1. HICKSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 200 Division Avenue Hicksville NY 11801
HICKSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 200 Division Avenue Hicksville NY Professor Jonathan T. Hughes Anastasios Koularmanis EDU 5650

2. PURPOSE OF STUDY
The purpose of this study was to rank 10 school districts using four indicator factors financial, instructional, achievement and demographic. Utilizing this data we can assess where our target district ranks amongst the other districts in their standardized testing scores and what factors have contributed to their ranking. Moreover we will also be able to identify,
Where are we as a district?
How far must we still go?
Are we better or worse than we think?
What will it take for us to improve?

3. DEFINITION of Terms
Almanac: A publication containing statistical, tabular, and general information…often including a miscellany of other information (Hughes)
Aspiration District: A similar district that appears to be outperforming the target district. (Hughes)
INDICATORS: The working definition of the term indicators would be that “indicators are statistics which reflect the features and performance of an institution measured or assessed. They provide answers to questions related to how well an education system is functioning within a broad standard or reference point. Indicators make a comparison over time among jurisdiction, or against some predetermined standard or set of criteria. They provide a snapshot of current conditions by reflecting the characteristics jurisdiction relative to vision and mission and the attainment keeping in view the criteria of quality education. (Pankajam G. 2005)
Education and Development. India Gyan Publishing House.
Target District: A district that does not appears to be the all categories.( Hughes)
School almanac definitions may be found at

4. Action Questions: Research Questions:
What will we compare our district to?
What indicators will we choose that will assist up in creating our improvement plan?
Research Questions:
What did we learn from the data collected?
Similar Themes
Patterns
Discrepancies
Edgar Schein
What should we now do with what we have discovered?
What must we know investigate further?

5. Framing the Problem-The 5C’s
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Framing the Problem-The 5C’s
Dr. Jonathan Hughes
CONSTRUCT
CONTEXT
CONTRAST
COMPARE
CONTENT
WHAT DO WE HAVE?
WHO ARE WE?
WHERE DO WE STAND?
WHY ARE WE HERE?
HOW DO WE MOVE?

6. METHODS & PROCEDURES
Target District-Selections where made based on schools that shared similar characteristics in population and location.
Data Indicators-Items where chosen because of the direct effect they have on the improvement of instruction.
Aspiration District: The Aspiration district was selected because of the reputation in high achievement and excellence standardized scores.
Matrix- Longitudinal analysis of themes, patterns, and discrepancies
Findings

7. DISTRICTS INCLUDED IN STUDY
ASPIRATION Great Neck
Massapequa
Farmingdale
Port Washington
Commack
Plainview/Bethpage
Baldwin
East Islip
Oceanside
TARGET Hicksville

8. HICKSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Central Office Address:
200 Division Avenue Hicksville NY, 11801
Contact Number:
District Superintendent:
Maureen K. Bright
Spending Per Student:
$14,822
General Education Spending:
$43,340,770
Special Education Spending:
$16,502,325
Percent Spent On Instruction:
78.3%
Average Teacher Salary:
$64,638
Student Dropout Rate:
0.7%
Students Receiving Reduced/Free Lunch:
16%
Students With Limited English Skills: 7%
Graduates Receiving Regents Diplomas:
84%
Graduates Receiving Advanced Diplomas:
39%

9. HICKSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROFILE
GRADES
POPULATION
Burns Avenue School
Hicksville
KG - 05
306
Dutch Lane School
PK - 05
376
East Street School
396
Fork Lane School
296
Hicksville High School
1,604
Hicksville Middle School
1,270
Lee Avenue School
449
Old Country Road School
276
Woodland Avenue School
336

10. COLOR RANKINGS
1 BEST 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 WORST

11. DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS
COMBINED WEALTH RATIO
MEDIAN HOME VALUE
TOTAL POPULATION
DISTRICT ENROLLMENT
DISTRICT ENROLLMENT AS A % OF TOTAL POPULATION

12. COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS
SCHOOL DISTRIST
Combined Wealth Ratio ( CWR)
Median Home Value
Total Population
District Enrollment
District Enrollment as a % of Total District Population
TOTAL RANK SCORE
FINAL RANK
Massapequa
1.61
$487,818
47,751
8,306
17.4 16 1
Great Neck
3.55
$863,790
44,361
6,221
14.0 18 2
Commack
1.26
$571,530
35,674
7,749
22.0 21 3
Oceanside
1.42
$625,089
37,528
6,149
16.4 25 4
Port Wash.
2.91
$898,010
30,812
4,977
16.1 27 5
Plain./ Old
$496,642
27,938
5,142
18.0 28 6
Farmingdale
1.29
$430,861
44,845
6,240
13.9 32 7
Hicksville
1.58
$472,687
39,023
5,365
13.7
Baldwin
1.21
$463,170
29,929
5,385
17.9 35 9
East Islip
0.93
$443,915
25,703
5,102
20.0 40 10

13. District Enrollment as a % of Total District Population

15. Finance Indicators TOTAL EXPENDITURES PER/PUPIL EXPENDITURES STATE AID
INTSTRUCTION EXPENDITURES AS % OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES

16. DISTRICT FINANCE SCHOOL DISTRIST TOTAL EXPENDITURES
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
PER/PUPIL EXPENDITURES
STATE AID
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES as % of Total Expenditures
Great Neck
$185,543,564
$159,138,846
$29,578
$8,121,638
85%
Massapequa
$171,715,173
$142,620,101
$21,134
$26,278,120
83%
Farmingdale
$143,969,743
$118,183,235
$23,923
$28,477,712
82%
Port Washington
$124,640,568
$109,769,920
$24,124
$7,712,315
88%
Commack
$156,426,971
$128,395,726
$20,205
$37,146,824
Plainview/Bethpage
$127,895,982
$105,225,062
$25,176
$15,607,549
Baldwin
$114,009,350
$94,624,707
$21,621
$26,797,520
East Islip
$99,171,897
$81,845,085
$20,927
$36,476,306
89%
Oceanside
$124,358,830
$108,188,777
$20,386
$20,763,156
87%
Hicksville
$110,943,748
$96,561,537
$21,106
$15,627,337

18. TOTAL RANKING FINANCE

19. Instruction Indicators
1. District Enrollment
2. Average Class Size
3. Number of Teachers
4. Student Teacher Ratio
5. % LEP Students
6. Master Teachers

20. DISTRICT INSTRUCTION SCHOOL DISTRIST District Enrollment
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
Number of Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
% LEP Students
MASTER TEACHERS
Farmingdale
6,240
20.3
523
11.9
3.0%
65%
Port Washington
4,977
20.6
454
10.9
7.0%
59%
Oceanside
6,149
21.0
483
10.6
1.0%
70%
Plain./OBethp
5,142
22.0
678
12.2
0.1%
54%
Great Neck
6,221
23.0
12.7
4.0%
60%
Massapequa
8306
22.6
12.4
9.0%
24%
Baldwin
5,385
437
12.3
48%
Commack
7,749
24.0
609
0.5%
East Islip
5,102
365
13.9
67%
Hicksville
5365
433

21. DISTRICT PROFILE CONTINUED
Average teacher salary
$64,638
Annual teacher turnover rate
13%
Teachers with permanent certification
74.6%
Teachers with provisional status
25.1%
Minority teachers
3.9%
Median years experience teaching 10
Teachers with master's degree plus 30 hours or doctorate
22.2%

22. DISTRICT TEACHERS

23. TOTAL RANK INSTRUCTIONAL SCORE

24. ACHIEVEMENT INDICATORS
1. NYS ELA 4
2. NYS ELA 8
3. NYS MATH 4
4. NYS MATH 8
5. % ADVANCED REGENTS DIPLOMAS

25. % ADVANCED REGENTS DIPLOMAS
DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT
SCHOOL DISTRIST
NYS ELA 4
NYS ELA 8
NYS MATH 4
NYS MATH 8
% ADVANCED REGENTS DIPLOMAS
Great Neck
82.1%
87.6%
89.8%
79.9%
82.0%
Massapequa
84.3%
77.6%
86.8%
83.9%
71.0%
Plainview/OBethpage
85.8%
77.4%
89.2%
25.0%
Port Washington
88.8%
69.4%
80.6%
87.3%
64.0%
Commack
76.2%
75.1%
80.2%
77.5%
69.0%
Oceanside
76.7%
79.1%
65.6%
59.0%
East Islip
74.5%
72.1%
69.2%
57.0%
Baldwin
64.3%
70.5%
64.7%
36.0%
Hicksville
71.1%
59.9%
70.4%
49.9%
47.0%
Farmingdale
75.5%
56.4%
75.9%
68.3%
44.0%

