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Fruita Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

239 North Maple

Fruita CO, 81521, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-6570

Ranking:

(686 out of 1,246, bottom 45%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 7

School District: Mesa County Valley School District 51

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:	37		35		37		38		37		37		34
Total Students:	577		549		518		566		586		583		547
Grade 6:	294	51.0%	295	53.7%	265	51.2%	270	47.7%	286	48.8%	295	50.6%	286	52.3%
Grade 7:	283	49.0%	254	46.3%	253	48.8%	296	52.3%	300	51.2%	288	49.4%	261	47.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	301	52.2%	287	52.3%	276	53.3%	286	50.5%	302	51.5%	299	51.3%	274	50.1%
Female:	276	47.8%	262	47.7%	242	46.7%	280	49.5%	276	47.1%	276	47.3%	269	49.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	5	0.9%	6	1.0%	5	0.9%	3	0.5%
Asian:	6	1.0%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%
Hispanic:	92	15.9%	91	16.6%	73	14.1%	63	11.1%	74	12.6%	87	14.9%	78	14.3%
Black:	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	9	1.5%	8	1.4%	6	1.1%
White:	453	78.5%	433	78.9%	419	80.9%	475	83.9%	494	84.3%	479	82.2%	456	83.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	17	2.9%	16	2.9%	15	2.9%	19	3.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	136	23.6%	165	30.1%	138	26.6%	162	28.6%	167	28.5%	153	26.2%	137	25.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	46	8.0%	54	9.8%	57	11.0%	63	11.1%	38	6.5%	34	5.8%	59	10.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.76		15.76		14.08		15.00		15.92		15.80		15.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	54	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	45	57	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	52	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	51	54	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	54	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	57	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	60	57	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	59	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	70	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	71	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	69	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	72	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	67	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	67	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	72	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	68	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	55	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	58	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	60	57	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	58	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	51	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	60	53	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	50	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	52	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	41	43	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	40	48	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	36	46	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	42	47	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	39	41	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	48	49	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	51	43	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	52	47	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	67	66	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	66	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	66	67	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	72	66	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	69	63	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	69	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	78	70	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	69	67	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	55	56	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	55	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	58	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	61	60	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	53	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	60	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	65	56	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	52	54	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	40	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	44	46	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	32	44	45
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	68	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	74	69	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	68	68	66
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	50	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	46	52	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	48	49	51
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	51	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	54	55	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	49	54	51
TCAP
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	69.4	58.1	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	68.7	60.9	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.2	73.1	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81.7	73.0	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	57.6	48.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	54.9	49.5	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	65.1	50.8	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	63.2	52.0	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	76.3	68.7	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	78.0	67.8	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	68.2	58.8	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	63.6	57.9	61.3

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.7%	51.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.3%	48.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	15.4%	23.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	84.6%	76.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,737.0	$44,235.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,479.0	$30,444.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,329.0	$48,414.0

* Fruita Middle School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.