Ira F Simmons Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1575 Patton Chapel Rd

Birmingham AL, 35226, Jefferson County

Phone: 205-439-2100

Ranking:

(68 out of 1,064, top 6%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Hoover City 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:	56		82		66		82		68		58		58
Total Students:	840		894		865		934		868		816		807
Grade 6:	264	31.4%	302	33.8%	271	31.3%	330	35.3%	300	34.6%	282	34.6%	257	31.8%
Grade 7:	294	35.0%	277	31.0%	310	35.8%	297	31.8%	303	34.9%	262	32.1%	268	33.2%
Grade 8:	282	33.6%	315	35.2%	284	32.8%	307	32.9%	265	30.5%	272	33.3%	282	34.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	428	51.0%	450	50.3%	448	51.8%	476	51.0%	432	49.8%	400	49.0%	402	49.8%
Female:	412	49.0%	444	49.7%	417	48.2%	458	49.0%	428	49.3%	408	50.0%	401	49.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	26	3.1%	31	3.5%	41	4.7%	36	3.9%	37	4.3%	41	5.0%	51	6.3%
Hispanic:	61	7.3%	72	8.1%	60	6.9%	74	7.9%	54	6.2%	52	6.4%	63	7.8%
Black:	185	22.0%	206	23.0%	192	22.2%	201	21.5%	174	20.0%	147	18.0%	143	17.7%
White:	542	64.5%	562	62.9%	568	65.7%	622	66.6%	603	69.5%	576	70.6%	550	68.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	26	3.1%	23	2.6%	4	0.5%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	203	24.2%	228	25.5%	186	21.5%	204	21.8%	157	18.1%	115	14.1%	117	14.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	50	6.0%	46	5.1%	33	3.8%	32	3.4%	31	3.6%	35	4.3%	38	4.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.88		10.92		13.07		11.41		12.76		13.90		14.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ADAW
2004	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	65.3%	N/A
2005	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	68.9%	65.5%	N/A
2006	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	69.4%	N/A
2008	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	55.47%	68.62%	N/A
2009	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	83.73%	82.02%	N/A
2004	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	65.5%	74.1%	N/A
2005	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	82.4%	N/A
2006	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81%	N/A
2008	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	85.88%	N/A
2009	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	90.73%	86.86%	N/A
2004	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	70.7%	N/A
2005	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	70%	70.3%	N/A
2006	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	75%	78.2%	N/A
2008	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	73.83%	78.93%	N/A
2009	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	88.37%	87.05%	N/A
2004	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	69%	N/A
2005	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	64.4%	65.9%	N/A
2006	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	69.2%	N/A
2008	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	70.31%	75.42%	N/A
2009	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	75.58%	78.48%	N/A
ARMT
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	84.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	86.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	87.3%	90.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	86.99%	86.99%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	90.87%	87.46%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	89.93%	88.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83.22%	86.75%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	84.89%	85.95%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	87.64%	87.31%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.1%	93.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.1%	92.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	93.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.26%	95.49%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.82%	94.81%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.53%	94.82%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.86%	93.61%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.33%	92.75%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.74%	93.36%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	87.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82%	84.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82.69%	82.85%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81.27%	80.83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82.82%	84.04%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87.67%	87.39%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77.17%	84.52%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86.19%	86.16%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.7%	92%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.9%	89.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.61%	90.86%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.81%	92.94%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.54%	93.43%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.34%	94.55%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.88%	94.42%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.78%	93.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	87.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	90.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	80.91%	86.83%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	86.76%	87.83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89.96%	90.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	96.11%	94.59%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93.83%	93.06%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89.56%	91.32%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	87.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.8%	90.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.9%	89.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.62%	90.34%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.41%	90.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.54%	90.68%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.28%	91.22%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.15%	93.43%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.16%	92.37%	N/A
ASA
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	78.71%	82.19%	N/A
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	85.83%	89.55%	N/A
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	88.81%	90.52%	N/A
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.05%	86.68%	N/A
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	86.09%	89.21%	N/A

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