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Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

Kline Place

Rahway NJ, 07065, Union County

Phone: 732-396-1025

Ranking:

(1,429 out of 1,847, bottom 23%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Rahway 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:	51		51		61		48		57		68		56
Total Students:	536		570		845		856		844		861		871
Grade 7:	248	46.3%	271	47.5%	299	35.4%	273	31.9%	281	33.3%	294	34.1%	257	29.5%
Grade 8:	275	51.3%	285	50.0%	266	31.5%	286	33.4%	281	33.3%	266	30.9%	323	37.1%
Ungraded:	13	2.4%	14	2.5%	21	2.5%	NA	NA	9	1.1%	9	1.0%	10	1.1%
Student By Gender:
Male:	290	54.1%	292	51.2%	443	52.4%	436	50.9%	453	53.7%	456	53.0%	463	53.2%
Female:	246	45.9%	278	48.8%	402	47.6%	420	49.1%	391	46.3%	405	47.0%	404	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%
Asian:	19	3.5%	16	2.8%	20	2.4%	19	2.2%	25	3.0%	20	2.3%	20	2.3%
Hispanic:	189	35.3%	186	32.6%	262	31.0%	263	30.7%	261	30.9%	259	30.1%	269	30.9%
Black:	221	41.2%	253	44.4%	381	45.1%	400	46.7%	380	45.0%	400	46.5%	376	43.2%
White:	96	17.9%	111	19.5%	170	20.1%	166	19.4%	174	20.6%	178	20.7%	205	23.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	10	1.9%	4	0.7%	10	1.2%	5	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	240	44.8%	288	50.5%	416	49.2%	399	46.6%	353	41.8%	330	38.3%	298	34.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	74	13.8%	76	13.3%	108	12.8%	103	12.0%	126	14.9%	106	12.3%	120	13.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.59		11.18		13.86		17.83		14.81		10.00		15.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	66.8%	66.6%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	42.0%	42.0%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	55.6%	55.6%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	48.9%	48.9%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	45.6%	45.6%	66.7%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	70.6%	70.2%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	60.0%	60.0%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	56.9%	56.9%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	59.9%	59.9%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	64.5%	64.5%	77.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	71.6%	71.4%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	54.3%	54.3%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	62.3%	62.3%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	58.1%	58.1%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	51.3%	51.3%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	46.5%	46.5%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	56.1%	56.1%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	65.5%	65.6%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	57.3%	57.3%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	54.7%	54.7%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	52.6%	52.6%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	53.6%	53.6%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	55.7%	55.7%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	54.3%	54.3%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	69.6%	69.6%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	74.8%	74.8%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	75.3%	75.3%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	73.5%	73.5%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	73.6%	73.6%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	72.4%	72.4%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	67.7%	67.7%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	68.5%	68.5%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	61.4%	61.4%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	59.4%	59.4%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	57.3%	57.3%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	57.1%	57.1%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	80.5%	80.5%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	79.1%	79.1%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	80.9%	80.9%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	72.8%	72.8%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	78.8%	78.8%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	71.3%	71.3%	79.0%
GEPA
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	62.8%	62.8%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	61.8%	61.8%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	63.1%	63.1%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	69.5%	69.5%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	61.4%	61.4%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	35.1%	35.1%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	50.9%	50.9%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	52.9%	52.9%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	58.4%	58.4%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	57.8%	57.8%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	63.6%	63.6%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	70.7%	70.7%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	63.4%	63.4%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	73.4%	73.4%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	67.5%	67.5%	78.9%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy 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.