Hephzibah Middle School
2427 Mims Rd Hephzibah GA, 30815, Richmond County Phone: 706-592-4534 Ranking:  (1,500 out of 1,747, bottom 14%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Richmond 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: | 31 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 52 | 54 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 538 | 537 | 521 | 474 | 547 | 802 | 834 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 182 | 33.8% | 180 | 33.5% | 186 | 35.7% | 161 | 34.0% | 184 | 33.6% | 231 | 28.8% | 263 | 31.5% |
| Grade 7: | 185 | 34.4% | 172 | 32.0% | 174 | 33.4% | 158 | 33.3% | 179 | 32.7% | 273 | 34.0% | 275 | 33.0% |
| Grade 8: | 171 | 31.8% | 185 | 34.5% | 161 | 30.9% | 155 | 32.7% | 184 | 33.6% | 298 | 37.2% | 296 | 35.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 296 | 55.0% | 281 | 52.3% | 264 | 50.7% | 251 | 53.0% | 294 | 53.7% | 410 | 51.1% | 423 | 50.7% |
| Female: | 242 | 45.0% | 256 | 47.7% | 257 | 49.3% | 223 | 47.0% | 253 | 46.3% | 362 | 45.1% | 386 | 46.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 2 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.7% | 5 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.1% | 6 | 1.1% | 4 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.7% |
| Hispanic: | 18 | 3.3% | 16 | 3.0% | 18 | 3.5% | 10 | 2.1% | 1 | 0.2% | 20 | 2.5% | 18 | 2.2% |
| Black: | 207 | 38.5% | 196 | 36.5% | 181 | 34.7% | 187 | 39.5% | 271 | 49.5% | 236 | 29.4% | 271 | 32.5% |
| White: | 291 | 54.1% | 301 | 56.1% | 309 | 59.3% | 263 | 55.5% | 266 | 48.6% | 520 | 64.8% | 517 | 62.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 7 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.1% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 12 | 2.2% | 13 | 2.4% | 7 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.3% | 2 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 521 | 96.8% | 380 | 70.8% | 338 | 64.9% | 295 | 62.2% | 310 | 56.7% | 380 | 47.4% | 395 | 47.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 27 | 5.0% | 36 | 6.9% | 32 | 6.8% | 56 | 10.2% | 95 | 11.8% | 94 | 11.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.35 | 16.27 | 16.81 | 14.36 | 14.39 | 15.40 | 15.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 74% | 75.7% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 79.1% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 82% | 87.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 86% | 88.1% | 90.5% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 87.9% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 83.8% | 91.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 82% | 92% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 86.0% | 92.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 40.7% | 62% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 44.2% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.2% | 51.9% | 69.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 61.2% | 74.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 57.4% | 75% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 54.4% | 76.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 57.3% | 80% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 62.9% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 79.5% | 86% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 82.1% | 89.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 86.8% | 91.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 86.4% | 89.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 86.4% | 91% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 89.4% | 93.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93% | 91.5% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.0% | 92.6% | 96.0% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 44% | 41.7% | 61% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 48% | 42.1% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.9% | 48.9% | 66.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.7% | 47.5% | 68.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | 46.8% | 70% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 48.6% | 70.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 45.4% | 73% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 51.2% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 75% | 76.2% | 85% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 74% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 21.5% | 38.2% | 64% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 45.1% | 71.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 43.4% | 73% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 56.0% | 77.5% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 73.8% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 84.1% | 89.2% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 84.5% | 89.7% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 83% | 84.1% | 89.4% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 87.5% | 91% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 86.7% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 89.6% | 94% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 87.1% | 93.0% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 67.7% | 80% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 57.5% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 67.7% | 79.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 73.5% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 72.3% | 86% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 76.9% | 89.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 80% | 91% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 75.1% | 89.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 69.2% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 78% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 80% | 88% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 84% | 89.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89% | 85.1% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 82.9% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 89.4% | 94% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 91.1% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 45.3% | 63% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 56.5% | 70% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 61% | 75.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 62.9% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 67.2% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 68.2% | 82.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 73.8% | 85% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.0% | 73.2% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 76.8% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 74% | 77.7% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.7% | 44.1% | 71% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 51.5% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 54.8% | 78% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 62.7% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 82% | 87% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 83.7% | 88.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 83.9% | 89.3% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 87.1% | 91.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 87% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 88.3% | 92.8% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 91.4% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 91.5% | 94.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 63.9% | 77% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 71% | 81.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.7% | 45.2% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 50.8% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 54.4% | 74% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 60.1% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73% | 60.5% | 77% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 66.8% | 83.0% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 85.2% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 82.8% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 85.3% | 90.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 85.8% | 92.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 90.6% | 95% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 93.6% | 96% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90% | 91.9% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 95.1% | 96.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 66.2% | 76% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 61.6% | 74% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 41.7% | 59.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 43% | 64.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 42.5% | 66% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 46.1% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 51.8% | 74% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 56.2% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 80.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 77.5% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 39.9% | 58.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 44.1% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 48.7% | 70% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 51.5% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 60% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 63.8% | 77.9% |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 71% | 42% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 94.1% | 35.2% | 65% |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 72.3% | 29.7% | 36.9% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 90.1% | 54.7% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 88.8% | 62.8% | 72.2% |
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* Hephzibah Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.