Taft Middle School, 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: | 39 | 41 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 49 | 46 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 566 | 615 | 657 | 652 | 646 | 662 | 699 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 174 | 30.7% | 204 | 33.2% | 221 | 33.6% | 226 | 34.7% | 205 | 31.7% | 220 | 33.2% | 217 | 31.0% |
| Grade 7: | 193 | 34.1% | 203 | 33.0% | 233 | 35.5% | 205 | 31.4% | 222 | 34.4% | 218 | 32.9% | 232 | 33.2% |
| Grade 8: | 199 | 35.2% | 208 | 33.8% | 203 | 30.9% | 221 | 33.9% | 219 | 33.9% | 224 | 33.8% | 250 | 35.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 294 | 51.9% | 316 | 51.4% | 347 | 52.8% | 328 | 50.3% | 337 | 52.2% | 340 | 51.4% | 350 | 50.1% |
| Female: | 272 | 48.1% | 299 | 48.6% | 310 | 47.2% | 324 | 49.7% | 309 | 47.8% | 314 | 47.4% | 345 | 49.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 10 | 1.8% | 12 | 2.0% | 13 | 2.0% | 19 | 2.9% | 18 | 2.8% | 10 | 1.5% | 10 | 1.4% |
| Hispanic: | 17 | 3.0% | 19 | 3.1% | 15 | 2.3% | 17 | 2.6% | 12 | 1.9% | 9 | 1.4% | 6 | 0.9% |
| Black: | 28 | 4.9% | 34 | 5.5% | 51 | 7.8% | 62 | 9.5% | 53 | 8.2% | 60 | 9.1% | 59 | 8.4% |
| White: | 492 | 86.9% | 527 | 85.7% | 553 | 84.2% | 550 | 84.4% | 559 | 86.5% | 583 | 88.1% | 622 | 89.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 17 | 3.0% | 21 | 3.4% | 21 | 3.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 103 | 18.2% | 143 | 23.3% | 204 | 31.1% | 198 | 30.4% | 175 | 27.1% | 147 | 22.2% | 142 | 20.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 39 | 6.9% | 31 | 5.0% | 55 | 8.4% | 50 | 7.7% | 49 | 7.6% | 44 | 6.6% | 31 | 4.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.40 | 14.96 | 14.13 | 14.02 | 13.92 | 13.60 | 15.40 | |||||||
* Taft Middle School, Students and Teachers was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.