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Richard Henry Dana Middle Middle School
1501 South Cabrillo Ave San Pedro CA, 90731, Los Angeles County Phone: 310-241-1100 Ranking:  (6,030 out of 6,930, bottom 13%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Los Angeles Unified 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: | 58 | 57 | 63 | NA | NA | 72 | 78 | 93 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 1,496 | 1,496 | 1,529 | 1,574 | 1,748 | 1,844 | 1,849 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 408 | 27.3% | 362 | 24.2% | 403 | 26.4% | 403 | 25.6% | 585 | 33.5% | 640 | 34.7% | 586 | 31.7% |
| Grade 7: | 560 | 37.4% | 560 | 37.4% | 573 | 37.5% | 566 | 36.0% | 619 | 35.4% | 576 | 31.2% | 621 | 33.6% |
| Grade 8: | 528 | 35.3% | 574 | 38.4% | 552 | 36.1% | 605 | 38.4% | 542 | 31.0% | 628 | 34.1% | 642 | 34.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 782 | 52.3% | 757 | 50.6% | 747 | 48.9% | 766 | 48.7% | 875 | 50.1% | 965 | 52.3% | 970 | 52.5% |
| Female: | 714 | 47.7% | 739 | 49.4% | 782 | 51.1% | 808 | 51.3% | 873 | 49.9% | 879 | 47.7% | 875 | 47.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 16 | 1.1% | 13 | 0.9% | 18 | 1.2% | 16 | 1.0% | 18 | 1.0% | 17 | 0.9% | 18 | 1.0% |
| Asian: | 35 | 2.3% | 39 | 2.6% | 45 | 2.9% | 46 | 2.9% | 42 | 2.4% | 54 | 2.9% | 70 | 3.8% |
| Hispanic: | 1,115 | 74.5% | 1,088 | 72.7% | 1,107 | 72.4% | 1,134 | 72.0% | 1,243 | 71.1% | 1,294 | 70.2% | 1,310 | 70.8% |
| Black: | 122 | 8.2% | 141 | 9.4% | 128 | 8.4% | 144 | 9.1% | 153 | 8.8% | 173 | 9.4% | 172 | 9.3% |
| White: | 196 | 13.1% | 200 | 13.4% | 211 | 13.8% | 217 | 13.8% | 270 | 15.4% | 279 | 15.1% | 279 | 15.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 12 | 0.8% | 15 | 1.0% | 17 | 1.1% | 15 | 1.0% | 13 | 0.7% | 17 | 0.9% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 9 | 0.5% | 10 | 0.5% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 971 | 64.9% | 871 | 58.2% | NA | NA | 958 | 60.9% | 1,093 | 62.5% | 1,048 | 56.8% | 1,045 | 56.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 135 | 9.0% | 113 | 7.6% | NA | NA | 120 | 7.6% | 136 | 7.8% | 198 | 10.7% | 167 | 9.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 25.65 | 26.09 | 24.46 | NA | NA | 24.21 | 19.60 | 19.90 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| STAR | ||||||
| 2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 312.4 | 315.3 | 332.8 |
| 2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 318 | 313.3 | 335.4 |
| 2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 321.6 | 315.4 | 337.4 |
| 2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 317.9 | 317.7 | 339.5 |
| 2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 333 | 326.7 | 345.5 |
| 2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 330.1 | 331.4 | 352.5 |
| 2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 338.2 | 335.6 | 356.8 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 341.8 | 339.7 | 358.4 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 337.9 | 346.4 | 364.2 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 346.2 | 348.3 | 363.0 |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 308.3 | 316 | 334.7 |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313 | 315.6 | 339.5 |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 314.2 | 316.5 | 341 |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 308.5 | 317.9 | 343.2 |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 317.4 | 325.9 | 347.9 |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 324.6 | 329.7 | 354.5 |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 325 | 337.9 | 360.5 |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328.5 | 342.7 | 364.6 |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 337.5 | 349.6 | 366.8 |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 342.9 | 350.8 | 366.5 |
| 2007 | Algebra I | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 371.9 | 369.8 | 400 |
| 2008 | Algebra I | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 394.5 | 385.8 | 414.9 |
| 2009 | Algebra I | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 385.5 | 397.5 | 422.7 |
| 2010 | Algebra I | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 405.8 | 410.7 | 430.9 |
| 2011 | Algebra I | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 408.7 | 407.7 | 428.8 |
| 2012 | Algebra I | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 417.1 | 421.4 | 434.3 |
| 2013 | Algebra I | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 437.8 | 419.3 | 437.3 |
| 2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 311.6 | 312.6 | 332.4 |
| 2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 320.2 | 318.8 | 337.4 |
| 2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 322.4 | 319.5 | 341 |
| 2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.8 | 321.8 | 342.9 |
| 2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 334.6 | 326.9 | 348.6 |
| 2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 335.5 | 332 | 354.3 |
| 2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 337.1 | 332.2 | 356.4 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 346.8 | 340.5 | 360.3 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 349 | 347.4 | 366.6 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 348.5 | 346.1 | 363.5 |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 306.7 | 304.3 | 328.5 |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.6 | 310.7 | 333.6 |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 314.1 | 312.8 | 338.2 |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 302.8 | 311.8 | 336 |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 311.2 | 317.8 | 339.3 |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 319.6 | 319.6 | 345 |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 322.4 | 328.1 | 352.2 |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 322.6 | 332.2 | 354.9 |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 345 | 338.2 | 360.5 |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 333.6 | 338.7 | 357.9 |
| 2004 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331 | 294.9 | 330.8 |
| 2005 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 284.4 | 289.4 | 330.4 |
| 2006 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 332 | 299.2 | 338.5 |
| 2007 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 301.8 | 306.9 | 336.8 |
| 2008 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 306.1 | 315.7 | 342.9 |
