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Northwest Jr High Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4400 32nd St

Meridian MS, 39307, Lauderdale County

Phone: 601-484-4099

Ranking:

(531 out of 672, bottom 21%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Meridian 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:	37		40		36		41		39		42		39
Total Students:	492		517		534		526		569		581		581
Grade 6:	144	29.3%	183	35.4%	171	32.0%	151	28.7%	184	32.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	167	33.9%	173	33.5%	162	30.3%	188	35.7%	164	28.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	172	35.0%	154	29.8%	189	35.4%	177	33.7%	215	37.8%	303	52.2%	67	11.5%
Ungraded:	9	1.8%	7	1.4%	12	2.2%	10	1.9%	6	1.1%	15	2.6%	96	16.5%
Student By Gender:
Male:	246	50.0%	261	50.5%	287	53.7%	278	52.9%	301	52.9%	294	50.6%	296	50.9%
Female:	246	50.0%	256	49.5%	247	46.3%	248	47.1%	268	47.1%	287	49.4%	281	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	8	1.6%	7	1.4%	6	1.1%	2	0.4%	3	0.5%	6	1.0%	8	1.4%
Hispanic:	10	2.0%	5	1.0%	5	0.9%	9	1.7%	4	0.7%	8	1.4%	8	1.4%
Black:	424	86.2%	437	84.5%	459	86.0%	450	85.6%	464	81.5%	492	84.7%	474	81.6%
White:	49	10.0%	68	13.2%	63	11.8%	64	12.2%	98	17.2%	74	12.7%	91	15.7%
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%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	373	75.8%	369	71.4%	400	74.9%	383	72.8%	370	65.0%	418	71.9%	376	64.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	23	4.7%	47	9.1%	36	6.7%	39	7.4%	39	6.9%	41	7.1%	50	8.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.32		12.78		14.70		12.84		14.46		13.90		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.1	142.7	N/A
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	144.2	N/A
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	144.6	N/A
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	146.1	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	144.3	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	145	N/A
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	144.9	N/A
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	147.2	N/A
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	146.3	N/A
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.3	143	N/A
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	146.5	N/A
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	145.6	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	147.8	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	146.6	N/A
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	147.3	N/A
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	147.9	N/A
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	144	N/A
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	143.5	N/A
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	145.1	N/A
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.5	144.4	N/A
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	145.1	N/A
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	145.9	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	142.6	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	143.1	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	146.5	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	146.2	N/A
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	146.4	N/A
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	148.6	N/A
MST
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.4%	23.7%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.7%	21%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.7%	20.3%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.6%	30.2%	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.4%	52.0%	N/A
SATP2
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	91%	N/A
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	91.9%	N/A
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	94.9%	N/A
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	95.4%	N/A
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99%	69.2%	N/A
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	29%	37%	N/A
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.3%	72.8%	N/A
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88.4%	74.8%	N/A
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.3%	82.2%	N/A
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	83.9%	N/A
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94%	75.5%	N/A
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97%	88%	N/A
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.8%	85.7%	N/A
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	96.8%	87.5%	N/A
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.1%	87.8%	N/A
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	68.9%	69.7%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	37.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,624.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,612.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,437.0

* Northwest Jr High Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.