Girard Middle School
600 Girard Ave
Dothan AL, 36303, Houston County
Phone: 334-794-1426
Ranking: 
(658 out of 1,064, bottom 38%)*
(658 out of 1,064, bottom 38%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Dothan City 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 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 44 | 26 | 26 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 510 | 481 | 522 | 529 | 541 | 394 | 419 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 178 | 34.9% | 171 | 35.6% | 199 | 38.1% | 184 | 34.8% | 192 | 35.5% | 111 | 28.2% | 130 | 31.0% |
| Grade 7: | 170 | 33.3% | 150 | 31.2% | 158 | 30.3% | 181 | 34.2% | 161 | 29.8% | 141 | 35.8% | 164 | 39.1% |
| Grade 8: | 162 | 31.8% | 160 | 33.3% | 165 | 31.6% | 164 | 31.0% | 187 | 34.6% | 142 | 36.0% | 125 | 29.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 291 | 57.1% | 276 | 57.4% | 281 | 53.8% | 281 | 53.1% | 294 | 54.3% | 204 | 51.8% | 222 | 53.0% |
| Female: | 219 | 42.9% | 205 | 42.6% | 241 | 46.2% | 248 | 46.9% | 239 | 44.2% | 182 | 46.2% | 193 | 46.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% |
| Asian: | 6 | 1.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.9% | 6 | 1.5% | 4 | 1.0% |
| Hispanic: | 18 | 3.5% | 15 | 3.1% | 19 | 3.6% | 23 | 4.3% | 22 | 4.1% | 19 | 4.8% | 15 | 3.6% |
| Black: | 403 | 79.0% | 372 | 77.3% | 396 | 75.9% | 383 | 72.4% | 382 | 70.6% | 256 | 65.0% | 267 | 63.7% |
| White: | 66 | 12.9% | 84 | 17.5% | 104 | 19.9% | 117 | 22.1% | 132 | 24.4% | 111 | 28.2% | 131 | 31.3% |
| 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: | 13 | 2.5% | 7 | 1.5% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 358 | 70.2% | 394 | 81.9% | 393 | 75.3% | 367 | 69.4% | 399 | 73.8% | 247 | 62.7% | 248 | 59.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 22 | 4.3% | 18 | 3.7% | 12 | 2.3% | 20 | 3.8% | 35 | 6.5% | 34 | 8.6% | 45 | 10.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.89 | 13.00 | 14.91 | 14.51 | 12.30 | 15.20 | 16.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.7% | 39.4% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 23.8% | 40.4% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.2% | 45.7% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.76% | 58.12% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.33% | 60.46% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 49.7% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 63.5% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 66.6% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 76% | 72.69% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 73.45% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 49.8% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.8% | 41.4% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 52.5% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.45% | 61.61% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.67% | 68.79% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 52.9% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 53.2% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 55% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.53% | 71.17% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 72.22% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 50.1% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 61.4% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 70.2% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.52% | 69.47% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.64% | 67.83% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.72% | 71.01% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.85% | 75.37% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.63% | 74.24% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.53% | 80.55% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 79.1% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 79.1% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 81.5% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.59% | 86.63% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.21% | 83.81% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.09% | 86.83% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.46% | 85.53% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.53% | 89.47% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.81% | 92.59% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 45.6% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 56.3% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.06% | 52.45% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.76% | 55.02% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.78% | 62.19% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.43% | 72.37% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.61% | 78.11% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.31% | 79.26% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 72.5% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 74.3% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.54% | 77.37% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.75% | 79.27% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.74% | 82.09% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.93% | 85.35% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.71% | 87.08% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.79% | 89.14% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 51.1% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 69.2% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.4% | 59.34% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.85% | 67.72% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 76.49% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.26% | 84.66% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.62% | 85.98% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.64% | 83.58% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 52.7% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 65.1% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 72.9% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.99% | 72.48% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.39% | 77.17% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.13% | 76.72% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.85% | 75.43% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.42% | 80.37% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.62% | 79% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.22% | 57.4% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.77% | 67.59% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.55% | 62.81% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 59.17% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.35% | 68.37% | 75.67% |
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* Girard Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.