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Comanche Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1601 First Ave

Dodge City KS, 67801, Ford County

Phone: 620-371-1100

Ranking:

(914 out of 973, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Dodge City Unified School District 443

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:	60		57		45		45		42		35		34
Total Students:	685		692		638		658		619		556		541
Grade 6:	239	34.9%	224	32.4%	335	52.5%	307	46.7%	305	49.3%	266	47.8%	285	52.7%
Grade 7:	214	31.2%	241	34.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	232	33.9%	227	32.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	356	52.0%	370	53.5%	350	54.9%	359	54.6%	330	53.3%	282	50.7%	289	53.4%
Female:	329	48.0%	322	46.5%	288	45.1%	299	45.4%	289	46.7%	265	47.7%	245	45.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	1.0%	6	0.9%	5	0.8%	6	0.9%	5	0.8%	5	0.9%	1	0.2%
Asian:	11	1.6%	13	1.9%	9	1.4%	8	1.2%	9	1.5%	7	1.3%	6	1.1%
Hispanic:	524	76.5%	535	77.3%	519	81.3%	569	86.5%	488	78.8%	410	73.7%	405	74.9%
Black:	6	0.9%	8	1.2%	6	0.9%	7	1.1%	15	2.4%	21	3.8%	21	3.9%
White:	126	18.4%	120	17.3%	92	14.4%	60	9.1%	99	16.0%	112	20.1%	105	19.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	1.6%	10	1.4%	7	1.1%	8	1.2%	3	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	472	68.9%	480	69.4%	469	73.5%	495	75.2%	427	69.0%	365	65.6%	358	66.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	90	13.1%	88	12.7%	79	12.4%	82	12.5%	90	14.5%	89	16.0%	72	13.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.51		12.14		14.17		14.79		14.70		15.80		16.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
KS State Assessment
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.27%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.34%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.44%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.05%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.74%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.22%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.48%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.74%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.34%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.49%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.25%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.93%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.46%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.85%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.12%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.67%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.21%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.56%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.83%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.87%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.16%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.92%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.51%	N/A	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	58.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	41.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	35.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	64.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,181.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,516.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,946.0

* Comanche Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.