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Palmer Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1159 South Chugach

Palmer AK, 99645, Matanuska Susitna County

Phone: 907-761-4300

Ranking:

(54 out of 305, top 18%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Matanuska-Susitna Borough 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:	30		25		34		37		39		40		38
Total Students:	641		605		637		575		598		631		670
Grade 6:	219	34.2%	197	32.6%	234	36.7%	177	30.8%	182	30.4%	198	31.4%	219	32.7%
Grade 7:	193	30.1%	223	36.9%	192	30.1%	190	33.0%	205	34.3%	215	34.1%	212	31.6%
Grade 8:	229	35.7%	185	30.6%	211	33.1%	208	36.2%	211	35.3%	218	34.5%	239	35.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	310	48.4%	301	49.8%	337	52.9%	312	54.3%	309	51.7%	315	49.9%	326	48.7%
Female:	331	51.6%	304	50.2%	300	47.1%	263	45.7%	289	48.3%	316	50.1%	321	47.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	143	22.3%	108	17.9%	102	16.0%	63	11.0%	70	11.7%	70	11.1%	84	12.5%
Asian:	19	3.0%	23	3.8%	19	3.0%	6	1.0%	5	0.8%	6	1.0%	11	1.6%
Hispanic:	16	2.5%	18	3.0%	18	2.8%	13	2.3%	11	1.8%	16	2.5%	12	1.8%
Black:	16	2.5%	13	2.1%	10	1.6%	6	1.0%	9	1.5%	8	1.3%	9	1.3%
White:	441	68.8%	437	72.2%	477	74.9%	476	82.8%	479	80.1%	512	81.1%	535	79.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	6	0.9%	5	0.8%	9	1.4%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	9	1.6%	22	3.7%	16	2.5%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	219	34.2%	222	36.7%	206	32.3%	157	27.3%	160	26.8%	173	27.4%	164	24.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	44	6.9%	46	7.6%	59	9.3%	48	8.3%	53	8.9%	42	6.7%	88	13.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.19		24.32		19.01		15.75		15.41		15.80		17.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SBA
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67%	64%	64.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	65.4%	67%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	75.7%	74.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	77.1%	74.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.6%	75.9%	69.3%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	80%	74.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	77.7%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.17%	74.89%	69.50%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.05%	73.47%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.6%	80%	75.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	78.3%	76.1%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.9%	86.1%	80.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	85.7%	80.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	86.3%	77.4%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.6%	87.1%	79.6%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	85.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.78%	87.06%	77.70%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.70%	84.18%	N/A
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	71.6%	71.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	72.7%	72.1%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	76.8%	72.9%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	77.5%	72.3%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81%	73.6%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	80%	72.2%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	77.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78.02%	79.55%	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	80.43%	76.49%	N/A
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.1%	65%	61%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	61.6%	61.7%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	71.5%	68.9%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	73.7%	68.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.6%	72.7%	66.2%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.4%	79.6%	69.8%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	76.3%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.26%	75.93%	66.20%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.65%	77.68%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82%	82.7%	75.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	81%	77.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.9%	83.9%	80.9%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	86.5%	81%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.4%	87%	79.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95.5%	92.8%	83.9%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	86.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.59%	89.14%	79.40%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.57%	87.73%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	77.4%	70.9%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	74.1%	71.8%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.3%	70.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	76.5%	75.3%	70.8%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	84%	81.8%	73.5%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	82.4%	72.4%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	81%	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.61%	83.66%	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.33%	83.03%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	64.3%	62.1%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	67.4%	64.6%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	73%	69.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	74.6%	68.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	74.5%	66.4%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	77.3%	70%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	77.5%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.88%	77.01%	68.90%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.98%	75.18%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	86.1%	80.2%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	88%	82.4%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	90.1%	85.9%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	85.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	90.1%	81.9%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.8%	91.2%	85.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	91.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.12%	91.09%	82.80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.66%	90.77%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	57.3%	51.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	59%	54.9%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	57.3%	56.1%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.7%	60.9%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.02%	60.17%	56.60%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.54%	61.10%	N/A
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	76.9%	73.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	83%	76.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	80.1%	72.5%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86%	78.4%	72.2%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.4%	84.4%	76.4%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.1%	79.1%	72.3%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	85.1%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.77%	84.14%	N/A
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.87%	84.30%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Palmer 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.