Sansom Middle School
2210 West Meighan Blvd
Gadsden AL, 35904, Etowah County
Phone: 256-546-4992
Ranking: 
(779 out of 1,064, bottom 27%)*
(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% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 34.5% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 29% | 34.7% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.38% | 46.95% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.23% | 44.45% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 64.2% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 66.2% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.9% | 64.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.16% | 69.52% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 59.7% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 56% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.8% | 47.6% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.5% | 47.7% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.13% | 54.82% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.48% | 50.65% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 52.5% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 46.3% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 38% | 42.3% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.9% | 58.89% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.74% | 51.94% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.7% | 44.1% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 68% | 60.3% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 57.1% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.84% | 55.23% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.42% | 51.4% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.31% | 62.27% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.47% | 65.64% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.19% | 57.25% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.86% | 58.88% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 78.4% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 77.9% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 76.3% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.22% | 71.95% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.44% | 79.64% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.02% | 81.49% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.22% | 77.78% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.96% | 82.44% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.14% | 81.22% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 59% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 56.8% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.83% | 58.29% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.94% | 53.43% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.21% | 48.61% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.43% | 55.33% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.64% | 57% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.01% | 55.15% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 77.2% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 73.7% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.26% | 75.4% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.61% | 73.53% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.38% | 75% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.23% | 81.25% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.59% | 79.49% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.93% | 79.58% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 61.9% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 65.7% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.11% | 60.36% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.42% | 66.29% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.15% | 66.74% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.71% | 69.21% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.29% | 62.36% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.96% | 67.71% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 51.2% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 65.6% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 72% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.14% | 65.73% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.85% | 71.39% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.08% | 69.57% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.44% | 64.8% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.79% | 70.06% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.87% | 75.45% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.25% | 51.16% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.71% | 57.06% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.06% | 56.1% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.03% | 51.76% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.09% | 57.18% | 75.67% |
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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.