Challenger Middle School
13555 Chaney Thompson Rd Huntsville AL, 35803, Madison County Phone: 256-428-7620 Ranking:  (33 out of 1,064, top 3%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Huntsville 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: | 29 | 40 | 37 | 42 | 44 | 37 | 38 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 526 | 516 | 536 | 548 | 567 | 565 | 541 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 172 | 32.7% | 155 | 30.0% | 169 | 31.5% | 169 | 30.8% | 172 | 30.3% | 199 | 35.2% | 168 | 31.1% |
| Grade 7: | 160 | 30.4% | 182 | 35.3% | 185 | 34.5% | 176 | 32.1% | 216 | 38.1% | 180 | 31.9% | 183 | 33.8% |
| Grade 8: | 194 | 36.9% | 179 | 34.7% | 182 | 34.0% | 203 | 37.0% | 179 | 31.6% | 186 | 32.9% | 190 | 35.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 269 | 51.1% | 266 | 51.6% | 279 | 52.1% | 266 | 48.5% | 276 | 48.7% | 273 | 48.3% | 278 | 51.4% |
| Female: | 257 | 48.9% | 250 | 48.4% | 257 | 47.9% | 282 | 51.5% | 283 | 49.9% | 284 | 50.3% | 259 | 47.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.7% |
| Asian: | 23 | 4.4% | 32 | 6.2% | 28 | 5.2% | 34 | 6.2% | 35 | 6.2% | 46 | 8.1% | 43 | 7.9% |
| Hispanic: | 17 | 3.2% | 17 | 3.3% | 20 | 3.7% | 15 | 2.7% | 17 | 3.0% | 12 | 2.1% | 10 | 1.8% |
| Black: | 110 | 20.9% | 91 | 17.6% | 76 | 14.2% | 74 | 13.5% | 80 | 14.1% | 73 | 12.9% | 65 | 12.0% |
| White: | 361 | 68.6% | 365 | 70.7% | 405 | 75.6% | 422 | 77.0% | 431 | 76.0% | 430 | 76.1% | 419 | 77.4% |
| 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: | 12 | 2.3% | 8 | 1.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 176 | 33.5% | 146 | 28.3% | 125 | 23.3% | 123 | 22.4% | 116 | 20.5% | 93 | 16.5% | 52 | 9.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 30 | 5.7% | 25 | 4.8% | 22 | 4.1% | 27 | 4.9% | 27 | 4.8% | 31 | 5.5% | 16 | 3.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.14 | 13.06 | 14.49 | 13.14 | 12.87 | 15.20 | 14.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 47.9% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 44.4% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 52.8% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.28% | 52.36% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.27% | 61.86% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 78% | 59.1% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 85% | 67.3% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 63.8% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.07% | 64.87% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.33% | 69.88% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 55.1% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 55.3% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 60.3% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.39% | 60.67% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.08% | 70.39% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 58.3% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 55.1% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 53.6% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.97% | 66.05% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.83% | 66% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 59.6% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 65.9% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 90% | 72.1% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.38% | 70.65% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.94% | 69.08% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.33% | 71.7% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.03% | 73.63% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 73.93% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.96% | 72.09% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 82.2% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 81.3% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 83.1% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.42% | 85.84% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.11% | 85.13% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.44% | 85.56% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.87% | 84.84% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.08% | 84.44% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.18% | 86.16% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 63.6% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 62.7% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.21% | 60.65% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.22% | 66.77% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.31% | 72.8% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.78% | 72.85% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.36% | 69.98% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 87% | 71.01% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 78.3% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 76.9% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.65% | 75.13% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.02% | 81.2% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.41% | 81.7% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.02% | 82.78% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.11% | 83.32% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.41% | 85.02% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 69.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 71.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.76% | 67.81% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.42% | 68.13% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.45% | 77.58% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.89% | 79.61% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 78.84% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.82% | 78.09% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 61.4% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 74.2% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 76.9% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.64% | 72.71% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.42% | 73.14% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.01% | 75.8% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.22% | 75.15% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 76.83% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.14% | 79.03% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.67% | 63.49% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.39% | 71.13% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.84% | 66.14% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.49% | 63.31% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.83% | 73.28% | 75.67% |
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* Challenger 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.