Beacon Middle School
19483 John J. Williams Hwy Lewes DE, 19958, Sussex County Phone: 302-645-6288 Ranking:  (4 out of 134, top 3%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 4 to Grade 8 School District: Cape Henlopen School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 40 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 36 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 559 | 562 | 520 | 491 | 502 | 527 | 518 | |||||||
| Grade 4: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Grade 5: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Grade 6: | 157 | 28.1% | 191 | 34.0% | 195 | 37.5% | 184 | 37.5% | 130 | 25.9% | 168 | 31.9% | 166 | 32.0% |
| Grade 7: | 199 | 35.6% | 193 | 34.3% | 185 | 35.6% | 136 | 27.7% | 169 | 33.7% | 172 | 32.6% | 174 | 33.6% |
| Grade 8: | 203 | 36.3% | 178 | 31.7% | 140 | 26.9% | 171 | 34.8% | 174 | 34.7% | 187 | 35.5% | 178 | 34.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 294 | 52.6% | 298 | 53.0% | 271 | 52.1% | 267 | 54.4% | 256 | 51.0% | 269 | 51.0% | 256 | 49.4% |
| Female: | 265 | 47.4% | 264 | 47.0% | 249 | 47.9% | 224 | 45.6% | 238 | 47.4% | 250 | 47.4% | 258 | 49.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.8% | 5 | 0.9% | 6 | 1.2% |
| Asian: | 13 | 2.3% | 15 | 2.7% | 15 | 2.9% | 14 | 2.9% | 13 | 2.6% | 16 | 3.0% | 18 | 3.5% |
| Hispanic: | 53 | 9.5% | 52 | 9.3% | 46 | 8.8% | 39 | 7.9% | 25 | 5.0% | 24 | 4.6% | 19 | 3.7% |
| Black: | 63 | 11.3% | 54 | 9.6% | 53 | 10.2% | 57 | 11.6% | 70 | 13.9% | 86 | 16.3% | 68 | 13.1% |
| White: | 404 | 72.3% | 416 | 74.0% | 380 | 73.1% | 361 | 73.5% | 390 | 77.7% | 396 | 75.1% | 407 | 78.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 22 | 3.9% | 24 | 4.3% | 24 | 4.6% | 17 | 3.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 190 | 34.0% | 217 | 38.6% | 206 | 39.6% | 172 | 35.0% | 146 | 29.1% | 135 | 25.6% | 109 | 21.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 8 | 1.4% | 20 | 3.8% | 15 | 3.1% | 14 | 2.8% | 9 | 1.7% | 31 | 6.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.98 | 14.41 | 13.68 | 14.44 | 14.76 | 15.10 | 14.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| DCAS | ||||||
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 54.8% | 57.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 88% | 76% | 67% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.64% | 74.87% | 65.71% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 64.5% | 62.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86% | 80% | 74% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.67% | 84.68% | 73.79% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 76.6% | 60.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 89% | 79% | 70% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.58% | 79.26% | 67.11% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 77% | 69.9% | 59.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92% | 81% | 71% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.58% | 80.38% | 71.85% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 78.5% | 61.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 93% | 87% | 74% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.96% | 86.40% | 71.31% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 69.6% | 61.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | > 95.0% | 84% | 74% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.96% | 83.99% | 72.57% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Beacon Middle School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.