Ira F Simmons Middle School
1575 Patton Chapel Rd
Birmingham AL, 35226, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-439-2100
Ranking: 
(68 out of 1,064, top 6%)*
(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% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 65.5% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 69.4% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.47% | 68.62% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.73% | 82.02% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 74.1% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 82.4% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 81% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 85.88% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.73% | 86.86% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 70.7% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 70% | 70.3% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 78.2% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.83% | 78.93% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.37% | 87.05% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 69% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 65.9% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 69.2% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.31% | 75.42% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.58% | 78.48% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 84.5% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 86.8% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 90.5% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.99% | 86.99% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.87% | 87.46% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.93% | 88.4% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.22% | 86.75% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.89% | 85.95% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.64% | 87.31% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 93.1% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 92.2% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90% | 93.4% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.26% | 95.49% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.82% | 94.81% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.53% | 94.82% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.86% | 93.61% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.33% | 92.75% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.74% | 93.36% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 87.3% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 82% | 84.9% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.69% | 82.85% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.27% | 80.83% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.82% | 84.04% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.67% | 87.39% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.17% | 84.52% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.19% | 86.16% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 92% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 89.6% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.61% | 90.86% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.81% | 92.94% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.54% | 93.43% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.34% | 94.55% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.88% | 94.42% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.78% | 93.8% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 87.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 90.6% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.91% | 86.83% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.76% | 87.83% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.96% | 90.4% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.11% | 94.59% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.83% | 93.06% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.56% | 91.32% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 87.1% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 90.3% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 89.2% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.62% | 90.34% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.41% | 90.3% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.54% | 90.68% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.28% | 91.22% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.15% | 93.43% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.16% | 92.37% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.71% | 82.19% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.83% | 89.55% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.81% | 90.52% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.05% | 86.68% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.09% | 89.21% | 75.67% |
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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.