27. TOTAL ACHIEVEMENT RANKING

28. SUMMARY TABLE 1: FOUR AREA RANKINGS
DISTRICT
FINANCE SUM
RANK
INSTRUCTION SUM
DEMOGRAPHIC SUM
ACHIEVEMENT SUM
TARGET
Hicksville 34 10 39 9 32 7 45
Baldwin 31 37 8 35
East Islip 42 40 33
Farmingdale 24 3 20 1
Oceanside 23 2 25 4 26 6
Commack 5 21
Plain./Beth. 29 28 18
Port Washington 27
Massapequa 22 16 14
ASPIRATION
Great Neck 12

29. SUMMARY TABLE 2: OVERAL RANKINGS BY DISTRICT
DISTRICTS
Demographics
Instruction
Achievement
Finance
TOTAL SCORE
ASPIRATION
Great Neck 18 34 12 82
Massapequa 16 35 14 22 87
Port Washington 27 29 25 99
Plainview/OBeth 28 37
112
Oceanside 23 26 32
106
Commack 21 24
108
Farmingdale 20 40
116
East Islip 42 33 31
146
Baldwin 45
148
TARGET
Hicksville 39
150

30. SUMMARY TABLE 3: OVERAL RATINGS BY DISTRICT
FINANCE RANK
INSTRUCTION RANK
DEMOGRAPHIC RANK
ACHIEVEMENT RANK
SUM OF RANKS
OVERAL DISTRICT RANK
East Islip 7 10 34 9
Hicksville 8
Baldwin 32
Oceanside 2 4 6 21
Farmingdale 3 1
Plain./OBeth 5 20
Commack 18
Port Washington 15
Massapequa 12
Great Neck

31. CONTENT
WHAT DO WE HAVE?
DEMOGRAPHICS: Middle class community with an average size population and home values falling in the median range. Student enrollment is in the low range in relationship to the our comparison schools.
FINANCIAL: Our target school has the lowest total expenditures from the 10 districts while spending a great percentage on instruction while receiving a comparable amount of state aid when compared to the other districts.
INSTRUCTION: With an average population the target district has the least amount of teachers and well as the largest student teacher ratio forcing larger class size
ACHIEVEMENT: Ranks the lowest NYS Standardized exam scores in English and Mathematics.

32. COMPARE
Who Are We?
Where do we want to go?
Our target district is an average community that is academically falling behind compared to similar districts. In addition to academic deficiencies there exists certain shortages in everyday instruction and operation.
The district seeks to increase standardized scores through the grades while improving the instruction.

33. CONTRAST
Where Do We Stand?
The Hicksville School District needs to improve their standardized test scores with a majority of the focus in the middle school grades. Their ranking is very alarming in this area since they have scored the lowest in most of the categories.
In addition the aspiration district far exceeds the target district standings in every category and ranking.

34. CONTEXT
Why Are We Here?
According to the data our target district is primarily weak in the achievement ranking which is do in part because of the lowest standardized test scores. In addition the instructional indicators also way heavily upon the ranking because of the class size and low number of personnel.

35. CONSTRUCT
How do we move?
It is imperative that the district hire additional staff in order to reduce the student teacher ratio which can increase educational effectiveness.

36. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS
The Hicksville school district needs improvement in several areas however, the most important area which will also ensure other problem areas to improve is the increase of teachers employed by the district.
We need a plan on attracting trained professionals.
Moreover it is recommended that we seek professionals that can also assist our growing ethnic population.
Hispanic population:
Asian & other population:
Data should be made available to staff so that they may better prepare themselves to address the deficiencies that exist in the present curriculum as well as the students themselves.

37. FUTURE REASEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommend that further research be conducted using perceptions data in order to acquire data from students teachers, and the community. (Bernhardt)
A collection of school processes data can also be vital in the understanding of the school’s programs, instructional strategies, and classroom practices. (Bernhardt)
Cross sectional analysis should be done in order to better understand the significance that one factor has on another as well as how the previous years results have influenced where we are today.(Monson)