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Dunbar Creative Performing Arts Middle School
500 Saint Anthony St
Mobile AL, 36603, Mobile County
Phone: 251-221-2160
Ranking: 
(55 out of 1,064, top 5%)*
(55 out of 1,064, top 5%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Mobile County 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: | 27 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 41 | 34 | 37 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 575 | 545 | 547 | 543 | 505 | 515 | 599 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 258 | 44.9% | 238 | 43.7% | 166 | 30.3% | 157 | 28.9% | 131 | 25.9% | 133 | 25.8% | 151 | 25.2% |
| Grade 7: | 182 | 31.7% | 154 | 28.3% | 146 | 26.7% | 134 | 24.7% | 130 | 25.7% | 123 | 23.9% | 139 | 23.2% |
| Grade 8: | 135 | 23.5% | 153 | 28.1% | 127 | 23.2% | 122 | 22.5% | 122 | 24.2% | 109 | 21.2% | 132 | 22.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 186 | 32.3% | 179 | 32.8% | 175 | 32.0% | 190 | 35.0% | 167 | 33.1% | 198 | 38.4% | 221 | 36.9% |
| Female: | 389 | 67.7% | 366 | 67.2% | 372 | 68.0% | 353 | 65.0% | 330 | 65.3% | 309 | 60.0% | 374 | 62.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 6 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.8% | 9 | 1.6% | 8 | 1.5% | 10 | 2.0% | 10 | 1.9% | 14 | 2.3% |
| Hispanic: | 20 | 3.5% | 21 | 3.9% | 17 | 3.1% | 9 | 1.7% | 9 | 1.8% | 6 | 1.2% | 4 | 0.7% |
| Black: | 324 | 56.3% | 278 | 51.0% | 293 | 53.6% | 322 | 59.3% | 299 | 59.2% | 299 | 58.1% | 345 | 57.6% |
| White: | 216 | 37.6% | 231 | 42.4% | 224 | 41.0% | 202 | 37.2% | 185 | 36.6% | 200 | 38.8% | 236 | 39.4% |
| 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: | 7 | 1.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 347 | 60.3% | 338 | 62.0% | 348 | 63.6% | 332 | 61.1% | 272 | 53.9% | 236 | 45.8% | 293 | 48.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 56 | 9.7% | 61 | 11.2% | 50 | 9.1% | 45 | 8.3% | 44 | 8.7% | 57 | 11.1% | 54 | 9.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 21.30 | 13.49 | 12.90 | 12.12 | 12.31 | 15.10 | 16.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 48% | 45.5% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 46% | 35.8% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.6% | 40.6% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.32% | 38.98% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.44% | 35.75% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 53.4% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 55.3% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 66.2% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 64.5% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.06% | 68.43% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 44.9% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 39.2% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 44.2% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.68% | 41.31% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 41.12% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 49% | 40.6% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.9% | 33.5% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 44.3% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.33% | 35.81% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.89% | 37.19% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 33.5% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 35% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 39.9% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.55% | 40.21% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.91% | 50.75% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 48.4% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 53.5% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 56.4% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 62.51% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.82% | 65.59% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 60% | 43.7% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 39.9% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 49.9% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.43% | 51.74% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.64% | 56.31% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 60% | 45.6% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 55% | 41.9% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 43.5% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 53.75% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.28% | 55.35% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 77.6% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84% | 82.4% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 83.2% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.61% | 81% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.51% | 84.7% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.29% | 85.44% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.95% | 87.52% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.71% | 88.21% | 82.42% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 76.9% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 84.2% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 86% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.14% | 87% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.96% | 89.14% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 89.45% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.49% | 89.37% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.06% | 90.98% | 87.93% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 80.1% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 82% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.72% | 81.82% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.02% | 82.93% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.26% | 86.23% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.61% | 89.54% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 93.35% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.87% | 93.13% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 84.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 83.2% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.35% | 87.57% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.88% | 87.61% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.26% | 87.89% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.31% | 89.44% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.42% | 92.57% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 89.9% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 49.4% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 67.3% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 79.9% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.55% | 75.77% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.21% | 75.94% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 77.43% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 78.53% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.08% | 80.41% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.66% | 78.15% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 78.4% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 79% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 80.1% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.92% | 84.59% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 86.51% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.97% | 85.85% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 96% | 84.55% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.39% | 87.7% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 98.08% | 89.03% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 57.8% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 66.1% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.69% | 67.73% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.75% | 65.26% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 97.44% | 74% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.35% | 73.64% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.36% | 70.32% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 97.86% | 75.57% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 76.3% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93% | 74.2% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.93% | 79.35% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.87% | 79.1% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.58% | 82.4% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 81.78% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.97% | 83.6% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 98.57% | 87.27% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 60.3% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 66.6% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 66.26% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.54% | 70.28% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 98.14% | 72.82% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 76.21% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 97.35% | 76.47% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 99.19% | 77.45% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 52% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 68.9% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 68.1% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.12% | 72.07% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.93% | 73.44% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.59% | 72.1% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.72% | 68.96% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.61% | 74.25% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.25% | 77.99% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.76% | 76.37% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.16% | 79.48% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.25% | 85.24% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.64% | 87.05% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.97% | 88.13% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.67% | 60.81% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.52% | 73.03% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 74.65% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 73.44% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.37% | 78.81% | 75.67% |
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* Dunbar Creative Performing Arts 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.