Sparta Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

350 Main St

Sparta NJ, 07871, Sussex County

Phone: 973-729-3151

Ranking:

(347 out of 1,847, top 19%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Sparta Township 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:	54		83		77		65		66		74		63
Total Students:	814		844		923		966		1,036		984		1,008
Grade 6:	265	32.6%	269	31.9%	273	29.6%	317	32.8%	353	34.1%	308	31.3%	368	36.5%
Grade 7:	272	33.4%	279	33.1%	313	33.9%	350	36.2%	306	29.5%	365	37.1%	308	30.6%
Grade 8:	272	33.4%	295	35.0%	336	36.4%	299	31.0%	366	35.3%	306	31.1%	329	32.6%
Ungraded:	5	0.6%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	11	1.1%	5	0.5%	3	0.3%
Student By Gender:
Male:	418	51.4%	432	51.2%	467	50.6%	477	49.4%	503	48.6%	485	49.3%	487	48.3%
Female:	396	48.6%	412	48.8%	456	49.4%	489	50.6%	533	51.4%	499	50.7%	517	51.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Asian:	35	4.3%	30	3.6%	32	3.5%	31	3.2%	44	4.2%	42	4.3%	45	4.5%
Hispanic:	33	4.1%	32	3.8%	31	3.4%	34	3.5%	39	3.8%	36	3.7%	41	4.1%
Black:	12	1.5%	13	1.5%	16	1.7%	9	0.9%	12	1.2%	13	1.3%	17	1.7%
White:	733	90.0%	769	91.1%	844	91.4%	892	92.3%	941	90.8%	893	90.8%	904	89.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	28	3.4%	18	2.1%	18	2.0%	17	1.8%	20	1.9%	17	1.7%	14	1.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	1.5%	17	2.0%	19	2.1%	6	0.6%	11	1.1%	9	0.9%	13	1.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.13		10.22		11.99		14.93		15.70		11.20		16.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	89.7%	89.7%	N/A
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	78.9%	78.9%	N/A
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	87.6%	87.6%	N/A
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	84.1%	84.1%	N/A
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	72.6%	72.6%	N/A
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	81.2%	81.2%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	85.2%	85.2%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	87.4%	87.4%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	86.4%	86.4%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	84.9%	84.9%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	85.7%	85.7%	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	89.7%	89.7%	N/A
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	94.8%	94.8%	N/A
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	86.9%	86.9%	N/A
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	89.7%	89.7%	N/A
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	84.7%	84.7%	N/A
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	77.6%	77.6%	N/A
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	68.7%	68.7%	N/A
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	80.9%	80.9%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	76.4%	76.4%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	72.4%	72.4%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	80.1%	80.1%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	77.6%	77.6%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	76.0%	76.0%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	74.3%	74.3%	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	74.1%	74.1%	N/A
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	94.1%	94.1%	N/A
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	93.2%	93.2%	N/A
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	95.9%	95.9%	N/A
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	95.6%	95.6%	N/A
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	93.8%	93.8%	N/A
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	91.4%	91.1%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	83.2%	83.2%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	85.4%	85.4%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	83.0%	83.0%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	82.4%	82.4%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	86.4%	86.4%	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	81.2%	80.9%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.0%	96.0%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.5%	96.5%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.1%	96.1%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.3%	96.3%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	94.1%	94.1%	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	92.2%	91.8%	N/A
GEPA
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	92.6%	92.6%	N/A
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	91.1%	91.1%	N/A
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	91.2%	91.2%	N/A
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	92.0%	92.0%	N/A
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	88.1%	88.1%	N/A
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	77.5%	77.5%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	82.6%	82.6%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	84.5%	84.5%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	83.2%	83.2%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	84.4%	84.4%	N/A
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	91.7%	91.7%	N/A
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	91.0%	91.0%	N/A
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	94.3%	94.3%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	95.2%	95.2%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	94.3%	94.3%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Sparta Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.