Richards Middle School
2892 Edgewood Rd Columbus GA, 31906, Muscogee County Phone: 706-569-3697 Ranking:  (1,177 out of 1,747, bottom 33%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Muscogee County School District 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: | 52 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 56 | 56 | 56 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 765 | 793 | 761 | 781 | 765 | 792 | 823 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 242 | 31.6% | 277 | 34.9% | 271 | 35.6% | 287 | 36.7% | 261 | 34.1% | 273 | 34.5% | 296 | 36.0% |
| Grade 7: | 271 | 35.4% | 257 | 32.4% | 267 | 35.1% | 247 | 31.6% | 252 | 32.9% | 272 | 34.3% | 262 | 31.8% |
| Grade 8: | 252 | 32.9% | 259 | 32.7% | 223 | 29.3% | 247 | 31.6% | 252 | 32.9% | 247 | 31.2% | 265 | 32.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 380 | 49.7% | 373 | 47.0% | 368 | 48.4% | 387 | 49.6% | 378 | 49.4% | 347 | 43.8% | 374 | 45.4% |
| Female: | 385 | 50.3% | 420 | 53.0% | 393 | 51.6% | 394 | 50.4% | 387 | 50.6% | 397 | 50.1% | 415 | 50.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 6 | 0.8% | 7 | 0.9% | 7 | 0.9% | 6 | 0.8% | 4 | 0.5% | 11 | 1.4% | 13 | 1.6% |
| Hispanic: | 42 | 5.5% | 41 | 5.2% | 39 | 5.1% | 34 | 4.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 17 | 2.1% | 19 | 2.3% |
| Black: | 430 | 56.2% | 461 | 58.1% | 429 | 56.4% | 441 | 56.5% | 404 | 52.8% | 436 | 55.1% | 458 | 55.7% |
| White: | 247 | 32.3% | 249 | 31.4% | 245 | 32.2% | 237 | 30.3% | 274 | 35.8% | 288 | 36.4% | 303 | 36.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 37 | 4.8% | 33 | 4.2% | 40 | 5.3% | 60 | 7.7% | 83 | 10.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 463 | 60.5% | 470 | 59.3% | 423 | 55.6% | 427 | 54.7% | 379 | 49.5% | 357 | 45.1% | 401 | 48.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 44 | 5.8% | 63 | 7.9% | 60 | 7.9% | 71 | 9.1% | 79 | 10.3% | 107 | 13.5% | 84 | 10.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.85 | 15.19 | 13.94 | 14.65 | 13.78 | 14.10 | 14.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 79.6% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 82.3% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 84.5% | 87.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 87.8% | 90.5% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 88.4% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 85.2% | 91.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 87.2% | 92% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 88.3% | 92.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 48.4% | 62% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 52.4% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.5% | 60.3% | 69.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 66.4% | 74.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 64.9% | 75% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 65.1% | 76.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 70.3% | 80% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.0% | 73.2% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 82.2% | 86% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 85.9% | 89.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 87.7% | 91.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 85.4% | 89.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 85.4% | 91% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 89.1% | 93.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 92.4% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 93.1% | 96.0% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 50.8% | 61% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 49.5% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 63% | 54.6% | 66.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 58.8% | 68.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 69% | 58.6% | 70% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 58% | 70.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 59.7% | 73% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 63.2% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 77.5% | 85% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 77.1% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 63% | 51.6% | 64% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 57.9% | 71.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 61.1% | 73% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 67.2% | 77.5% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 82.1% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 87.7% | 89.2% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 87.1% | 89.7% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 87.2% | 89.4% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 88.9% | 91% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 89.9% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 89.8% | 94% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 89.1% | 93.0% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 77.8% | 80% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.5% | 65.2% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 72.3% | 79.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 76.6% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 80.2% | 86% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 84.5% | 89.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 85.3% | 91% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 83.1% | 89.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 77.9% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 81.2% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 85.1% | 88% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 85.4% | 89.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 84.8% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 87.3% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 89.8% | 94% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 91.6% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 53.8% | 63% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 56.8% | 70% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 62.3% | 75.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 62.8% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76% | 68.7% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.1% | 74.9% | 82.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 75.1% | 85% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 77.6% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 81.5% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 77.6% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 58.4% | 71% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 63.1% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 66.5% | 78% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 73.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 93% | 88.4% | 87% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 88.9% | 88.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 90.4% | 89.3% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 90.8% | 91.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 91.1% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 90.4% | 92.8% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 94% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 93.9% | 94.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 74.2% | 77% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 83% | 80.5% | 81.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 55.9% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.1% | 63.1% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 65.6% | 74% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 72.5% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 67.6% | 77% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 74.1% | 83.0% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 90.4% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 89.1% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 90.8% | 92.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 93.4% | 95% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 94.4% | 96% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 93.1% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 95.5% | 96.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 71.7% | 76% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 68.1% | 74% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 48.7% | 59.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 50.1% | 64.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 52.2% | 66% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 52.4% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 58.3% | 74% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 64.0% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 84.1% | 87% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 80.8% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.4% | 48.2% | 58.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 54.4% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 62.8% | 70% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 63.1% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 65.3% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 69.0% | 77.9% |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 93% | 71% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 91.2% | 73.1% | 65% |
| 2012 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 100% | 60.9% | 62.8% |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 91.3% | 38.1% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 100% | 59% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 100% | 59.2% | 63% |
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* Richards Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.