Berry Middle School
4500 Jaguar Dr
Birmingham AL, 35242, Shelby County
Phone: 205-439-2000
Ranking: 
(40 out of 1,064, top 4%)*
(40 out of 1,064, top 4%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Hoover City School District
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: | 75 | 97 | 96 | 92 | 89 | 72 | 74 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,189 | 1,224 | 1,210 | 1,168 | 1,109 | 1,084 | 1,035 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 368 | 31.0% | 403 | 32.9% | 389 | 32.1% | 399 | 34.2% | 371 | 33.5% | 363 | 33.5% | 332 | 32.1% |
| Grade 7: | 405 | 34.1% | 397 | 32.4% | 415 | 34.3% | 390 | 33.4% | 381 | 34.4% | 353 | 32.6% | 354 | 34.2% |
| Grade 8: | 412 | 34.7% | 418 | 34.2% | 401 | 33.1% | 377 | 32.3% | 355 | 32.0% | 365 | 33.7% | 347 | 33.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 611 | 51.4% | 619 | 50.6% | 624 | 51.6% | 590 | 50.5% | 557 | 50.2% | 528 | 48.7% | 524 | 50.6% |
| Female: | 578 | 48.6% | 605 | 49.4% | 586 | 48.4% | 578 | 49.5% | 541 | 48.8% | 548 | 50.6% | 507 | 49.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 78 | 6.6% | 83 | 6.8% | 69 | 5.7% | 74 | 6.3% | 59 | 5.3% | 58 | 5.4% | 51 | 4.9% |
| Hispanic: | 47 | 4.0% | 51 | 4.2% | 41 | 3.4% | 43 | 3.7% | 47 | 4.2% | 44 | 4.1% | 45 | 4.3% |
| Black: | 269 | 22.6% | 288 | 23.5% | 284 | 23.5% | 262 | 22.4% | 218 | 19.7% | 215 | 19.8% | 191 | 18.5% |
| White: | 762 | 64.1% | 777 | 63.5% | 811 | 67.0% | 788 | 67.5% | 782 | 70.5% | 765 | 70.6% | 745 | 72.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 32 | 2.7% | 20 | 1.6% | 4 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 227 | 19.1% | 212 | 17.3% | 205 | 16.9% | 183 | 15.7% | 119 | 10.7% | 126 | 11.6% | 122 | 11.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 68 | 5.7% | 67 | 5.5% | 64 | 5.3% | 41 | 3.5% | 61 | 5.5% | 52 | 4.8% | 53 | 5.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.78 | 12.63 | 12.56 | 12.68 | 12.46 | 15.00 | 14.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 65.3% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 65.5% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 69.4% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.88% | 68.62% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.09% | 82.02% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 74.1% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 82.4% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 81% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.75% | 85.88% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.33% | 86.86% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 70.7% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 70.3% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 78.2% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.88% | 78.93% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.52% | 87.05% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 69% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 65.9% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 69.2% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.28% | 75.42% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 81% | 78.48% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 84.5% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 86.8% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 90.5% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.93% | 86.99% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.09% | 87.46% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.52% | 88.4% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 86.75% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.71% | 85.95% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.57% | 87.31% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 93.1% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 92.2% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 93.4% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.55% | 95.49% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 94.81% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.99% | 94.82% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.71% | 93.61% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.09% | 92.75% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.26% | 93.36% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 87.3% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 84.9% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.18% | 82.85% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.15% | 80.83% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.97% | 84.04% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.87% | 87.39% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.38% | 84.52% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.69% | 86.16% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 92% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 89.6% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.26% | 90.86% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 92.94% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.43% | 93.43% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.47% | 94.55% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.96% | 94.42% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.32% | 93.8% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 87.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 90.6% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 86.83% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.53% | 87.83% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.86% | 90.4% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.55% | 94.59% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.26% | 93.06% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.56% | 91.32% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 87.1% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 90.3% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 89.2% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.22% | 90.34% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.15% | 90.3% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.78% | 90.68% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.72% | 91.22% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.82% | 93.43% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.95% | 92.37% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.79% | 82.19% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.17% | 89.55% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.89% | 90.52% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.92% | 86.68% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 89.21% | 75.67% |
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* Berry 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.