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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	402
2013	Algebra 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	430	409	406
FCAT
2007	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320	325	312
2008	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	326	315
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	328	314
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	327	314
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	326	314
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	237	240	236
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	233	238	235
2007	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	324	313
2008	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321	329	315
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	333	318
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	337	322
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	335	322
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	233	237	231
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	231	235	231
2004	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324	326	311
2005	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331	329	313
2006	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328	328	314
2007	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	332	318
2008	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	335	324
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	334	322
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327	335	324
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	333	325
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	244	247	243
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	237	237	240
2004	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307	311	295
2005	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	314	297
2006	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309	314	299
2007	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	316	303
2008	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	322	310
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	326	312
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313	324	312
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	324	313
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	237	242	237
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	239	241	237
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	320	289
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	326	298
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318	327	305
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	331	305
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	333	310
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332	338	315
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317	335	316
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	203	206	200

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.