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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	60
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	39.67	45.64	43
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	48.32	47.47	45
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	57.39	54.2	48
2009	RLA	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	64.8	62.16	65
2010	RLA	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	36.61	46.07	43
2011	RLA	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	55.7	56.22	50
2012	RLA	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.25	53.82	51
2009	Science	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	61.49	49.59	58
2010	Science	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.54	36.17	40
2011	Science	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.66	39.4	41
2012	Science	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	54.49	43.89	42
2009	Social Studies	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	61.93	59.06	60
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.98	36.88	34
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	52.05	42.82	35
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.45	41.61	34
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	43.75	56.52	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.05	42.7	47
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.67	46.25	44
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.33	57.9	51
2009	RLA	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	62.28	66.74	63
2010	RLA	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	32.94	43.5	43
2011	RLA	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.1	58.6	51
2012	RLA	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	55.03	55.73	49
2009	Science	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50	51.36	54
2010	Science	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	37.05	41.68	43
2011	Science	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	41.71	44.4	42
2012	Science	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.58	49.21	45
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.39	50.49	52
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.81	34.31	39
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.52	37.69	38
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.65	42.19	40
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.34	53.89	53
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.28	38.64	37
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.33	40.51	40
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.35	45.54	42
2009	RLA	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	60.24	66.26	61
2010	RLA	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.63	46.23	42
2011	RLA	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.15	53.67	48
2012	RLA	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.02	48.84	47
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	52.5	53.96	55
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50.28	47.66	46
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	38.72	37.78	42
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.29	47.55	47
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.91	55.81	58
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.83	38.37	33
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.81	35.61	36
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	29.51	34.24	34

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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.