USA.com / St. Joseph Area / Public Schools / Truman Middle Middle School

Truman Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3227 Olive

Saint Joseph MO, 64507, Buchanan County

Phone: 816-671-4400

Ranking:

(1,255 out of 1,698, bottom 26%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: St. Joseph 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:	34		35		35		35		34		35		34
Total Students:	470		465		506		466		473		450		429
Grade 7:	246	52.3%	217	46.7%	263	52.0%	232	49.8%	237	50.1%	234	52.0%	222	51.7%
Grade 8:	224	47.7%	248	53.3%	243	48.0%	234	50.2%	236	49.9%	216	48.0%	207	48.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	241	51.3%	239	51.4%	260	51.4%	217	46.6%	233	49.3%	221	49.1%	215	50.1%
Female:	229	48.7%	226	48.6%	246	48.6%	249	53.4%	232	49.0%	221	49.1%	210	49.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	5	1.1%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%
Asian:	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	4	0.9%
Hispanic:	35	7.4%	33	7.1%	25	4.9%	20	4.3%	24	5.1%	21	4.7%	31	7.2%
Black:	47	10.0%	64	13.8%	52	10.3%	57	12.2%	41	8.7%	35	7.8%	38	8.9%
White:	370	78.7%	357	76.8%	419	82.8%	382	82.0%	404	85.4%	392	87.1%	354	82.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	2.8%	6	1.3%	5	1.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	279	59.4%	285	61.3%	282	55.7%	258	55.4%	257	54.3%	204	45.3%	179	41.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	48	10.2%	29	6.2%	52	10.3%	40	8.6%	54	11.4%	48	10.7%	54	12.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.76		13.21		14.44		13.26		13.93		13.00		12.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MAP
2006	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	42.1%	39.3%	N/A
2007	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	33.6%	37.2%	N/A
2008	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	50.5%	49.9%	N/A
2009	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	45%	46.1%	N/A
2010	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	41.9%	47.3%	N/A
2011	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	47.5%	N/A
2012	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	50.2%	52.4%	N/A
2013	Communication Arts	7th Grade	% met std	46.1%	49.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	45.6%	41%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	40.6%	43.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46.8%	47.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43.6%	49.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	42.5%	50%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	47.5%	47.5%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	59.4%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53.9%	52.1%	N/A
2006	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	35.9%	41.8%	N/A
2007	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	38.7%	39.4%	N/A
2008	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	45.3%	42.7%	N/A
2009	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	42.9%	45.1%	N/A
2010	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	42.4%	46%	N/A
2011	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	44.7%	48.2%	N/A
2012	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	52%	N/A
2013	Communication Arts	8th Grade	% met std	49.8%	49.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	41.8%	39.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46.5%	37.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	48.1%	38.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	44.3%	43.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	37.5%	49.1%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	38.5%	44.1%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	40.6%	43.6%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	33%	34.3%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.8%	44.9%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39.9%	44.6%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.9%	42.9%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.6%	40.1%	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	48.1%	N/A
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	70.5%	34.5%	N/A
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	75.8%	43.3%	N/A
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	58.9%	41.8%	N/A
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	69.4%	48.4%	N/A
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.5%	50.6%	N/A
2010	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	0%	0%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.7%	64.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	48.3%	35.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	24.1%	35.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.9%	64.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,841.0	$37,256.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,300.0	$30,768.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,604.0	$40,824.0

* Truman Middle Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.