James E Shepard Middle Middle School
2401 Dakota St
Durham NC, 27707, Durham County
Phone: 919-560-3938
Ranking: 
(1,475 out of 1,874, bottom 21%)*
(1,475 out of 1,874, bottom 21%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Durham Public Schools
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: | 36 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 32 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 526 | 519 | 496 | 435 | 412 | 451 | 425 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 179 | 34.0% | 190 | 36.6% | 189 | 38.1% | 158 | 36.3% | 132 | 32.0% | 164 | 36.4% | 133 | 31.3% |
| Grade 7: | 175 | 33.3% | 179 | 34.5% | 157 | 31.7% | 135 | 31.0% | 155 | 37.6% | 137 | 30.4% | 154 | 36.2% |
| Grade 8: | 172 | 32.7% | 150 | 28.9% | 150 | 30.2% | 142 | 32.6% | 125 | 30.3% | 150 | 33.3% | 138 | 32.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 274 | 52.1% | 253 | 48.7% | 245 | 49.4% | 212 | 48.7% | 196 | 47.6% | 210 | 46.6% | 190 | 44.7% |
| Female: | 252 | 47.9% | 266 | 51.3% | 251 | 50.6% | 223 | 51.3% | 208 | 50.5% | 233 | 51.7% | 216 | 50.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 5 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.9% | 4 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.9% |
| Hispanic: | 115 | 21.9% | 106 | 20.4% | 75 | 15.1% | 47 | 10.8% | 47 | 11.4% | 44 | 9.8% | 39 | 9.2% |
| Black: | 397 | 75.5% | 399 | 76.9% | 409 | 82.5% | 376 | 86.4% | 356 | 86.4% | 394 | 87.4% | 354 | 83.3% |
| White: | 5 | 1.0% | 6 | 1.2% | 8 | 1.6% | 5 | 1.1% | 5 | 1.2% | 10 | 2.2% | 13 | 3.1% |
| 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: | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 330 | 62.7% | 325 | 62.6% | 300 | 60.5% | 240 | 55.2% | 207 | 50.2% | 149 | 33.0% | 181 | 42.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 52 | 9.9% | 44 | 8.5% | 44 | 8.9% | 49 | 11.3% | 37 | 9.0% | 51 | 11.3% | 44 | 10.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.82 | 15.00 | 16.53 | 15.15 | 13.97 | 15.00 | 13.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOC | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 93.8% | 66.2% | 82.6% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 59.2% | 51.9% | 66.7% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 66.7% | 52.3% | 69% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 66.7% | 46.8% | 67.7% |
| 2010 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 94.1% | 59.2% | 77.8% |
| 2011 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 62.9% | 76.7% |
| 2012 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 67.1% | 78.7% |
| 2013 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 42.3% | 23.0% | 36.3% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 48.8% | 68.8% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 45.3% | 63.3% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 45.4% | 67.9% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 83.3% | 51.6% | 73.3% |
| 2010 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 88.2% | 63.1% | 82.3% |
| EOG | ||||||
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 47% | 61.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 58% | 50.9% | 64.6% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 69% | 53.5% | 68.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 60.4% | 78.1% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 66% | 80.5% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 67.1% | 80.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 66.7% | 80.5% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 30.1% | 25.9% | 38.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 69.5% | 81.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 70.5% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.4% | 43.6% | 59.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 52.7% | 71% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 59.3% | 75.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 51% | 58.1% | 75.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.9% | 59% | 75.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 36.6% | 37.1% | 46.4% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 49.2% | 61.8% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 49.9% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 52.5% | 67.3% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 64.6% | 78.4% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 62.5% | 80.2% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 67.7% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 70.7% | 81.1% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 10.7% | 22.6% | 38.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 79.8% | 86.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83% | 77.6% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 35.7% | 51.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 51.5% | 65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 48.5% | 66.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 52% | 67.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 54% | 68.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.2% | 34.9% | 47.8% |
| 2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 40% | 46% |
| 2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 41.8% | 50.4% |
| 2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 43.5% | 57.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 50.9% | 60.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 48.9% | 65.1% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 50.1% | 68.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 62.9% | 80.4% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 82% | 68.8% | 83.9% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | 71.8% | 84.4% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 77.1% | 85.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 8.8% | 24.0% | 34.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 80.2% | 86.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 80.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.5% | 40.9% | 54.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 49.4% | 66.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 53.2% | 69.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 53.3% | 69.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 57.8% | 71.1% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.4% | 31.0% | 41.0% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 35% | 43.9% | 51.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 54.5% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 59.2% | 72.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 60% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 66.4% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.9% | 48.4% | 59.1% |
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* James E Shepard Middle Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.