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Poughkeepsie Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

55 College Ave

Poughkeepsie NY, 12603, Dutchess County

Phone: 845-451-4800

Ranking:

(3,095 out of 3,424, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Poughkeepsie City 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:	86		86		83		69		86		87		75
Total Students:	958		973		968		1,017		996		1,000		848
Grade 6:	312	32.6%	320	32.9%	320	33.1%	336	33.0%	321	32.2%	365	36.5%	187	22.1%
Grade 7:	339	35.4%	338	34.7%	335	34.6%	339	33.3%	357	35.8%	322	32.2%	329	38.8%
Grade 8:	303	31.6%	313	32.2%	312	32.2%	342	33.6%	318	31.9%	313	31.3%	332	39.2%
Ungraded:	4	0.4%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	518	54.1%	516	53.0%	499	51.5%	505	49.7%	508	51.0%	506	50.6%	423	49.9%
Female:	440	45.9%	457	47.0%	469	48.5%	512	50.3%	480	48.2%	486	48.6%	421	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	10	1.0%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	14	1.4%	7	0.7%	9	0.9%	8	0.9%
Hispanic:	263	27.5%	235	24.2%	226	23.3%	235	23.1%	228	22.9%	201	20.1%	156	18.4%
Black:	573	59.8%	591	60.7%	605	62.5%	626	61.6%	616	61.8%	625	62.5%	565	66.6%
White:	96	10.0%	119	12.2%	124	12.8%	138	13.6%	145	14.6%	165	16.5%	119	14.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	11	1.1%	9	0.9%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	1.5%	11	1.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	743	77.6%	731	75.1%	771	79.6%	771	75.8%	682	68.5%	638	63.8%	652	76.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	89	9.3%	124	12.7%	140	14.5%	140	13.8%	136	13.7%	131	13.1%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.14		11.31		11.73		14.77		11.60		11.50		11.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	33%	38%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	31%	43%	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	37%	48%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	66%	65%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	28%	27%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	27%	27%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	26%	25%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	12.9%	12.7%	29.6%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30%	36%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	17%	41%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59%	66%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35%	35%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	20%	20%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31%	30%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	5%	4.9%	30.6%
2006	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	32%	30%	57%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	34%	34%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	53%	52%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	71%	70%	80%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	21%	21%	50%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	25%	25%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	28%	28%	53%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	9.2%	9.2%	31.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	32%	30%	56%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37%	36%	66%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59%	58%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	88%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30%	28%	62%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	27%	27%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	22%	21%	65%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	2.5%	2.5%	27.7%
2006	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	36%	35%	49%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	29%	29%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	30%	29%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	51%	49%	69%
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	29%	29%	51%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	20%	20%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	25%	24%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	10.7%	10.7%	33.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31%	29%	54%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25%	25%	59%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	70%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69%	68%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33%	33%	55%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	26%	26%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	24%	24%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	3.4%	3.4%	27.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38%	37%	63%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40%	39%	65%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59%	58%	71%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62%	61%	69%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	71%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	58%	69%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	70%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	41%	40%	54%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	29%	29%	57%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	63%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	39%	39%	63%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	47%	46%	69%
Regents
2009	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	49%	72%
2010	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	51%	72%
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	58%	73%
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	45%	72%
2005	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	96%	45%	75%
2006	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	56%	75%
2007	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	54%	75%
2008	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	61%	75%
2009	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	67%	80%
2010	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	61%	79%
2011	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	63%	81%
2012	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	56%	78%
2008	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	86%	58%	76%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Poughkeepsie Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.