Gaffney Middle Middle School
805 East Frederick St
Gaffney SC, 29340, Cherokee County
Phone: 864-902-3630
Ranking: (634 out of 841, bottom 25%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Cherokee 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: | 42 | 42 | 39 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 47 | |||||||
Total Students: | 665 | 651 | 660 | 624 | 681 | 684 | 679 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 217 | 32.6% | 207 | 31.8% | 245 | 37.1% | 213 | 34.1% | 220 | 32.3% | 242 | 35.4% | 240 | 35.3% |
Grade 7: | 201 | 30.2% | 236 | 36.3% | 206 | 31.2% | 207 | 33.2% | 230 | 33.8% | 238 | 34.8% | 212 | 31.2% |
Grade 8: | 247 | 37.1% | 208 | 32.0% | 209 | 31.7% | 204 | 32.7% | 231 | 33.9% | 204 | 29.8% | 227 | 33.4% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 330 | 49.6% | 327 | 50.2% | 310 | 47.0% | 305 | 48.9% | 326 | 47.9% | 330 | 48.2% | 317 | 46.7% |
Female: | 335 | 50.4% | 324 | 49.8% | 350 | 53.0% | 319 | 51.1% | 340 | 49.9% | 344 | 50.3% | 356 | 52.4% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 8 | 1.2% | 8 | 1.2% | 8 | 1.2% | 8 | 1.3% | 5 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% |
Hispanic: | 82 | 12.3% | 75 | 11.5% | 74 | 11.2% | 61 | 9.8% | 65 | 9.5% | 63 | 9.2% | 51 | 7.5% |
Black: | 288 | 43.3% | 278 | 42.7% | 269 | 40.8% | 237 | 38.0% | 264 | 38.8% | 261 | 38.2% | 264 | 38.9% |
White: | 280 | 42.1% | 286 | 43.9% | 305 | 46.2% | 317 | 50.8% | 339 | 49.8% | 354 | 51.8% | 360 | 53.0% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 6 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 480 | 72.2% | 471 | 72.4% | 473 | 71.7% | 420 | 67.3% | 415 | 60.9% | 375 | 54.8% | 357 | 52.6% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 57 | 8.6% | 46 | 7.1% | 49 | 7.4% | 45 | 7.2% | 63 | 9.3% | 55 | 8.0% | 47 | 6.9% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.02 | 15.69 | 16.92 | 15.22 | 17.03 | 16.70 | 14.40 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PASS | ||||||
2003 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 55% | 65.7% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 59.7% | 64% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 55.1% | 63.5% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 71% | 67.4% | 69.1% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 65% | 65.6% | 70.9% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 67% | 74.8% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 67.4% | 71.7% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 65.8% | 72.2% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 60.5% | 70.3% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 49.6% | 60.1% | 69.7% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 62% | 68.8% | 74.3% |
2003 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 70% | 75.5% |
2004 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 71.3% | 77.2% |
2005 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 71.9% | 78.7% |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 75.9% | 78.6% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 72.3% | 77.2% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.1% | 68.7% | 75.7% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 71.1% | 70.3% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 66% | 65.7% | 70.3% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 63.4% | 72.5% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 67.4% | 73.6% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 70.3% | 71.3% |
2003 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 42.5% | 58.4% |
2004 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.2% | 39.1% | 54.2% |
2005 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.6% | 40% | 56.2% |
2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 42.1% | 51.9% |
2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 48.5% | 59.5% |
2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.4% | 44.4% | 56.5% |
2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 59.5% | 63.9% |
2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 47.2% | 60.9% |
2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 41.6% | 54.1% | 64.9% |
2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | 54.2% | 66.2% |
2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 57.8% | 68.3% |
2003 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 43.9% | 59.6% |
2004 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 52.1% | 64.7% |
2005 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 48.6% | 64.9% |
2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 55% | 56.1% | 67.7% |
2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 64.7% | 77.1% |
2008 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.8% | 55.8% | 77.8% |
2009 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 68.9% | 79.6% |
2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 63.1% | 79.4% |
2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 61.7% | 77.6% |
2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 55% | 58.5% | 77.8% |
2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 62.3% | 78% |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 64.2% | 70.3% |
2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 67.9% | 71.9% |
2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 65.8% | 74.7% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 65.1% | 70.2% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 67% | 71.9% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 69.3% | 71.5% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 65.3% | 70.1% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 67.1% | 69.8% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 68.1% | 73% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 61% | 68.7% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 64.8% | 69.1% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 59.1% | 68.4% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 62% | 71.4% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 67.6% | 73.2% |
2003 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 66.6% | 68.8% |
2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 65.9% | 71.5% |
