 | 3 | |
| Eastside Elementary School | 44 | 1 | |
| Frank W. Springstead High School | 114 | 16 | |
| Fox Chapel Middle School | 58 | 7 | |
| Spring Hill Elementary School | 54 | 2 | |
| Powell Middle School | 82 | 12 | |
| John Floyd K-8 School Environmental Science | 87 | 8 | |
| D. S. Parrott Middle School | 67 | 1 | |
| Central High School | 115 | 16 | |
| Pine Grove Elementary School | 52 | 2 | |
| West Hernando Middle School | 79 | 3 | |
| Deltona Elementary School | 68 | 2 | |
| Moton Elementary School | 64 | 1 | |
| Suncoast Elementary School | 68 | 1 | |
| Chocachatti Elementary School | 68 | 1 | |
| Nature Coast Technical High | 94 | 7 | |
| Challenger K-8 School Of Science And Math | 125 | 7 | |
| Explorer K-8 | 139 | 8 | |
| Weeki Wachee High School | 56 | 6 | |
| Winding Waters K-8 | 54 | 2 | |
| H.E.A.R.T. Literacy | 11 | 7 | |
| Hernando County Superintendent's Office | 111 | 2 |
Sources: Florida Department of Education
DARLA CAMERON | Times
