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Chastain Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4650 Manhattan Rd

Jackson MS, 39206, Hinds County

Phone: 601-987-3550

Ranking:

(452 out of 672, bottom 33%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Jackson Public 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:	39		46		58		57		65		66		69
Total Students:	729		680		846		772		1,008		1,003		1,097
Grade 6:	230	31.6%	225	33.1%	297	35.1%	216	28.0%	352	34.9%	360	35.9%	326	29.7%
Grade 7:	248	34.0%	218	32.1%	255	30.1%	276	35.8%	337	33.4%	287	28.6%	376	34.3%
Grade 8:	239	32.8%	227	33.4%	285	33.7%	271	35.1%	305	30.3%	343	34.2%	381	34.7%
Ungraded:	9	1.2%	10	1.5%	9	1.1%	9	1.2%	14	1.4%	13	1.3%	14	1.3%
Student By Gender:
Male:	393	53.9%	366	53.8%	416	49.2%	374	48.4%	495	49.1%	497	49.6%	543	49.5%
Female:	336	46.1%	314	46.2%	430	50.8%	398	51.6%	513	50.9%	506	50.4%	550	50.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	5	0.5%	6	0.6%	10	0.9%
Hispanic:	24	3.3%	12	1.8%	18	2.1%	20	2.6%	11	1.1%	13	1.3%	9	0.8%
Black:	690	94.7%	657	96.6%	808	95.5%	725	93.9%	967	95.9%	950	94.7%	1,048	95.5%
White:	7	1.0%	8	1.2%	17	2.0%	23	3.0%	24	2.4%	32	3.2%	30	2.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	0.8%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	627	86.0%	562	82.6%	634	74.9%	539	69.8%	702	69.6%	644	64.2%	765	69.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	48	6.6%	55	8.1%	70	8.3%	66	8.5%	93	9.2%	111	11.1%	89	8.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.82		14.81		14.65		13.47		15.39		15.20		15.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	143.5	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	144.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	145.6	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	144.9	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	146.8	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	146.4	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	146.1	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	147.6	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	147.7	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	146.1	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	146.8	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	147.9	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.4	144.3	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	144.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	145.7	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	145.6	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	147.6	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	148.2	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	147.6	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	148.8	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	148.5	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	148.9	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	149.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	149	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.9	143.2	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.6	144.6	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	144	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	144.7	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	146.1	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	145.7	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	147.4	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	148.3	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	148.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	148.9	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	149.6	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	149.6	154.6
MST
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.6%	19%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.8%	17.5%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32.7%	17%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43%	35.5%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	43.9%	64.0%
SATP2
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.9%	87.1%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	87.4%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	86.2%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	88.9%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98.6%	61.2%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.8%	63%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96%	70%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98.9%	77.9%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	76.6%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	80.4%	85.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	47.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	49.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,910.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,064.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,912.0

* Chastain Middle 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.