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Palos South Middle School, 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: | 46 | 47 | 46 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 44 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 624 | 645 | 671 | 670 | 668 | 673 | 720 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 203 | 32.5% | 191 | 29.6% | 215 | 32.0% | 232 | 34.6% | 209 | 31.3% | 215 | 31.9% | 219 | 30.4% |
| Grade 7: | 197 | 31.6% | 216 | 33.5% | 238 | 35.5% | 210 | 31.3% | 223 | 33.4% | 222 | 33.0% | 237 | 32.9% |
| Grade 8: | 224 | 35.9% | 238 | 36.9% | 218 | 32.5% | 227 | 33.9% | 235 | 35.2% | 236 | 35.1% | 264 | 36.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 293 | 47.0% | 316 | 49.0% | 342 | 51.0% | 340 | 50.7% | 298 | 44.6% | 357 | 53.0% | 339 | 47.1% |
| Female: | 331 | 53.0% | 329 | 51.0% | 329 | 49.0% | 330 | 49.3% | 345 | 51.6% | 298 | 44.3% | 361 | 50.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 19 | 3.0% | 19 | 2.9% | 16 | 2.4% | 14 | 2.1% | 14 | 2.1% | 11 | 1.6% | 16 | 2.2% |
| Hispanic: | 51 | 8.2% | 49 | 7.6% | 46 | 6.9% | 42 | 6.3% | 38 | 5.7% | 22 | 3.3% | 34 | 4.7% |
| Black: | 14 | 2.2% | 8 | 1.2% | 8 | 1.2% | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.4% |
| White: | 528 | 84.6% | 557 | 86.4% | 587 | 87.5% | 599 | 89.4% | 595 | 89.1% | 628 | 93.3% | 649 | 90.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 8 | 1.3% | 10 | 1.6% | 13 | 1.9% | 10 | 1.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 122 | 19.6% | 70 | 10.9% | 38 | 5.7% | 76 | 11.3% | 68 | 10.2% | 57 | 8.5% | 62 | 8.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 10 | 1.6% | 39 | 6.0% | 51 | 7.6% | 16 | 2.4% | 16 | 2.4% | 10 | 1.5% | 13 | 1.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.62 | 13.62 | 14.57 | 13.40 | 13.49 | 13.60 | 16.40 | |||||||
* Palos South Middle School, Students and Teachers was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.