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Blue Mountain Other School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

408 West Mill St

Blue Mountain MS, 38610, Tippah County

Phone: 662-685-4706

Ranking:

(430 out of 672, bottom 36%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 12

School District: South Tippah 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:	30		30		28		29		28		26		26
Total Students:	396		353		311		289		293		283		274
Prekindergarten:	38	9.6%	35	9.9%	20	6.4%	17	5.9%	17	5.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	32	8.1%	35	9.9%	28	9.0%	23	8.0%	21	7.2%	26	9.2%	19	6.9%
Grade 1:	31	7.8%	29	8.2%	25	8.0%	16	5.5%	19	6.5%	19	6.7%	19	6.9%
Grade 2:	29	7.3%	21	5.9%	18	5.8%	20	6.9%	20	6.8%	14	4.9%	26	9.5%
Grade 3:	23	5.8%	21	5.9%	29	9.3%	21	7.3%	11	3.8%	28	9.9%	20	7.3%
Grade 4:	28	7.1%	32	9.1%	22	7.1%	9	3.1%	27	9.2%	24	8.5%	20	7.3%
Grade 5:	29	7.3%	23	6.5%	13	4.2%	26	9.0%	25	8.5%	21	7.4%	25	9.1%
Grade 6:	24	6.1%	12	3.4%	25	8.0%	22	7.6%	23	7.8%	23	8.1%	22	8.0%
Grade 7:	17	4.3%	28	7.9%	21	6.8%	25	8.7%	20	6.8%	28	9.9%	23	8.4%
Grade 8:	39	9.8%	31	8.8%	27	8.7%	25	8.7%	29	9.9%	23	8.1%	19	6.9%
Grade 9:	24	6.1%	24	6.8%	20	6.4%	25	8.7%	24	8.2%	18	6.4%	29	10.6%
Grade 10:	21	5.3%	17	4.8%	28	9.0%	21	7.3%	18	6.1%	26	9.2%	18	6.6%
Grade 11:	19	4.8%	25	7.1%	20	6.4%	15	5.2%	19	6.5%	18	6.4%	13	4.7%
Grade 12:	24	6.1%	17	4.8%	14	4.5%	20	6.9%	18	6.1%	13	4.6%	14	5.1%
Ungraded:	18	4.5%	3	0.8%	1	0.3%	4	1.4%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	7	2.6%
Student By Gender:
Male:	196	49.5%	186	52.7%	176	56.6%	146	50.5%	146	49.8%	142	50.2%	118	43.1%
Female:	200	50.5%	167	47.3%	135	43.4%	143	49.5%	147	50.2%	141	49.8%	152	55.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	26	6.6%	25	7.1%	20	6.4%	15	5.2%	17	5.8%	13	4.6%	12	4.4%
Black:	159	40.2%	132	37.4%	112	36.0%	104	36.0%	113	38.6%	118	41.7%	113	41.2%
White:	189	47.7%	179	50.7%	169	54.3%	166	57.4%	160	54.6%	152	53.7%	149	54.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	5.1%	15	4.2%	10	3.2%	4	1.4%	3	1.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	319	80.6%	291	82.4%	254	81.7%	245	84.8%	246	84.0%	228	80.6%	192	70.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	34	8.6%	34	9.6%	28	9.0%	22	7.6%	18	6.1%	25	8.8%	30	10.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.34		11.84		11.15		10.04		10.59		11.00		10.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145	149	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144	148.6	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	136.7	149.7	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.6	151.6	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139	150.3	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	152.2	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	152.9	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	151.8	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	151.8	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.4	155.8	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.4	154.8	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	155.4	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	151.1	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.1	149.8	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	149.2	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141	151.3	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.6	151.6	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.4	150.1	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	156.6	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145	155.4	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	154.2	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	154.3	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142	154.9	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	155.5	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.9	148	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	151.4	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	147.8	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.1	148.4	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	150.5	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	151.9	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144	152.9	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	154.6	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	153.3	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	154.9	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	153.8	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	155.4	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	148.4	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	149.1	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	152.3	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143	149.5	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	152.4	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145	151.8	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	152.7	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	152.9	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	155.5	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	153.8	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.1	156.4	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	153.6	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	147	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	151	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	150.7	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	153.3	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	152.6	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	153.2	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	151	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	152.6	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	153.3	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	153.7	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	151	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	152	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	146.6	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	148	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	148.9	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	149.7	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	153.8	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.2	150.1	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	148.8	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.3	150	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.3	150.7	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	154.9	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	156.2	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	154.8	154.6
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	12%	44.1%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.6%	49.2%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.8%	40.9%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	60.8%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.0%	74.6%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	39.8%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	42.3%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37%	51.5%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	79.5%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.6%	69.6%	64.0%
SATP2
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.1%	95.6%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.3%	95.9%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.3%	94.5%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	91.4%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.7%	81.4%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.7%	92.5%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90.5%	89.7%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92%	94.6%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	70.6%	84.8%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.7%	91.5%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	100%	94.5%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	100%	97.6%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.4%	96.4%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	82.6%	94.7%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	100%	96.3%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	93.3%	98.5%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95%	89.1%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	66.7%	72.8%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	70%	87.7%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	93.3%	80.4%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	81.3%	85.8%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	93.3%	80.8%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	92.3%	86.4%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	75%	75.4%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	72.2%	79.2%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	80%	70.7%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	56.5%	69.7%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	74.1%	71.5%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	57.1%	67.8%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	95.5%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	93.8%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	95.8%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	85.7%	95.6%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	95.2%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	98.7%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	94.1%	96.6%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	99.2%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	72.2%	78.8%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	84.6%	85.7%	81.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	45.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	54.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	36.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	63.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,071.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,461.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,849.0

* Blue Mountain Other School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.