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Gerald Otte Blair Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

555 Jackson St

Blair NE, 68008, Washington County

Phone: 402-426-3678

Ranking:

(151 out of 761, top 20%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Blair Community Schools

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:	36		36		38		36		36		36		36
Total Students:	583		555		554		530		537		514		552
Grade 6:	210	36.0%	181	32.6%	180	32.5%	185	34.9%	192	35.8%	160	31.1%	188	34.1%
Grade 7:	181	31.0%	183	33.0%	185	33.4%	190	35.8%	160	29.8%	185	36.0%	169	30.6%
Grade 8:	192	32.9%	191	34.4%	189	34.1%	155	29.2%	185	34.5%	168	32.7%	195	35.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	295	50.6%	291	52.4%	291	52.5%	288	54.3%	272	50.7%	261	50.8%	277	50.2%
Female:	288	49.4%	264	47.6%	263	47.5%	242	45.7%	257	47.9%	245	47.7%	271	49.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.9%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%
Hispanic:	22	3.8%	15	2.7%	17	3.1%	19	3.6%	18	3.4%	17	3.3%	15	2.7%
Black:	7	1.2%	7	1.3%	3	0.5%	3	0.6%	6	1.1%	7	1.4%	10	1.8%
White:	539	92.5%	515	92.8%	519	93.7%	495	93.4%	508	94.6%	487	94.7%	525	95.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.0%	11	2.0%	12	2.2%	8	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	113	19.4%	74	13.3%	91	16.4%	93	17.5%	94	17.5%	56	10.9%	56	10.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	6.5%	37	6.7%	25	4.5%	31	5.8%	31	5.8%	33	6.4%	28	5.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.05		15.42		14.77		14.79		14.98		14.40		15.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NeSA
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	109.90	109.90	100.35
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	106.98	106.98	106.09
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	104.21	104.21	106.35
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	105.97	105.97	101.38
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	122.38	122.38	108.81
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	121.36	121.36	112.59
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	117.65	117.65	115.06
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	107.20	107.20	98.68
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	116.14	116.14	103.91
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	124.02	124.02	105.64
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	116.22	116.22	104.30
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	121.40	121.40	110.38
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	132.15	132.15	115.94
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	141.51	141.51	121.73
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	103.16	103.16	97.89
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	109.78	109.78	99.25
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	126.97	126.97	102.15
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	113.23	113.23	102.43
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	117.36	117.36	106.08
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	113.40	113.40	108.89
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	128.44	128.44	115.20
2012	Science	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	111.96	111.96	99.80
2013	Science	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	121.37	121.37	102.54
2012	Writing	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	42.34	42.34	44.19
2013	Writing	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	44.21	44.21	44.89

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	27.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	72.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	9.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,516.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$28,985.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,969.0

* Gerald Otte Blair 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.