Samson Middle School
209 North Broad St
Samson AL, 36477, Geneva County
Phone: 334-898-1317
Ranking:
(807 out of 1,064, bottom 24%)*

Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Geneva 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: | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
Total Students: | 216 | 209 | 198 | 182 | 104 | 108 | 120 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 58 | 26.9% | 79 | 37.8% | 63 | 31.8% | 54 | 29.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Grade 7: | 85 | 39.4% | 72 | 34.4% | 56 | 28.3% | 76 | 41.8% | 53 | 51.0% | 54 | 50.0% | 53 | 44.2% |
Grade 8: | 73 | 33.8% | 58 | 27.8% | 79 | 39.9% | 52 | 28.6% | 51 | 49.0% | 54 | 50.0% | 67 | 55.8% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 121 | 56.0% | 124 | 59.3% | 115 | 58.1% | 110 | 60.4% | 49 | 47.1% | 55 | 50.9% | 66 | 55.0% |
Female: | 95 | 44.0% | 85 | 40.7% | 83 | 41.9% | 72 | 39.6% | 46 | 44.2% | 45 | 41.7% | 50 | 41.7% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.8% |
Asian: | 2 | 0.9% | 2 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.0% | 4 | 3.7% | 1 | 0.8% |
Hispanic: | 20 | 9.3% | 17 | 8.1% | 21 | 10.6% | 10 | 5.5% | 1 | 1.0% | 2 | 1.9% | 0 | 0.0% |
Black: | 32 | 14.8% | 23 | 11.0% | 25 | 12.6% | 26 | 14.3% | 15 | 14.4% | 17 | 15.7% | 19 | 15.8% |
White: | 160 | 74.1% | 165 | 78.9% | 152 | 76.8% | 145 | 79.7% | 86 | 82.7% | 85 | 78.7% | 99 | 82.5% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 2 | 0.9% | 2 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 142 | 65.7% | 134 | 64.1% | 131 | 66.2% | 115 | 63.2% | 65 | 62.5% | 62 | 57.4% | 57 | 47.5% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 22 | 10.2% | 13 | 6.2% | 9 | 4.5% | 9 | 4.9% | 7 | 6.7% | 11 | 10.2% | 7 | 5.8% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.88 | 18.59 | 15.68 | 16.47 | 21.76 | 14.80 | 15.40 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ADAW | ||||||
2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 47.6% | 42% |
2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 39% | 45.2% | 41% |
2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 45.6% | 45.4% |
2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 30% | 36.7% | 46.94% |
2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.18% | 57.67% | 56.16% |
2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 50.5% | 55.7% |
2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 55.6% | 63% |
2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 59.5% | 60% |
2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 54% | 63.69% | 65.27% |
2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.26% | 60.52% | 65.55% |
2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 49.2% | 51.7% |
2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 51.3% | 48.9% |
2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 53.4% | 55.1% |
2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 38% | 46.8% | 56.69% |
2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.02% | 57.14% | 62.72% |
2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46% | 46.1% | 51.1% |
2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.9% | 45.2% | 48.9% |
2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 42.3% | 51.2% |
2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 48.41% | 58.32% |
2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.14% | 56.08% | 60.06% |
ARMT | ||||||
2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.52% | 63.64% | 77.64% |
2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.19% | 72.27% | 77.16% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.82% | 79.04% | 88.19% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 82.59% | 88.35% |
2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67% | 66.2% | 56.9% |
2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 66.5% | 59.1% |
2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.35% | 54.7% | 59.82% |
2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.73% | 64.28% | 61.26% |
2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.82% | 69.54% | 65.79% |
2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 64% | 71.5% | 68.76% |
2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.92% | 64.03% | 70.36% |
2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.07% | 62.62% | 72.5% |
2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 70.5% | 75.1% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 66.9% | 74.3% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 62.97% | 77% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.27% | 77.04% | 79.13% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.59% | 81.22% | 81.28% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.18% | 76.99% | 83.02% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.68% | 78.26% | 84.9% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.14% | 80.09% | 86.25% |
2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 69.7% | 63% |
2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 70.8% | 67.6% |
2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 70.21% | 66.3% |
2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.08% | 70.91% | 68.13% |
2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 56% | 76.11% | 73.77% |
2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.59% | 82.19% | 78.62% |
2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.81% | 82.52% | 77.01% |
2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.49% | 77.4% | 78.62% |
2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.6% | 46.1% | 57.3% |
2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 67.2% | 69.5% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 65.3% | 71.7% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.89% | 64.56% | 71.94% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.46% | 69.55% | 73.87% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.87% | 73.48% | 74.89% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.26% | 69.47% | 73.51% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.15% | 68.45% | 76.95% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.84% | 69.34% | 79.33% |
ASA | ||||||
2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.97% | 51.05% | 60.51% |
2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 57.95% | 70.34% |
2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 42% | 61.32% | 68.79% |
2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.66% | 65.26% | 68.5% |
2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.22% | 72.33% | 75.67% |
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* Samson 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.