Community+and+School+Analysis

__Community and School Analysis__ The Utopian Elementary School is comprised of grades K-5. The demographics of the student population are eighty percent White, 12% Asian-American, 5% Hispanic-American, and 3% African- American. The families of these students are in the upper income levels with an average annual income over $75,000. The percentage of students receiving the National School Lunch is less than 5% of the total student population.

Further demographic research reveals that over ninety percent of school aged children zoned for Utopian Elementary School attend, while 5% attend private schools, 2% utilize the "school choice" option, which includes the Florida Virtual School program, and the remainder are home-schooled.

In looking at the student data, available from the Florida Department of Education, regarding test scores, the following statistics are revealed:


 * total of 12% of the students tested were below grade level in Reading
 * total of 12% of the students tested were below grade level in Math
 * 80% of the students tested are on track to be proficient in Reading
 * 83% of the students tested are on track to be proficient in Math
 * In the 2009-2010 school year data reveals the school made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), with 100% of the criteria met

There are seven classrooms per grade level with two special education classes available, yielding a total student population of 1097 students. This school has a centrally located school media center, and an updated computer lab with twenty five MAC desktop computers. Utopian Elementary School employs sixty-two full time teachers, all of which carry at minimum a Bachelors degree from an accredited university. Forty-two percent of the teachers hold a Masters degree, while 5% hold a Specialist degree or higher. Thirty-two percent of the teachers at this Elementary school are National Board Certified.

One full time School Media Specialist, with a Masters degree in Information, from an accredited university runs the school media center. In addition there is one full time paraprofessional and a full time Technology Specialist, working together as a team unit in the school media center environment. There are numerous volunteers that help on a regular basis with simple circulation tasks.

Additional Resources

Menchik, B.L.(2003). //[|An introductory guide to school and district data analysis.pdf].// [Report]. Michigan State University, Lansing, MI.

United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services (n.d.). School meals eligibility manual: Federal policy for determining and verifying eligibility. Washington, D.C.

Statistical information
 * 1) Florida Department of Education: Bureau of K-12 Assessment
 * 2) Florida Department of Education: Bureau of School Improvement
 * 3) Florida Department of Education: School Grades