South Mountain Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

709 West Emaus Ave

Allentown PA, 18103, Lehigh County

Phone: 484-765-4301

Ranking:

(2,068 out of 2,311, bottom 11%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Allentown 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:	74		79		24		89		94		88		70
Total Students:	1,073		1,099		1,129		1,075		1,105		1,119		1,199
Grade 6:	359	33.5%	377	34.3%	389	34.5%	330	30.7%	395	35.7%	329	29.4%	385	32.1%
Grade 7:	349	32.5%	378	34.4%	357	31.6%	404	37.6%	341	30.9%	382	34.1%	395	32.9%
Grade 8:	365	34.0%	344	31.3%	383	33.9%	341	31.7%	364	32.9%	408	36.5%	419	34.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	585	54.5%	574	52.2%	596	52.8%	560	52.1%	588	53.2%	592	52.9%	639	53.3%
Female:	488	45.5%	525	47.8%	533	47.2%	515	47.9%	509	46.1%	519	46.4%	556	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	20	1.9%	25	2.3%	26	2.3%	21	2.0%	19	1.7%	17	1.5%	24	2.0%
Hispanic:	736	68.6%	749	68.2%	716	63.4%	669	62.2%	692	62.6%	687	61.4%	743	62.0%
Black:	179	16.7%	166	15.1%	201	17.8%	192	17.9%	193	17.5%	212	18.9%	181	15.1%
White:	126	11.7%	149	13.6%	179	15.9%	190	17.7%	200	18.1%	202	18.1%	250	20.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	10	0.9%	8	0.7%	5	0.4%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	888	82.8%	871	79.3%	770	68.2%	816	75.9%	720	65.2%	772	69.0%	835	69.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	89	8.3%	92	8.4%	108	9.6%	129	12.0%	124	11.2%	121	10.8%	107	8.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.50		14.00		47.04		12.15		11.73		12.70		17.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49%	48.7%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55.4%	56.6%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.6%	57%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.2%	50.6%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.2%	56.3%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	57%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	59.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	38.6%	36%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	39.5%	37.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.9%	37.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40.2%	34.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.2%	38.2%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40.2%	35.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	44.7%	37.9%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46.8%	51%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.4%	45.9%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.4%	45.1%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.9%	54.7%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.2%	51.4%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	57.6%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49%	47%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	37.3%	37.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40%	39%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.2%	45.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	42.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.1%	42.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.4%	47%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.5%	44.8%	N/A
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	28.9%	27.3%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	28.7%	35.1%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.5%	42.8%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	45.7%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.3%	49.9%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	51.8%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	47.5%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.5%	50.3%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.2%	46.2%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.2%	46%	N/A
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	40.2%	39.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44%	45.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	34.7%	34.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	41.9%	42.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53%	51.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.9%	52.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.5%	54.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.6%	58.4%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.4%	50.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	52.1%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24.3%	18.7%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.9%	21.5%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	26%	22%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	21.1%	17.7%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24.7%	22.3%	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	58.3%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	61.5%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	43.7%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.5%	49.2%	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	56.4%	49.5%	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	48%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	43.1%	44.2%	N/A

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* South Mountain Middle 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.