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Benjamin Syms Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

170 Fox Hill Rd

Hampton VA, 23669, Hampton City County

Phone: 757-850-5050

Ranking:

(1,054 out of 1,459, bottom 28%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Hampton City Public Schools

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	68		77		73		49		56		56		55
Total Students:	1,026		1,049		1,121		1,155		1,027		1,092		1,185
Grade 6:	313	30.5%	337	32.1%	356	31.8%	336	29.1%	341	33.2%	322	29.5%	377	31.8%
Grade 7:	361	35.2%	341	32.5%	355	31.7%	417	36.1%	331	32.2%	370	33.9%	413	34.9%
Grade 8:	352	34.3%	371	35.4%	410	36.6%	402	34.8%	355	34.6%	400	36.6%	395	33.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	563	54.9%	579	55.2%	578	51.6%	623	53.9%	530	51.6%	577	52.8%	644	54.3%
Female:	463	45.1%	470	44.8%	543	48.4%	532	46.1%	480	46.7%	507	46.4%	537	45.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	5	0.4%	7	0.6%	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	5	0.4%
Asian:	18	1.8%	21	2.0%	21	1.9%	16	1.4%	21	2.0%	24	2.2%	25	2.1%
Hispanic:	57	5.6%	59	5.6%	69	6.2%	65	5.6%	50	4.9%	36	3.3%	49	4.1%
Black:	537	52.3%	498	47.5%	526	46.9%	570	49.4%	464	45.2%	498	45.6%	528	44.6%
White:	351	34.2%	416	39.7%	434	38.7%	429	37.1%	481	46.8%	531	48.6%	578	48.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.4%	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	4	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	56	5.5%	52	5.0%	63	5.6%	64	5.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	542	52.8%	513	48.9%	510	45.5%	468	40.5%	344	33.5%	379	34.7%	362	30.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	92	9.0%	98	9.3%	115	10.3%	85	7.4%	80	7.8%	82	7.5%	68	5.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.01		13.62		15.43		23.53		18.31		19.60		21.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SOL
2006	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92%	78%	83%
2007	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	80%	84%
2008	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85%	79%	85%
2009	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	76%	87%
2010	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	82%	88%
2011	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	84%	87%
2012	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	89%
2013	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	64.4%	73.6%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54%	32%	52%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61%	52%	60%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	64%	68%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63%	58%	73%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	57%	77%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54%	55%	73%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	58%	57%	74%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	67.8%	78%
2006	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	79%	82%
2007	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	80%	83%
2008	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	87%
2009	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	89%
2010	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	81%	89%
2011	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83%	84%	89%
2012	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	88%
2013	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	66.4%	74.7%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	29%	17%	44%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73%	46%	56%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	62%	65%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66%	61%	71%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63%	60%	75%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	20%	26%	57%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	19.6%	24.3%	61.1%
2005	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	75%	77%
2006	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	76%	78%
2007	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	80%	79%
2008	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	79%	83%
2009	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	81%	87%
2010	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	89%
2011	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	86%	90%
2012	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	89%
2013	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.2%	61.6%	70.9%
2006	History	8th Grade	% met std	100%	68%	81%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93%	84%	81%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87%	74%	76%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	83%	66%	77%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89%	81%	83%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	85%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	86%	80%	87%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69%	77%	82%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	45%	50%	60%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.2%	61.9%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88%	82%	87%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	87%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	89%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	90%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93%	86%	90%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	96%	90%	92%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95%	92%	92%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	92%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	68.3%	76.1%
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70%	68%	74%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90%	91%	91%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86%	82%	85%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87%	83%	88%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	89%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85%	83%	91%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82%	83%	89%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78%	83%	88%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	62.3%	70.3%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	86%	87%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	88%	88%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	92%	91%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	89%	93%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99%	93%	93%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	94%	95%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99%	93%	94%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83%	73%	75%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.1%	77.4%	76.2%
2013	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	86.9%	N/A	N/A
2005	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	78%	83%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	80%	83%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	80%	86%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	80%	87%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	84%	87%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	79%	88%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	97%	79%	86%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	96%	66%	73%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	95%	74.6%	75.7%

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* Benjamin Syms Middle Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.