James A. Shanks Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1400 West King St

Quincy FL, 32351, Gadsden County

Phone: 850-875-8737

Ranking:

(2,401 out of 2,614, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Gadsden County 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:	33		36		39		42		41		46		45
Total Students:	556		599		584		593		593		596		617
Grade 6:	182	32.7%	233	38.9%	204	34.9%	226	38.1%	200	33.7%	207	34.7%	252	40.8%
Grade 7:	208	37.4%	180	30.1%	204	34.9%	187	31.5%	190	32.0%	230	38.6%	188	30.5%
Grade 8:	166	29.9%	186	31.1%	176	30.1%	180	30.4%	203	34.2%	159	26.7%	177	28.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	274	49.3%	292	48.7%	284	48.6%	296	49.9%	289	48.7%	298	50.0%	318	51.5%
Female:	282	50.7%	307	51.3%	300	51.4%	297	50.1%	286	48.2%	284	47.7%	291	47.2%
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:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	5	0.8%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	97	17.4%	112	18.7%	98	16.8%	110	18.5%	116	19.6%	98	16.4%	99	16.0%
Black:	447	80.4%	474	79.1%	465	79.6%	465	78.4%	456	76.9%	483	81.0%	502	81.4%
White:	8	1.4%	4	0.7%	7	1.2%	6	1.0%	8	1.3%	8	1.3%	11	1.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.7%	8	1.3%	12	2.1%	6	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	327	58.8%	512	85.5%	517	88.5%	488	82.3%	479	80.8%	493	82.7%	434	70.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	18	3.0%	25	4.3%	26	4.4%	50	8.4%	57	9.6%	70	11.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.85		16.64		14.97		14.12		14.46		14.40		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	415	389	N/A
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	403	390	N/A
FCAT
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	270	269	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	275	283	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	275	275	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	272	276	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	282	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	297	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	303	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	298	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	219	220	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	220	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	266	264	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	267	272	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	278	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	272	274	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	282	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	288	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	285	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	278	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	215	216	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	215	216	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	284	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	290	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	292	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	299	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	299	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	225	225	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	223	226	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	277	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	281	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288	292	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	298	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	296	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	216	217	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	223	224	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	272	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285	282	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	278	278	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	291	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	297	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297	298	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	304	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	319	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	241	239	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	233	232	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	258	258	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	272	266	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	269	266	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279	274	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285	279	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	282	282	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	288	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	297	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	231	229	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	225	226	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	245	244	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	263	259	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	264	264	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	258	261	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	276	275	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	290	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	288	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	183	186	N/A

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Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	75.0%	70.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	25.0%	29.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%	22.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%	77.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$34,563.0	$33,033.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,629.0	$28,805.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$38,496.0	$36,479.0

* James A. Shanks Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.