Sipsey Jr High School
324 Park Rd
Sipsey AL, 35584, Walker County
Phone: 205-648-5083
Ranking: 
(875 out of 1,064, bottom 18%)*
(875 out of 1,064, bottom 18%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Walker County 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: | 18 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 20 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 273 | 264 | 256 | 283 | 287 | 306 | 316 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 22 | 8.1% | 3 | 1.1% | 1 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Kindergarten: | 27 | 9.9% | 45 | 17.0% | 26 | 10.2% | 30 | 10.6% | 32 | 11.1% | 45 | 14.7% | 37 | 11.7% |
| Grade 1: | 40 | 14.7% | 27 | 10.2% | 26 | 10.2% | 30 | 10.6% | 40 | 13.9% | 31 | 10.1% | 28 | 8.9% |
| Grade 2: | 28 | 10.3% | 27 | 10.2% | 29 | 11.3% | 40 | 14.1% | 31 | 10.8% | 26 | 8.5% | 32 | 10.1% |
| Grade 3: | 31 | 11.4% | 20 | 7.6% | 36 | 14.1% | 35 | 12.4% | 23 | 8.0% | 36 | 11.8% | 35 | 11.1% |
| Grade 4: | 23 | 8.4% | 34 | 12.9% | 24 | 9.4% | 25 | 8.8% | 34 | 11.8% | 34 | 11.1% | 38 | 12.0% |
| Grade 5: | 28 | 10.3% | 25 | 9.5% | 23 | 9.0% | 28 | 9.9% | 31 | 10.8% | 39 | 12.7% | 32 | 10.1% |
| Grade 6: | 26 | 9.5% | 23 | 8.7% | 24 | 9.4% | 33 | 11.7% | 34 | 11.8% | 32 | 10.5% | 37 | 11.7% |
| Grade 7: | 24 | 8.8% | 24 | 9.1% | 34 | 13.3% | 36 | 12.7% | 29 | 10.1% | 33 | 10.8% | 33 | 10.4% |
| Grade 8: | 24 | 8.8% | 36 | 13.6% | 33 | 12.9% | 26 | 9.2% | 33 | 11.5% | 29 | 9.5% | 43 | 13.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 147 | 53.8% | 155 | 58.7% | 144 | 56.3% | 150 | 53.0% | 143 | 49.8% | 153 | 50.0% | 165 | 52.2% |
| Female: | 126 | 46.2% | 109 | 41.3% | 112 | 43.8% | 133 | 47.0% | 136 | 47.4% | 145 | 47.4% | 147 | 46.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 4 | 1.5% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.7% | 3 | 1.0% | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Black: | 36 | 13.2% | 38 | 14.4% | 35 | 13.7% | 42 | 14.8% | 36 | 12.5% | 34 | 11.1% | 38 | 12.0% |
| White: | 222 | 81.3% | 221 | 83.7% | 221 | 86.3% | 238 | 84.1% | 248 | 86.4% | 270 | 88.2% | 278 | 88.0% |
| 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: | 11 | 4.0% | 4 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 205 | 75.1% | 208 | 78.8% | 195 | 76.2% | 209 | 73.9% | 201 | 70.0% | 214 | 69.9% | 235 | 74.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 14 | 5.1% | 19 | 7.2% | 22 | 8.6% | 27 | 9.5% | 37 | 12.9% | 39 | 12.7% | 34 | 10.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.17 | 9.10 | 9.48 | 10.88 | 12.76 | 14.90 | 16.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 50.7% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 35.1% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 48% | 51.6% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.15% | 32.45% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.06% | 34.29% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 60.5% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 68.1% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 73% | 69.8% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.29% | 62.21% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.41% | 69.13% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 40.7% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 38.7% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 56% | 48.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.15% | 36.68% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.76% | 48.81% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 40.5% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 32.7% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 52.2% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.57% | 38.24% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.53% | 33.83% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 42.6% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 41.4% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 43.4% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.62% | 44.89% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.39% | 60.44% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 61% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 70.8% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 61.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.62% | 69.61% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.75% | 65.43% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 25.9% | 49.7% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 30% | 46.7% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 53.6% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.52% | 56.49% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.06% | 62.93% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 53.6% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 47.9% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 49.5% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.17% | 49.77% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.61% | 63.24% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 71.3% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 80.3% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.29% | 76.3% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.46% | 79.51% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.35% | 77.73% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68% | 77.59% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.33% | 79.96% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.75% | 78.06% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 78.9% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 82.1% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 84.17% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.86% | 81.81% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.36% | 82.67% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68% | 84.48% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.33% | 84.07% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.75% | 82.97% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 71.8% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 76.2% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 79.2% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 75% | 80.53% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.89% | 75.25% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.25% | 77.22% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.33% | 76.53% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.66% | 75.16% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.87% | 80.59% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 75.9% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 86.6% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 86.6% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.43% | 84.23% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.53% | 84.17% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.38% | 83.66% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.67% | 85.03% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.66% | 84.04% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.22% | 87% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 72.4% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 82.2% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.55% | 77.53% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.72% | 79.42% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.36% | 77.79% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.94% | 81.53% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 83.06% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 91.22% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 83.8% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 84.8% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.67% | 84.4% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 84.1% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.27% | 82.43% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.87% | 84.17% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.19% | 88.23% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.72% | 88.08% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 69.7% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 68.6% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 78% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.34% | 77.85% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.22% | 74.89% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.42% | 77.26% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.29% | 77.65% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.94% | 77.68% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 82.93% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 87.6% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 82.1% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 84.3% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88% | 89.46% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.27% | 84.72% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.66% | 84.26% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.87% | 86.96% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80% | 88.29% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.67% | 93.07% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 61.9% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 63.8% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.55% | 65.06% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.67% | 70.69% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.94% | 68.46% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.04% | 72.57% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.16% | 69.62% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 23.53% | 70.45% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 82.6% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 77.8% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.46% | 78.08% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.66% | 80.98% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.97% | 83.16% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 85.78% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.47% | 85.9% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 85.23% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 71.4% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 74% | 80.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.91% | 72.84% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 60% | 74.44% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.77% | 79.94% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.66% | 77.29% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.43% | 76.06% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.84% | 80.5% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 58.6% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 76.8% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 77% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.63% | 77.81% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 71.88% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.86% | 78.15% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.66% | 72.71% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.71% | 77.18% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.52% | 79.8% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.82% | 70.06% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.17% | 72.39% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.19% | 79.51% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.78% | 82.68% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.43% | 82.71% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.07% | 66.67% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.84% | 69.69% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.15% | 69.06% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.16% | 67.26% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.69% | 79.18% | 75.67% |
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* Sipsey Jr High 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.