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Buchanan Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

610 West 4th St

Buchanan MI, 49107, Berrien County

Phone: 269-695-8406

Ranking:

(1,118 out of 2,213, bottom 49%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 7

School District: Buchanan 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:	21		21		22		20		22		19		19
Total Students:	357		351		362		398		376		384		383
Grade 5:	130	36.4%	115	32.8%	105	29.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 6:	118	33.1%	108	30.8%	133	36.7%	131	32.9%	130	34.6%	133	34.6%	119	31.1%
Grade 7:	109	30.5%	128	36.5%	124	34.3%	129	32.4%	132	35.1%	116	30.2%	144	37.6%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	200	56.0%	185	52.7%	178	49.2%	211	53.0%	193	51.3%	196	51.0%	196	51.2%
Female:	157	44.0%	166	47.3%	184	50.8%	187	47.0%	175	46.5%	180	46.9%	183	47.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	4	1.1%	3	0.8%	2	0.5%
Asian:	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	13	3.6%	12	3.4%	13	3.6%	12	3.0%	11	2.9%	10	2.6%	11	2.9%
Black:	10	2.8%	17	4.8%	19	5.2%	25	6.3%	37	9.8%	33	8.6%	24	6.3%
White:	307	86.0%	292	83.2%	304	84.0%	339	85.2%	324	86.2%	337	87.8%	345	90.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	24	6.7%	26	7.4%	23	6.4%	21	5.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	152	42.6%	141	40.2%	156	43.1%	150	37.7%	143	38.0%	111	28.9%	80	20.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	35	9.8%	43	12.3%	37	10.2%	38	9.5%	32	8.5%	38	9.9%	35	9.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.12		16.75		16.48		19.51		17.41		20.10		19.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.5%	30.5%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.8%	44.8%	45.7%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	75.2%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	74.1%	70.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	16.2%	16.2%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	12.1%	12.1%	13.1%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.3%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	78.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	82.2%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	21.1%	21.1%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	36.4%	36.4%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	86.8%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	83.7%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.8%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.1%	89.1%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.5%	54.5%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.3%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	80.8%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	21.1%	21.1%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	43%	43%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.6%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	75.9%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	62.4%	62.4%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	71.9%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.9%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	79.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	87.2%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.8%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.3%	36.3%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	29.5%	29.5%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.2%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.1%	89.1%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	78.3%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	83.9%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.1%	87.1%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.8%	79.8%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	61.3%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	52.7%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	68.5%	68.5%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	61.3%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	74.1%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80.5%	80.5%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	42.6%	42.6%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	40.3%	40.3%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	48.1%	48.1%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	53.8%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	80.3%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	80.8%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	85.3%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	79.8%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.4%	78%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	64.3%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	77.8%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	86.9%	81.9%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	80.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.3%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	91.7%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	87.7%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	87.6%	78.1%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	53.1%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	65.4%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.5%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.1%	74.2%

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* Buchanan Middle School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.