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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	402
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	407	409	406
FCAT
2004	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	295	312	301
2005	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	316	305
2006	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	322	312
2007	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	317	307
2008	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	324	313
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	325	316
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	330	319
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	328	319
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	220	228	227
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	220	228	226
2004	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	284	300	297
2005	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286	302	299
2006	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	315	311
2007	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	308	306
2008	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	317	310
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	316	313
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293	319	315
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	319	315
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	218	226	225
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	221	226	225
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	320	312
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	323	315
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	323	314
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	320	314
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	320	314
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	238	236
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	229	234	235
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	318	313
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	319	315
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	323	318
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	324	322
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302	324	322
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	224	232	231
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	227	232	231
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	317	311
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	320	313
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	322	314
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	323	318
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325	328	324
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	328	322
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326	330	324
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	330	325
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	234	246	243
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	225	238	240
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290	301	295
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	301	297
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	305	299
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299	306	303
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304	314	310
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	316	312
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	318	312
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	315	313
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	231	238	237
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	231	239	237
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274	290	289
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	297	298
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291	304	305
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292	306	305
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301	313	310
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294	312	315
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	283	314	316
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	190	199	200

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.