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Colony Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

9250 Colony School Dr

Palmer AK, 99645, Matanuska Susitna County

Phone: 907-761-1500

Ranking:

(37 out of 305, top 12%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Matanuska-Susitna Borough 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:	31		21		33		36		36		37		43
Total Students:	655		632		635		624		645		664		718
Grade 6:	198	30.2%	195	30.9%	223	35.1%	189	30.3%	212	32.9%	195	29.4%	213	29.7%
Grade 7:	213	32.5%	224	35.4%	200	31.5%	213	34.1%	203	31.5%	227	34.2%	246	34.3%
Grade 8:	244	37.3%	213	33.7%	212	33.4%	222	35.6%	230	35.7%	242	36.4%	259	36.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	333	50.8%	319	50.5%	316	49.8%	334	53.5%	342	53.0%	349	52.6%	341	47.5%
Female:	322	49.2%	313	49.5%	319	50.2%	290	46.5%	303	47.0%	315	47.4%	347	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	120	18.3%	103	16.3%	93	14.6%	55	8.8%	51	7.9%	53	8.0%	61	8.5%
Asian:	25	3.8%	18	2.8%	17	2.7%	11	1.8%	10	1.6%	14	2.1%	12	1.7%
Hispanic:	34	5.2%	29	4.6%	21	3.3%	8	1.3%	9	1.4%	12	1.8%	19	2.6%
Black:	17	2.6%	21	3.3%	16	2.5%	7	1.1%	4	0.6%	6	0.9%	8	1.1%
White:	454	69.3%	456	72.2%	480	75.6%	517	82.9%	546	84.7%	552	83.1%	592	82.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	5	0.8%	4	0.6%	7	1.1%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	24	3.8%	24	3.7%	25	3.8%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	158	24.1%	156	24.7%	151	23.8%	123	19.7%	122	18.9%	101	15.2%	125	17.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	5.5%	22	3.5%	31	4.9%	31	5.0%	40	6.2%	42	6.3%	55	7.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.27		29.62		19.24		17.33		17.92		18.20		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SBA
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	64%	64.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	65.4%	67%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	75.7%	74.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	77.1%	74.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.1%	75.9%	69.3%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.4%	80%	74.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.6%	77.7%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.78%	74.89%	69.50%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.31%	73.47%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	80%	75.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	78.3%	76.1%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	86.1%	80.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.4%	85.7%	80.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	86.3%	77.4%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	87.1%	79.6%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	85.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.48%	87.06%	77.70%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.36%	84.18%	N/A
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	71.6%	71.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	80%	72.7%	72.1%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	76.8%	72.9%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.6%	77.5%	72.3%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	80.6%	81%	73.6%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	79.9%	80%	72.2%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	77.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	84.76%	79.55%	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	81.31%	76.49%	N/A
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70%	65%	61%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.1%	61.6%	61.7%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	71.5%	68.9%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	73.7%	68.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	72.7%	66.2%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	79.6%	69.8%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.9%	76.3%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.15%	75.93%	66.20%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.68%	77.68%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.3%	82.7%	75.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	81%	77.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.4%	83.9%	80.9%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	86.5%	81%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	79.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.1%	92.8%	83.9%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	86.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.13%	89.14%	79.40%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.73%	87.73%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	77.4%	70.9%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	74.1%	71.8%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	76.6%	73.3%	70.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	75.3%	70.8%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85.2%	81.8%	73.5%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	82.4%	72.4%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86.3%	81%	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90.10%	83.66%	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88.39%	83.03%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	64.3%	62.1%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	67.4%	64.6%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	73%	69.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	74.6%	68.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	74.5%	66.4%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	77.3%	70%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	77.5%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.67%	77.01%	68.90%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.56%	75.18%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	86.1%	80.2%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	82.4%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.2%	90.1%	85.9%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.2%	89%	85.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	90.1%	81.9%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	91.2%	85.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	91.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.69%	91.09%	82.80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.74%	90.77%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	57.3%	51.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	59%	54.9%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	57.3%	56.1%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.9%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.84%	60.17%	56.60%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.33%	61.10%	N/A
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	76.9%	73.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	83%	76.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.4%	80.1%	72.5%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	78.4%	72.2%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	84.4%	76.4%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	79.1%	72.3%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	85.1%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.86%	84.14%	N/A
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.96%	84.30%	N/A

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* Colony Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.