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Nichols Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

529 North Mace St

Canton MS, 39046, Madison County

Phone: 601-859-3741

Ranking:

(561 out of 672, bottom 17%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8

School District: Canton Public 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:	29		60		59		57		59		61		55
Total Students:	404		744		713		757		794		768		743
Grade 5:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 6:	130	32.2%	272	36.6%	269	37.7%	243	32.1%	286	36.0%	295	38.4%	223	30.0%
Grade 7:	139	34.4%	265	35.6%	218	30.6%	238	31.4%	286	36.0%	210	27.3%	259	34.9%
Grade 8:	130	32.2%	194	26.1%	226	31.7%	267	35.3%	207	26.1%	247	32.2%	239	32.2%
Ungraded:	5	1.2%	13	1.7%	0	0.0%	9	1.2%	15	1.9%	16	2.1%	22	3.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	191	47.3%	372	50.0%	348	48.8%	392	51.8%	409	51.5%	380	49.5%	377	50.7%
Female:	213	52.7%	372	50.0%	365	51.2%	365	48.2%	385	48.5%	388	50.5%	362	48.7%
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:	4	1.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	4	1.0%	16	2.2%	10	1.4%	7	0.9%	5	0.6%	6	0.8%	4	0.5%
Black:	393	97.3%	721	96.9%	697	97.8%	742	98.0%	784	98.7%	761	99.1%	738	99.3%
White:	1	0.2%	3	0.4%	4	0.6%	5	0.7%	3	0.4%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.5%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	388	96.0%	705	94.8%	653	91.6%	719	95.0%	728	91.7%	707	92.1%	599	80.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	13	3.2%	26	3.5%	30	4.2%	18	2.4%	31	3.9%	27	3.5%	36	4.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.12		12.39		12.15		13.26		13.52		12.50		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	138.5	138.5	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.3	141.3	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	138.4	138.4	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	145.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	149.9	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	147.7	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139.7	139.7	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.4	140.4	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.4	140.4	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	145.9	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	150.6	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	146.5	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	138.9	138.9	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142	142	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	145.9	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.1	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	146.3	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	149.6	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.9	141.9	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	147.7	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	149.5	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	153.8	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	152.1	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139	139	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.7	142.7	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	143.3	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	145.9	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	144.9	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	145.8	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139.5	139.5	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	146.9	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	147.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	151.1	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	152.7	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	151.7	154.6
MST
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	9%	9%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15.9%	15.9%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.7%	17.7%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.1%	42.1%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	51.3%	64.0%
SATP2
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	93.9%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	94.5%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	95.1%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90%	95.2%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	62.2%	46.7%	71%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	59.9%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	65.5%	85.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	55.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	44.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,660.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,892.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,326.0

* Nichols Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.