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Liberal South Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

950 South Grant Ave

Liberal KS, 67901, Seward County

Phone: 620-604-1300

Ranking:

(964 out of 973, bottom 1%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Liberal Unified School District 480

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:	32		31		31		31		28		29		28
Total Students:	302		319		295		319		319		327		350
Grade 7:	151	50.0%	149	46.7%	155	52.5%	153	48.0%	159	49.8%	150	45.9%	182	52.0%
Grade 8:	151	50.0%	170	53.3%	140	47.5%	166	52.0%	160	50.2%	177	54.1%	168	48.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	156	51.7%	165	51.7%	158	53.6%	168	52.7%	171	53.6%	160	48.9%	170	48.6%
Female:	146	48.3%	154	48.3%	137	46.4%	151	47.3%	148	46.4%	157	48.0%	175	50.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	2.3%	11	3.4%	5	1.7%	5	1.6%	6	1.9%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%
Asian:	2	0.7%	5	1.6%	6	2.0%	7	2.2%	9	2.8%	7	2.1%	4	1.1%
Hispanic:	263	87.1%	263	82.4%	243	82.4%	257	80.6%	259	81.2%	265	81.0%	303	86.6%
Black:	5	1.7%	2	0.6%	7	2.4%	6	1.9%	7	2.2%	19	5.8%	13	3.7%
White:	19	6.3%	33	10.3%	31	10.5%	38	11.9%	31	9.7%	32	9.8%	28	8.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	2.0%	5	1.6%	3	1.0%	5	1.6%	6	1.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	228	75.5%	258	80.9%	226	76.6%	244	76.5%	231	72.4%	230	70.3%	236	67.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	42	13.9%	29	9.1%	36	12.2%	41	12.9%	52	16.3%	60	18.3%	56	16.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	9.59		10.46		9.58		10.29		11.39		11.30		12.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
KS State Assessment
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39.77%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.15%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37.75%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.75%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.11%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.35%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.45%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.38%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.44%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.32%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	40.94%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	54.14%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	58.28%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.31%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.85%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27.74%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31.76%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.14%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.38%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.59%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.19%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.9%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.21%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.96%	N/A	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	78.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	21.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	17.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	82.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,604.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,848.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,290.0

* Liberal South Middle Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.