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James S. Rickards Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6000 Ne 9th Ave

Fort Lauderdale FL, 33334, Broward County

Phone: 754-322-4400

Ranking:

(1,699 out of 2,614, bottom 35%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Broward 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:	55		45		44		54		52		73		59
Total Students:	953		885		813		879		915		934		953
Grade 6:	316	33.2%	316	35.7%	254	31.2%	264	30.0%	292	31.9%	318	34.0%	294	30.8%
Grade 7:	346	36.3%	278	31.4%	280	34.4%	285	32.4%	332	36.3%	307	32.9%	347	36.4%
Grade 8:	291	30.5%	291	32.9%	279	34.3%	330	37.5%	291	31.8%	309	33.1%	312	32.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	510	53.5%	463	52.3%	442	54.4%	472	53.7%	477	52.1%	495	53.0%	505	53.0%
Female:	443	46.5%	422	47.7%	371	45.6%	407	46.3%	412	45.0%	411	44.0%	430	45.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	9	1.0%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%
Asian:	17	1.8%	20	2.3%	13	1.6%	15	1.7%	17	1.9%	18	1.9%	13	1.4%
Hispanic:	396	41.6%	368	41.6%	344	42.3%	360	41.0%	378	41.3%	369	39.5%	350	36.7%
Black:	272	28.5%	227	25.6%	192	23.6%	204	23.2%	185	20.2%	168	18.0%	169	17.7%
White:	236	24.8%	249	28.1%	245	30.1%	268	30.5%	308	33.7%	357	38.2%	406	42.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	27	2.8%	19	2.1%	18	2.2%	26	3.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	695	72.9%	589	66.6%	552	67.9%	590	67.1%	525	57.4%	433	46.4%	377	39.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	75	7.9%	95	10.7%	86	10.6%	99	11.3%	128	14.0%	128	13.7%	141	14.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.33		19.67		18.53		16.32		17.77		15.60		16.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	425	404	N/A
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	407	409	N/A
FCAT
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	312	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	316	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	322	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	317	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	324	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	325	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	330	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	328	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	220	228	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	220	228	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	300	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	302	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	315	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	308	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	317	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	316	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	319	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	319	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	226	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	226	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	320	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	323	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	323	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	320	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	320	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	238	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	229	234	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	318	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	319	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	323	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	324	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	324	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	224	232	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	232	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	317	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	320	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	322	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	323	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	328	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	328	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	330	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	330	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	234	246	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	225	238	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	301	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	301	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	305	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	306	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	314	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	316	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	318	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	315	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	231	238	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	231	239	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	290	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	297	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	304	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	306	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	313	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	312	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	314	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	190	199	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	63.0%	66.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	37.0%	33.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	42.6%	37.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	57.4%	62.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,267.0	$42,448.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,420.0	$36,873.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,605.0	$46,432.0

* James S. Rickards 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.