VPK Readiness Rate

2009 - 2010 Polk County at a Glance

[+] View Complete List of Polk's VPK Providers

10 Highest Scores

Name	Rate
KIDZ R KIDZ EARLY EDUCATION CENTER	200
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY	200
R. BRUCE WAGNER	200
SOUTHSIDE LEARNING CENTER INC	200
HIGHLANDS GROVE ELEMENTARY	200
BERKLEY CHARTER SCHOOL(VPK ONLY)	200
LAUREL ELEMENTARY	200
SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY	200
JC'S EARLY LEARNING CENTER, INC	200
JUST 4 KIDS PRESCHOOL INC PHASE II	200

[+] View More

10 Lowest Scores

Name	Rate
ENDTIME CHRISTIAN CHILDCARE CENTER	100
JUMPSTART DEVELOPMENT CENTER	100
ANGELA'S LITTLE ANGELS	100
CHILDREN'S PALACE DAY CARE CENTER	111
LISBON'S CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER	120
ELOISE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER	122
SHELBY STREET STATION, INC	122
NEW BEGINNING PRESCHOOL & LEARNING CENTER	125
ST. LUKE'S CHRISTIAN ACADEMY & PRESCHOOL	125
MERCEDES PRESCHOOL, LLC	125

[+] View More

Source: Florida Department of Education/Office of Early Learning

VPK is Florida's Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten program. Children who turn 4 years old by Sept. 1 and and Florida residents are eligible to participate in the free program.

The Florida Department of Education/State Board of Education is required by law to calculate a kindergarten readiness rate every year for each private or public VPK provider; this applies to both school-year (540-hours) and summer (300-hour) programs.

The VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate measures how well a VPK provider prepares 4-year-olds to be ready for kindergarten based uon Florida's VPK Education Standards. The VPK standards describe what 4-year-old children should know and be able to do by the end of the VPK experience