I have exactly the same code but if you check with an extension like Semantic inspector:

goo.gl/35SwuP

You will see that ratingCount adds:

1Vote

in German:

1Stimme

Instead of just the number...

Cheers

Arnold

Not sure. Maybe the words 'Vote' and 'Stimme' are automatically added by google after the number? In that case, perhaps it might be useful to add a space after the voting count number in the meta tag.

Hi there

Thanks for the valuable input on star rating and rich snippets. I'm trying to do more or less what's being describe in your article. The only difference is, I would like to use K2's build-in star rating. I'm also very new to the coding used to call data from an item. I gathered that last bit of your coding would be to recall the data gathered and output it in rich snippet form.
- <div id="itemRatingLog<?php echo $this->item->id; ?>" class="itemRatingLog"> <?php echo $this->item->numOfvotes; ?> </div>
<!-- Section for Schema -->
<meta itemprop="bestRating" content="5">
<meta itemprop="ratingValue" content="<?php echo ($this->item->votingPercentage / 20); ?>">
<meta itemprop="ratingCount" content="<?php echo (str_replace(array('(', ')', 'Vote', ' '), '', $this->item->numOfvotes)); ?>">


What bits of code would I need to change to recall the star rating data already embedded in the item?

Also still struggling with JCE stripping bits of code like - ?php echo $this->item->id; ?
As well as <meta itemprop="bestRating" content="5"> which I have to change to the following for JCE not to strip <span itemprop="bestRating" content="5"></span>

I havent tried adding microdata through JCE or other editors. I find its easier to add the microdata to the php files directly using Template override. That way I dont need to worry about editors stripping codes, etc...

I concur with Mr_Anonymous. The best way to achieve this is through template overrides.