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Houston Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

12801 West Hawk Ln

Houston AK, 99694, Matanuska Susitna County

Phone: 907-892-9500

Ranking:

(147 out of 305, top 48%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Matanuska-Susitna Borough 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:	21		14		21		23		23		23		24
Total Students:	388		370		404		338		322		342		356
Grade 6:	109	28.1%	120	32.4%	147	36.4%	121	35.8%	113	35.1%	97	28.4%	108	30.3%
Grade 7:	131	33.8%	142	38.4%	131	32.4%	115	34.0%	98	30.4%	116	33.9%	119	33.4%
Grade 8:	148	38.1%	108	29.2%	126	31.2%	102	30.2%	111	34.5%	129	37.7%	129	36.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	218	56.2%	202	54.6%	208	51.5%	185	54.7%	168	52.2%	185	54.1%	177	49.7%
Female:	170	43.8%	168	45.4%	196	48.5%	153	45.3%	154	47.8%	157	45.9%	168	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	83	21.4%	77	20.8%	82	20.3%	62	18.3%	54	16.8%	58	17.0%	68	19.1%
Asian:	11	2.8%	11	3.0%	5	1.2%	3	0.9%	3	0.9%	4	1.2%	6	1.7%
Hispanic:	16	4.1%	16	4.3%	18	4.5%	7	2.1%	4	1.2%	4	1.2%	5	1.4%
Black:	3	0.8%	4	1.1%	5	1.2%	3	0.9%	5	1.6%	5	1.5%	7	2.0%
White:	267	68.8%	255	68.9%	283	70.0%	258	76.3%	248	77.0%	260	76.0%	263	73.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	8	2.1%	7	1.9%	11	2.7%	1	0.3%	3	0.9%	2	0.6%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	1.2%	5	1.6%	9	2.6%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	207	53.4%	180	48.6%	192	47.5%	176	52.1%	151	46.9%	131	38.3%	128	36.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	27	7.0%	24	6.5%	34	8.4%	39	11.5%	34	10.6%	47	13.7%	42	11.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.45		26.93		18.80		14.86		14.00		15.20		14.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SBA
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.9%	64%	64.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.7%	65.4%	67%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	75.7%	74.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	77.1%	74.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.6%	75.9%	69.3%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.6%	80%	74.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55.9%	77.7%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.94%	74.89%	69.50%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.94%	73.47%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67%	80%	75.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.4%	78.3%	76.1%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.6%	86.1%	80.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	85.7%	80.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70%	86.3%	77.4%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	87.1%	79.6%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.5%	85.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.12%	87.06%	77.70%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.40%	84.18%	N/A
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	56.6%	71.6%	71.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	57.1%	72.7%	72.1%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	62.8%	76.8%	72.9%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	77.5%	72.3%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	62%	81%	73.6%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	80%	72.2%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	55%	77.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	70.68%	79.55%	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	64.80%	76.49%	N/A
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.9%	65%	61%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.8%	61.6%	61.7%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.9%	71.5%	68.9%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	73.7%	68.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.5%	72.7%	66.2%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	79.6%	69.8%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	76.3%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.81%	75.93%	66.20%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.67%	77.68%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	82.7%	75.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	81%	77.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	83.9%	80.9%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.9%	86.5%	81%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	87%	79.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.3%	92.8%	83.9%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	86.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.51%	89.14%	79.40%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.78%	87.73%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64%	77.4%	70.9%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62.3%	74.1%	71.8%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	73.3%	70.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	75.3%	70.8%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	81.8%	73.5%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	82.4%	72.4%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	81%	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71.19%	83.66%	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.26%	83.03%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.6%	64.3%	62.1%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.4%	67.4%	64.6%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	73%	69.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	74.6%	68.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	74.5%	66.4%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	77.3%	70%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	77.5%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.57%	77.01%	68.90%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.78%	75.18%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	86.1%	80.2%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	88%	82.4%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	90.1%	85.9%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	89%	85.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	90.1%	81.9%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	91.2%	85.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.3%	91.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.35%	91.09%	82.80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.39%	90.77%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	57.3%	51.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	59%	54.9%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	57.3%	56.1%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	60.9%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.44%	60.17%	56.60%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.45%	61.10%	N/A
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	76.9%	73.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	83%	76.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71%	80.1%	72.5%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	78.4%	72.2%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80%	84.4%	76.4%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75%	79.1%	72.3%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	85.1%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.33%	84.14%	N/A
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.59%	84.30%	N/A

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* Houston 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.