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Portage West Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

7145 Moors Bridge Rd

Portage MI, 49024, Kalamazoo County

Phone: 269-323-5800

Ranking:

(52 out of 2,213, top 2%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Portage Public 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:	31		32		32		33		38		40		42
Total Students:	689		681		685		648		683		691		705
Grade 6:	227	32.9%	229	33.6%	228	33.3%	197	30.4%	239	35.0%	209	30.2%	223	31.6%
Grade 7:	225	32.7%	237	34.8%	207	30.2%	245	37.8%	212	31.0%	229	33.1%	254	36.0%
Grade 8:	237	34.4%	215	31.6%	250	36.5%	206	31.8%	231	33.8%	253	36.6%	228	32.3%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	354	51.4%	341	50.1%	349	50.9%	340	52.5%	335	49.0%	338	48.9%	348	49.4%
Female:	335	48.6%	340	49.9%	336	49.1%	308	47.5%	337	49.3%	345	49.9%	353	50.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	60	8.7%	67	9.8%	85	12.4%	58	9.0%	66	9.7%	63	9.1%	65	9.2%
Hispanic:	30	4.4%	28	4.1%	35	5.1%	26	4.0%	18	2.6%	18	2.6%	17	2.4%
Black:	29	4.2%	41	6.0%	28	4.1%	17	2.6%	42	6.1%	45	6.5%	45	6.4%
White:	526	76.3%	498	73.1%	500	73.0%	512	79.0%	553	81.0%	565	81.8%	578	82.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	40	5.8%	44	6.5%	35	5.1%	35	5.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	82	11.9%	91	13.4%	72	10.5%	65	10.0%	59	8.6%	67	9.7%	69	9.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	22	3.2%	12	1.8%	22	3.2%	12	1.9%	21	3.1%	22	3.2%	14	2.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.41		21.40		21.57		19.73		18.21		17.40		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.6%	83.8%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.2%	85.5%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.8%	85.3%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.2%	92%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.6%	88.9%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.8%	90%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.9%	37%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50.7%	45.4%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.7%	91.5%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96%	93.9%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95%	91.7%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96.2%	93.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	97%	95.7%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.9%	92%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	81.5%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85%	79.7%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	92.4%	84.4%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	85.3%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	40.7%	37.6%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	36.3%	35.8%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	89%	84.5%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	83.6%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	91.4%	83.7%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	92.8%	88.5%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	79%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.8%	85.3%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.1%	87.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.5%	92.7%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.8%	91%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.5%	89.6%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.5%	50.2%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60%	50.6%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.5%	88%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	96.4%	89.8%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	87.9%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93%	90.6%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.8%	92.4%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.7%	89.8%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	77.6%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.3%	80.1%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	85.3%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	73.4%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90.5%	87.1%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	88.3%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	60.4%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	58.8%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.6%	57.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.6%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	85.5%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.9%	85.8%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.3%	87.9%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.8%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	92%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	46.9%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	50.1%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.4%	87.8%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.3%	89.4%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	87.6%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	86.3%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.2%	88.1%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.1%	91.9%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	71.9%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	79.5%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.1%	89.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	97.8%	88.6%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	89.2%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.5%	89.1%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	82.9%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.1%	87.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	26.4%	19.1%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	14.2%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.1%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91%	84%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89%	82.1%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88%	82.4%	74.2%

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