Berg Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1900 North 5th Ave East

Newton IA, 50208, Jasper County

Phone: 641-792-7741

Ranking:

(504 out of 696, bottom 28%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Newton Community 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:	32		32		32		32		35		36		35
Total Students:	451		451		446		455		454		472		452
Grade 7:	225	49.9%	234	51.9%	220	49.3%	232	51.0%	228	50.2%	234	49.6%	236	52.2%
Grade 8:	226	50.1%	217	48.1%	226	50.7%	223	49.0%	226	49.8%	238	50.4%	216	47.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	220	48.8%	231	51.2%	235	52.7%	240	52.7%	233	51.3%	236	50.0%	231	51.1%
Female:	231	51.2%	220	48.8%	211	47.3%	215	47.3%	221	48.7%	228	48.3%	217	48.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	4	0.9%
Asian:	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	4	0.9%
Hispanic:	14	3.1%	10	2.2%	13	2.9%	17	3.7%	14	3.1%	6	1.3%	4	0.9%
Black:	8	1.8%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	4	0.9%	6	1.3%	11	2.3%	7	1.5%
White:	408	90.5%	415	92.0%	410	91.9%	419	92.1%	423	93.2%	449	95.1%	433	95.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	17	3.8%	19	4.2%	15	3.4%	10	2.2%	9	2.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	184	40.8%	166	36.8%	147	33.0%	155	34.1%	160	35.2%	135	28.6%	132	29.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	34	7.5%	29	6.4%	35	7.8%	39	8.6%	31	6.8%	48	10.2%	38	8.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.16		14.22		13.86		14.22		12.97		13.10		13.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
IA
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.25%	75.25%	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.38%	72.38%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.33%	66.33%	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.04%	72.04%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.98%	64.98%	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.62%	64.62%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.83%	60.83%	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.67%	66.67%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	40.9%	39.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	59.1%	60.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	21.0 years	21.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.9%	95.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,437.0	$46,439.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,227.0	$47,264.0

* Berg 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.