| 2009 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 324.1 | 318.8 | 347.3 |
| 2010 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 304.1 | 324.2 | 350.3 |
| 2011 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 294.8 | 323.7 | 351.9 |
| 2012 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 315.7 | 329.8 | 355.1 |
| 2013 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 327.5 | 340.2 | 358.0 |
| 2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 315.3 | 309.4 | 328.1 |
| 2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 315.5 | 312.9 | 334.4 |
| 2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 319.8 | 319.2 | 339.2 |
| 2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.6 | 316.4 | 338.7 |
| 2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 329.3 | 321 | 341.2 |
| 2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.6 | 323.6 | 348.5 |
| 2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 337.1 | 331.9 | 357.1 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 341.6 | 339.7 | 361.8 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 343.9 | 346.7 | 365.2 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 342.8 | 343.8 | 361.3 |
| 2004 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 299.1 | 289.6 | 311.1 |
| 2005 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 248.3 | 301.2 | 316.4 |
| 2006 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 302.2 | 298.8 | 316.3 |
| 2007 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 293.3 | 295.3 | 315.7 |
| 2008 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 288.5 | 297.9 | 320.5 |
| 2009 | General Mathematics | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 285.7 | 303.5 | 321.3 |
| 2004 | Geometry | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 365.3 | 359.1 | 395.6 |
| 2005 | Geometry | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 385.4 | 367 | 407.3 |
| 2006 | Geometry | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 385.5 | 363.6 | 409.2 |
| 2007 | Geometry | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 409.1 | 374.2 | 417.9 |
| 2008 | Geometry | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 427.8 | 396.4 | 420.2 |
| 2009 | Geometry | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 427.4 | 405.4 | 423 |
| 2010 | Geometry | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 404.3 | 405.4 | 421.4 |
| 2011 | Geometry | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 413.2 | 406.9 | 424.6 |
| 2012 | Geometry | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 434.2 | 405 | 426 |
| 2013 | Geometry | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 416.4 | 403.3 | 422.6 |
| 2004 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 315.5 | 301.5 | 319.2 |
| 2005 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 314.9 | 302.6 | 323.8 |
| 2006 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 317.5 | 307.9 | 327.9 |
| 2007 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 314.3 | 308.8 | 329.8 |
| 2008 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 319.2 | 317.4 | 333.9 |
| 2009 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 318.5 | 321.6 | 340.2 |
| 2010 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 329.2 | 328.7 | 348.1 |
| 2011 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331 | 337.3 | 352.6 |
| 2012 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 334 | 340.7 | 356.6 |
| 2013 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 344.3 | 342.3 | 357.1 |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.6 | 308.5 | 331.2 |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 321.3 | 315.5 | 339.7 |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 335 | 329.1 | 355 |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331.6 | 331.3 | 364.3 |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 358.4 | 343.7 | 375.3 |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 358.6 | 356.4 | 385.9 |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 348.8 | 368 | 394.8 |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 377.7 | 367.6 | 390.9 |
| 2004 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 331 | 283.4 | 304.9 |
| 2005 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 284.4 | 283.9 | 307.8 |
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 332 | 285 | 308.6 |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 318.3 | 291.2 | 311.1 |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 323.2 | 295.5 | 314.6 |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 331.9 | 300.1 | 319.7 |
| 2010 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 313.2 | 305.7 | 323.9 |
| 2011 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 302.2 | 309.7 | 326.9 |
| 2012 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 323.1 | 315.5 | 330.4 |
| 2013 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 334.7 | 323.2 | 334.1 |
| 2004 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 299.1 | 286.3 | 305.6 |
| 2005 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 248.3 | 292.3 | 310.1 |
| 2006 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 302.2 | 290.4 | 310.1 |
| 2007 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 293.3 | 292.4 | 311 |
| 2008 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 288.5 | 295.7 | 315.2 |
| 2009 | General Mathematics | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 285.7 | 301.4 | 315.8 |
| 2004 | Geometry | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 365.3 | 287.7 | 314.2 |
| 2005 | Geometry | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 385.4 | 279 | 314.9 |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 385.5 | 276 | 312.8 |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 409.1 | 274.5 | 310.2 |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 427.8 | 278.4 | 310.7 |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 427.4 | 284.1 | 313.4 |
| 2010 | Geometry | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 404.3 | 289.1 | 317.2 |
| 2011 | Geometry | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 413.2 | 291.5 | 320.3 |
| 2012 | Geometry | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 434.2 | 298 | 322.8 |
| 2013 | Geometry | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 416.4 | 299.6 | 320.8 |
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* Richard Henry Dana Middle Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.