Sansom Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2210 West Meighan Blvd

Gadsden AL, 35904, Etowah County

Phone: 256-546-4992

Ranking:

(779 out of 1,064, bottom 27%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Gadsden 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:	27		36		37		34		37		26		28
Total Students:	484		500		493		484		489		466		433
Grade 6:	152	31.4%	169	33.8%	179	36.3%	163	33.7%	156	31.9%	170	36.5%	162	37.4%
Grade 7:	164	33.9%	172	34.4%	161	32.7%	154	31.8%	172	35.2%	150	32.2%	142	32.8%
Grade 8:	168	34.7%	159	31.8%	153	31.0%	167	34.5%	161	32.9%	146	31.3%	129	29.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	251	51.9%	250	50.0%	261	52.9%	256	52.9%	255	52.1%	236	50.6%	212	49.0%
Female:	233	48.1%	250	50.0%	232	47.1%	228	47.1%	226	46.2%	222	47.6%	217	50.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	22	4.5%	23	4.6%	18	3.7%	21	4.3%	21	4.3%	15	3.2%	11	2.5%
Black:	181	37.4%	184	36.8%	178	36.1%	181	37.4%	189	38.7%	186	39.9%	181	41.8%
White:	273	56.4%	290	58.0%	290	58.8%	280	57.9%	278	56.9%	264	56.7%	240	55.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.2%	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	364	75.2%	349	69.8%	346	70.2%	210	43.4%	298	60.9%	290	62.2%	265	61.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	35	7.2%	39	7.8%	26	5.3%	31	6.4%	39	8.0%	39	8.4%	36	8.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.11		13.77		13.20		14.18		13.17		17.50		15.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ADAW
2004	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	47.5%	43.2%	N/A
2005	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	32.5%	34.5%	N/A
2006	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	29%	34.7%	N/A
2008	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	50.38%	46.95%	N/A
2009	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	48.23%	44.45%	N/A
2004	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	64.2%	N/A
2005	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	53.3%	66.2%	N/A
2006	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	57.9%	64.2%	N/A
2008	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	66.16%	69.52%	N/A
2009	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	59.7%	N/A
2004	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	53.2%	56%	N/A
2005	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	45.8%	47.6%	N/A
2006	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	44.5%	47.7%	N/A
2008	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	51.13%	54.82%	N/A
2009	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	52.48%	50.65%	N/A
2004	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	50%	52.5%	N/A
2005	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	46.6%	46.3%	N/A
2006	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	38%	42.3%	N/A
2008	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	57.9%	58.89%	N/A
2009	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	56.74%	51.94%	N/A
ARMT
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46.7%	44.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	60.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	58.6%	57.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.84%	55.23%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	55.42%	51.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63.31%	62.27%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70.47%	65.64%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63.19%	57.25%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62.86%	58.88%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	78.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	77.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	76.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.22%	71.95%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.44%	79.64%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.02%	81.49%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.22%	77.78%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.96%	82.44%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.14%	81.22%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	59%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	56.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.83%	58.29%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52.94%	53.43%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46.21%	48.61%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.43%	55.33%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53.64%	57%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66.01%	55.15%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	77.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	73.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.26%	75.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.61%	73.53%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.38%	75%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.23%	81.25%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.59%	79.49%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.93%	79.58%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	61.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	65.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.11%	60.36%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63.42%	66.29%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67.15%	66.74%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76.71%	69.21%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63.29%	62.36%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68.96%	67.71%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	51.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	65.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	72%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.14%	65.73%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.85%	71.39%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.08%	69.57%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.44%	64.8%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.79%	70.06%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.87%	75.45%	N/A
ASA
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	57.25%	51.16%	N/A
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	60.71%	57.06%	N/A
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	63.06%	56.1%	N/A
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	59.03%	51.76%	N/A
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	62.09%	57.18%	N/A

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* Sansom 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.