Independence Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

800 Independence Rd

Sophia WV, 25921, Raleigh County

Phone: 304-683-4542

Ranking:

(338 out of 558, bottom 39%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Raleigh County School District

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		41		40		42		40		40		40
Total Students:	510		471		505		520		548		525		512
Grade 6:	189	37.1%	160	34.0%	173	34.3%	153	29.4%	196	35.8%	190	36.2%	167	32.6%
Grade 7:	157	30.8%	165	35.0%	156	30.9%	186	35.8%	176	32.1%	173	33.0%	160	31.3%
Grade 8:	164	32.2%	146	31.0%	176	34.9%	181	34.8%	176	32.1%	162	30.9%	185	36.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	274	53.7%	256	54.4%	280	55.4%	290	55.8%	288	52.6%	269	51.2%	270	52.7%
Female:	236	46.3%	215	45.6%	225	44.6%	230	44.2%	260	47.4%	248	47.2%	238	46.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Asian:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	8	1.6%	6	1.3%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%
Black:	11	2.2%	10	2.1%	7	1.4%	9	1.7%	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	9	1.8%
White:	488	95.7%	453	96.2%	492	97.4%	504	96.9%	539	98.4%	521	99.2%	502	98.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	252	49.4%	262	55.6%	230	45.5%	232	44.6%	229	41.8%	244	46.5%	228	44.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	39	7.6%	45	9.6%	29	5.7%	34	6.5%	59	10.8%	47	9.0%	56	10.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.75		11.63		12.63		12.25		13.87		13.30		13.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
WESTEST 2
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	55.3	55.58	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	39.67	45.64	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	48.32	47.47	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	57.39	54.2	N/A
2009	RLA	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	64.8	62.16	N/A
2010	RLA	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	36.61	46.07	N/A
2011	RLA	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	55.7	56.22	N/A
2012	RLA	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.25	53.82	N/A
2009	Science	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	61.49	49.59	N/A
2010	Science	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.54	36.17	N/A
2011	Science	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.66	39.4	N/A
2012	Science	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	54.49	43.89	N/A
2009	Social Studies	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	61.93	59.06	N/A
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.98	36.88	N/A
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	52.05	42.82	N/A
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.45	41.61	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	43.75	56.52	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.05	42.7	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.67	46.25	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.33	57.9	N/A
2009	RLA	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	62.28	66.74	N/A
2010	RLA	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	32.94	43.5	N/A
2011	RLA	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.1	58.6	N/A
2012	RLA	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	55.03	55.73	N/A
2009	Science	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50	51.36	N/A
2010	Science	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	37.05	41.68	N/A
2011	Science	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	41.71	44.4	N/A
2012	Science	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.58	49.21	N/A
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.39	50.49	N/A
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.81	34.31	N/A
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.52	37.69	N/A
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.65	42.19	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.34	53.89	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.28	38.64	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.33	40.51	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.35	45.54	N/A
2009	RLA	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	60.24	66.26	N/A
2010	RLA	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.63	46.23	N/A
2011	RLA	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.15	53.67	N/A
2012	RLA	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.02	48.84	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	52.5	53.96	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50.28	47.66	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	38.72	37.78	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.29	47.55	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.91	55.81	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.83	38.37	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.81	35.61	N/A
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	29.51	34.24	N/A

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* Independence 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.