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Carthage Jr. High Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

714 South Main

Carthage MO, 64836, Jasper County

Phone: 417-359-7050

Ranking:

(969 out of 1,698, bottom 43%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Carthage R-IX 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:	44		42		41		41		44		45		56
Total Students:	678		635		618		597		588		583		918
Grade 7:	346	51.0%	332	52.3%	306	49.5%	308	51.6%	288	49.0%	292	50.1%	292	31.8%
Grade 8:	332	49.0%	303	47.7%	312	50.5%	289	48.4%	300	51.0%	291	49.9%	309	33.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	352	51.9%	323	50.9%	287	46.4%	292	48.9%	312	53.1%	288	49.4%	448	48.8%
Female:	326	48.1%	312	49.1%	331	53.6%	305	51.1%	268	45.6%	287	49.2%	466	50.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.6%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	8	1.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	11	1.2%
Asian:	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	5	0.9%	8	0.9%
Hispanic:	206	30.4%	172	27.1%	156	25.2%	146	24.5%	128	21.8%	117	20.1%	183	19.9%
Black:	20	2.9%	17	2.7%	14	2.3%	15	2.5%	14	2.4%	13	2.2%	22	2.4%
White:	434	64.0%	432	68.0%	437	70.7%	425	71.2%	442	75.2%	446	76.5%	694	75.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	1.6%	10	1.6%	6	1.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	353	52.1%	324	51.0%	305	49.4%	290	48.6%	256	43.5%	235	40.3%	351	38.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	52	7.7%	46	7.2%	51	8.3%	50	8.4%	71	12.1%	54	9.3%	92	10.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.32		15.19		15.06		14.66		13.37		13.00		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MAP
2006	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	37.8%	37.8%	43.9%
2007	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	42.4%	42.4%	45.6%
2008	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	55.8%	55.8%	49.3%
2009	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	46.5%	46.5%	51.1%
2010	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	53.4%	53.4%	52.4%
2011	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	50.6%	50.6%	54.4%
2012	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	56.3%	56.3%	55.8%
2013	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	55.8%	55.8%	55.4%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	34.1%	34.1%	43.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	48.9%	48.9%	45.8%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	53.6%	49.8%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53.4%	53.4%	52.4%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.2%	57.2%	55.2%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.4%	60.4%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.1%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.9%	59.9%	N/A
2006	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	37%	37%	42.5%
2007	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	37.6%	37.6%	42.5%
2008	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	43%	43%	48.4%
2009	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	54.6%	50.2%
2010	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	44.8%	44.8%	52.4%
2011	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	46.2%	46.2%	53.1%
2012	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	47%	47%	53.9%
2013	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	49.2%	54.5%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	39.8%	39.8%	40.7%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	34.8%	34.8%	41.6%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46.2%	46.2%	44.3%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	48.5%	48.5%	47.1%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	51.3%	52%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56.4%	56.4%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	41.7%	41.7%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.4%	41.4%	44.9%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.3%	37.3%	48.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.1%	40.1%	51.4%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.2%	40.2%	52.7%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.4%	37.4%	41.7%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.3%	68%	52.6%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96.1%	67.5%	42.7%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.9%	70.9%	59.7%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.1%	60.2%	56.7%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.6%	58.2%	57%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	59.2%	67.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	40.8%	32.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	44.9%	42.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	55.1%	57.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$35,470.0	$33,351.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,977.0	$28,664.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$39,132.0	$36,867.0

* Carthage Jr. High 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.