Joseph L Block Jr High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2700 Cardinal Dr

East Chicago IN, 46312, Lake County

Phone: 219-391-4084

Ranking:

(1,437 out of 1,449, bottom 1%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: City of East Chicago 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:	27		49		43		38		29		32		35
Total Students:	272		646		663		644		341		389		494
Grade 7:	137	50.4%	313	48.5%	349	52.6%	345	53.6%	143	41.9%	177	45.5%	236	47.8%
Grade 8:	135	49.6%	333	51.5%	314	47.4%	299	46.4%	198	58.1%	209	53.7%	258	52.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	145	53.3%	330	51.1%	341	51.4%	315	48.9%	157	46.0%	196	50.4%	257	52.0%
Female:	127	46.7%	316	48.9%	322	48.6%	329	51.1%	175	51.3%	179	46.0%	222	44.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	85	31.3%	287	44.4%	321	48.4%	338	52.5%	148	43.4%	160	41.1%	196	39.7%
Black:	183	67.3%	340	52.6%	322	48.6%	292	45.3%	189	55.4%	215	55.3%	283	57.3%
White:	3	1.1%	11	1.7%	13	2.0%	11	1.7%	3	0.9%	7	1.8%	4	0.8%
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:	1	0.4%	6	0.9%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	235	86.4%	584	90.4%	569	85.8%	585	90.8%	319	93.5%	333	85.6%	408	82.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	11	4.0%	25	3.9%	31	4.7%	21	3.3%	11	3.2%	21	5.4%	33	6.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.07		13.18		15.42		16.90		11.76		12.20		14.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ECA
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84%	35%	N/A
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	53.1%	39.2%	N/A
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88.9%	43.2%	N/A
ISTEP+
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	38%	45%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	46%	47%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	44%	47%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	39%	47%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	32%	39%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	58%	54%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	58.4%	58.4%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	44.6%	44.6%	N/A
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43%	45%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59%	62%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58%	61%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53%	59%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	32%	40%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39%	35%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.6%	34.6%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	32.5%	32.5%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	20%	24%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	39.3%	39.3%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	30.5%	30.5%	N/A
2004	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	43%	42%	N/A
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	42%	48%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	48%	51%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	47%	47%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	27%	36%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	47%	49%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	41.2%	41.2%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	47.7%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53%	52%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50%	52%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47%	51%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47%	50%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42%	45%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30%	34%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46%	44%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.1%	33.1%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.5%	N/A

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* Joseph L Block Jr High School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.