Southwest Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

451 Eldron Blvd Se

Palm Bay FL, 32909, Brevard County

Phone: 321-952-5800

Ranking:

(963 out of 2,614, top 37%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Brevard 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:	50		65		61		70		88		90		83
Total Students:	966		994		1,023		1,016		1,352		1,372		1,427
Grade 7:	459	47.5%	489	49.2%	517	50.5%	474	46.7%	684	50.6%	688	50.1%	703	49.3%
Grade 8:	507	52.5%	505	50.8%	506	49.5%	542	53.3%	668	49.4%	684	49.9%	724	50.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	508	52.6%	525	52.8%	507	49.6%	504	49.6%	640	47.3%	649	47.3%	695	48.7%
Female:	458	47.4%	469	47.2%	516	50.4%	512	50.4%	630	46.6%	642	46.8%	667	46.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	0.6%	4	0.4%	2	0.2%	7	0.7%	7	0.5%	7	0.5%	7	0.5%
Asian:	13	1.3%	10	1.0%	11	1.1%	16	1.6%	23	1.7%	17	1.2%	13	0.9%
Hispanic:	177	18.3%	185	18.6%	178	17.4%	175	17.2%	162	12.0%	178	13.0%	173	12.1%
Black:	211	21.8%	197	19.8%	202	19.7%	206	20.3%	301	22.3%	318	23.2%	325	22.8%
White:	500	51.8%	528	53.1%	540	52.8%	546	53.7%	785	58.1%	779	56.8%	848	59.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	58	6.0%	69	6.9%	88	8.6%	65	6.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	537	55.6%	529	53.2%	500	48.9%	466	45.9%	605	44.7%	524	38.2%	475	33.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	78	8.1%	87	8.8%	104	10.2%	96	9.4%	148	10.9%	158	11.5%	158	11.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.32		15.29		16.77		14.51		15.45		16.50		17.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2012	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	425	408	N/A
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	430	409	N/A
FCAT
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	325	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	326	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	328	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	327	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	326	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	237	240	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	233	238	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	324	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	329	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	333	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	337	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	335	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	233	237	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	231	235	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	326	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	329	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	328	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	332	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	335	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	334	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	335	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	333	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	244	247	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	237	237	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	311	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	314	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	314	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	316	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	322	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	326	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	324	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	324	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	237	242	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	239	241	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	320	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	326	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	327	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	331	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	333	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	338	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	335	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	203	206	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	58.3%	65.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	41.7%	34.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	38.9%	30.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	61.1%	69.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,808.0	$39,326.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,630.0	$35,212.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,739.0	$42,542.0

* Southwest Middle School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.