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John H. Walker Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

325 Franklin Ave

Nutley NJ, 07110, Essex County

Phone: 973-661-8869

Ranking:

(486 out of 1,847, top 26%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Nutley Town 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:	42		44		49		44		47		47		43
Total Students:	640		638		628		599		644		682		636
Grade 7:	308	48.1%	301	47.2%	308	49.0%	293	48.9%	299	46.4%	322	47.2%	344	54.1%
Grade 8:	314	49.1%	324	50.8%	303	48.2%	295	49.2%	319	49.5%	340	49.9%	274	43.1%
Ungraded:	18	2.8%	13	2.0%	17	2.7%	11	1.8%	26	4.0%	20	2.9%	18	2.8%
Student By Gender:
Male:	333	52.0%	339	53.1%	338	53.8%	328	54.8%	329	51.1%	320	46.9%	307	48.3%
Female:	307	48.0%	299	46.9%	290	46.2%	271	45.2%	315	48.9%	362	53.1%	325	51.1%
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:	63	9.8%	62	9.7%	57	9.1%	61	10.2%	69	10.7%	71	10.4%	64	10.1%
Hispanic:	106	16.6%	95	14.9%	82	13.1%	81	13.5%	85	13.2%	75	11.0%	72	11.3%
Black:	8	1.3%	16	2.5%	13	2.1%	11	1.8%	10	1.6%	10	1.5%	9	1.4%
White:	463	72.3%	462	72.4%	476	75.8%	446	74.5%	480	74.5%	526	77.1%	491	77.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	57	8.9%	58	9.1%	47	7.5%	41	6.8%	46	7.1%	32	4.7%	22	3.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	22	3.4%	30	4.7%	16	2.5%	21	3.5%	25	3.9%	21	3.1%	19	3.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.13		14.50		12.86		13.61		13.70		13.10		14.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	94.7%	94.4%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	87.2%	87.2%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	85.3%	85.3%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	82.9%	82.9%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	79.9%	79.9%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	68.6%	68.6%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	67.3%	67.3%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	84.6%	84.2%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	82.8%	82.8%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	83.0%	83.0%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	74.7%	74.7%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	78.0%	78.0%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	77.7%	77.7%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	65.7%	65.7%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	93.4%	93.4%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	94.6%	94.6%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	90.7%	90.7%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	91.5%	91.5%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	93.8%	93.8%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	86.6%	86.6%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	79.0%	79.0%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	93.1%	93.1%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	82.3%	82.3%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	82.9%	82.9%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	80.0%	80.0%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	71.8%	71.8%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	92.0%	92.0%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	95.4%	95.4%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	89.5%	89.5%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	90.2%	90.2%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	93.1%	93.1%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	85.7%	85.7%	79.0%
GEPA
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	82.7%	82.7%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	86.0%	86.0%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	80.2%	80.2%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	83.0%	83.0%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	83.1%	83.1%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	69.4%	69.4%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	76.3%	76.3%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	71.8%	71.8%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	71.8%	71.8%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	81.8%	81.8%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	85.6%	85.6%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	87.8%	87.8%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	89.8%	89.8%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	89.3%	89.3%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	91.8%	91.8%	78.9%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* John H. Walker Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.