2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 71.3% | 71.5% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 74.8% | 74.8% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 77.3% | 76.8% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 76.7% | 77.8% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 61% | 66.2% | 69.5% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 67.5% | 67% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 60% | 63.5% | 69.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 64.5% | 71.5% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 64.8% | 68.3% |
2003 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.8% | 46.1% | 58.8% |
2004 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 52.6% | 62.7% |
2005 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 54.8% | 61.7% |
2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 45.4% | 57% |
2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 53.3% | 64.8% |
2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 61.4% | 69.8% |
2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.9% | 58.2% | 71.2% |
2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 64.7% | 73.3% |
2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 63.2% | 71.7% |
2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.2% | 59.2% | 74.7% |
2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.9% | 61.8% | 75.5% |
2003 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 45.8% | 58.8% |
2004 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 47% | 49.1% | 60% |
2005 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 52% | 58.7% |
2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 41.3% | 53.9% |
2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 43.7% | 57.3% |
2008 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 40.9% | 56.4% |
2009 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 41.8% | 60.3% |
2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 50.2% | 62% |
2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.9% | 45.3% | 63.5% |
2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.3% | 54.2% | 68.8% |
2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.4% | 57.9% | 68.3% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.9% | 61.1% | 70.1% |
2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 63.4% | 69.7% |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 70% | 76.5% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 60% | 66.8% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 66.5% | 73.3% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 68% | 68.5% | 74.7% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 71.2% | 72.7% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 66.6% | 71.3% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 69% | 68.8% | 71% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 65% | 60.6% | 67.5% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 52% | 53.1% | 63.7% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 59.4% | 67.8% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 58% | 62.5% | 69.8% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 61.6% | 67.5% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 62.5% | 67.1% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 64.1% | 67.5% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 60.2% | 66.3% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 68.1% | 65.3% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 67% | 67.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 70.4% | 69.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 57.9% | 62.6% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.9% | 58.4% | 63.4% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 64.8% | 69.5% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 62.5% | 68.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 65.7% | 70.2% |
2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 45.6% | 56.8% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 47.7% | 58.9% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 46.2% | 60% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.2% | 52.7% | 60.1% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 52.5% | 63.7% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 53.6% | 63.4% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 52.5% | 62.3% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 52.9% | 67.7% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 58.1% | 70.1% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.8% | 67.2% | 75.4% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 59.4% | 71% |
2003 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 49.8% | 60.8% |
2004 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 53.7% | 64.7% |
2005 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 51.6% | 66.5% |
2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 64% | 57.1% | 67.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 47.7% | 65.9% |
2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 55.6% | 68.7% |
2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.9% | 55.3% | 69.6% |
2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 51.5% | 68.8% |
2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 53.2% | 71.9% |
2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 48.3% | 71.4% |
2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 54.1% | 71.3% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 59.2% | 68.1% |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 61.8% | 71.9% |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.9% | 57.5% | 67.8% |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 68.9% | 74.1% |
2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 67% | 66.3% | 75.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 52.3% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 47.7% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 11.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 37.8% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 62.2% |
Mean Base Salary: | $39,576.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $31,155.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $44,689.0 |
* Gaffney Middle Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.