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Horizon Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

915 West 35th St

Kearney NE, 68845, Buffalo County

Phone: 308-698-8120

Ranking:

(332 out of 761, top 44%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Kearney Public 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:	40		40		40		40		40		40		39
Total Students:	540		549		556		549		512		520		533
Grade 6:	170	31.5%	187	34.1%	182	32.7%	186	33.9%	174	34.0%	173	33.3%	154	28.9%
Grade 7:	181	33.5%	180	32.8%	187	33.6%	174	31.7%	182	35.5%	154	29.6%	185	34.7%
Grade 8:	189	35.0%	182	33.2%	187	33.6%	189	34.4%	156	30.5%	193	37.1%	194	36.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	300	55.6%	296	53.9%	299	53.8%	295	53.7%	262	51.2%	273	52.5%	270	50.7%
Female:	240	44.4%	253	46.1%	257	46.2%	254	46.3%	242	47.3%	239	46.0%	259	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	6	1.1%	5	1.0%	4	0.8%	9	1.7%
Asian:	6	1.1%	8	1.5%	8	1.4%	8	1.5%	7	1.4%	9	1.7%	7	1.3%
Hispanic:	70	13.0%	68	12.4%	77	13.8%	73	13.3%	63	12.3%	63	12.1%	59	11.1%
Black:	8	1.5%	8	1.5%	13	2.3%	16	2.9%	13	2.5%	15	2.9%	16	3.0%
White:	443	82.0%	453	82.5%	448	80.6%	444	80.9%	424	82.8%	429	82.5%	442	82.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	8	1.5%	8	1.5%	5	0.9%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	159	29.4%	166	30.2%	172	30.9%	161	29.3%	146	28.5%	140	26.9%	142	26.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	45	8.3%	57	10.4%	53	9.5%	32	5.8%	58	11.3%	53	10.2%	36	6.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.48		13.72		13.89		13.68		12.75		13.00		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NeSA
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	102.58	99.86	100.35
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	99.86	104.39	106.09
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	104.28	105.39	106.35
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	101.22	103.08	101.38
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	116.52	113.29	108.81
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	120.08	117.11	112.59
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	117.38	117.16	115.06
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	98.80	97.63	98.68
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	104.03	103.06	103.91
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	98.09	102.04	105.64
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	114.60	111.14	104.30
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	122.32	120.05	110.38
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	120.95	120.31	115.94
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	117.21	118.91	121.73
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	103.43	102.73	97.89
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	95.95	98.29	99.25
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	105.02	100.33	102.15
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	109.46	105.96	102.43
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	123.37	120.07	106.08
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	121.27	120.46	108.89
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	124.15	122.77	115.20
2012	Science	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	93.15	98.56	99.80
2013	Science	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	107.19	105.25	102.54
2012	Writing	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	45.03	45.62	44.19
2013	Writing	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	47.31	44.99	44.89

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	36.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	63.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	13.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	86.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,217.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,984.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,190.0

* Horizon Middle School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.