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Lowell Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

750 Foreman St

Lowell MI, 49331, Kent County

Phone: 616-987-2800

Ranking:

(399 out of 2,213, top 18%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Lowell Area Schools

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	40		41		42		42		44		45		44
Total Students:	824		859		854		855		839		842		818
Grade 6:	275	33.4%	271	31.5%	277	32.4%	304	35.6%	262	31.2%	283	33.6%	259	31.7%
Grade 7:	274	33.3%	281	32.7%	303	35.5%	270	31.6%	287	34.2%	274	32.5%	277	33.9%
Grade 8:	275	33.4%	307	35.7%	274	32.1%	281	32.9%	290	34.6%	285	33.8%	282	34.5%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	443	53.8%	478	55.6%	475	55.6%	461	53.9%	439	52.3%	440	52.3%	422	51.6%
Female:	381	46.2%	381	44.4%	379	44.4%	394	46.1%	392	46.7%	394	46.8%	392	47.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	5	0.6%	9	1.1%	10	1.2%	13	1.6%
Asian:	3	0.4%	2	0.2%	6	0.7%	5	0.6%	8	1.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	21	2.5%	19	2.2%	22	2.6%	21	2.5%	13	1.5%	5	0.6%	3	0.4%
Black:	13	1.6%	15	1.7%	17	2.0%	20	2.3%	14	1.7%	11	1.3%	7	0.9%
White:	774	93.9%	810	94.3%	800	93.7%	800	93.6%	795	94.8%	815	96.8%	794	97.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	4	0.5%	5	0.6%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	10	1.2%	8	0.9%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	199	24.2%	194	22.6%	227	26.6%	192	22.5%	183	21.8%	123	14.6%	108	13.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	52	6.3%	61	7.1%	70	8.2%	74	8.7%	78	9.3%	79	9.4%	58	7.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.46		21.19		20.36		20.54		19.12		18.90		18.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.2%	79.2%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	86.8%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	83.7%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.7%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.3%	92.3%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49.8%	49.8%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.9%	54.9%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.5%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.5%	90.5%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.7%	92.7%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.4%	93.4%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	75.9%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.1%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	80.2%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	87.7%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	33.1%	33.1%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	37.2%	37.2%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	80.7%	80.7%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.6%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	85.3%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	80.4%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	83.9%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.1%	89.1%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	92.2%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.1%	93.1%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.9%	59.9%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.5%	56.5%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.8%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.3%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.4%	90.4%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.3%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	87.7%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.6%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.8%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	79.2%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	69.3%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	86.1%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.1%	91.1%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.3%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.5%	78.5%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.9%	67.9%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	75.8%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.1%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	85.3%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	83.7%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.8%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.7%	77.7%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	28.7%	28.7%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.7%	53.7%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.5%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	87.8%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.5%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	87.4%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.1%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	67.3%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.4%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	87.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	87.9%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	86.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.3%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	86.4%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	84.5%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	23.9%	23.9%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.2%	29.2%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	70.5%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	71.9%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	80.2%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.1%	74.2%

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* Lowell Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.