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Truman Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

5801 North 35th St

Tacoma WA, 98407, Pierce County

Phone: 253-571-5600

Ranking:

(974 out of 1,485, bottom 34%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Tacoma Public Schools

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:	NA	NA	40		43		41		32		36		36
Total Students:	748		763		794		748		606		636		658
Grade 6:	263	35.2%	252	33.0%	273	34.4%	255	34.1%	198	32.7%	184	28.9%	208	31.6%
Grade 7:	240	32.1%	252	33.0%	270	34.0%	255	34.1%	190	31.4%	223	35.1%	224	34.0%
Grade 8:	245	32.8%	259	33.9%	251	31.6%	238	31.8%	218	36.0%	229	36.0%	226	34.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	361	48.3%	391	51.2%	407	51.3%	393	52.5%	323	53.3%	325	51.1%	324	49.2%
Female:	387	51.7%	372	48.8%	387	48.7%	355	47.5%	275	45.4%	303	47.6%	330	50.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	1.1%	6	0.8%	5	0.6%	3	0.4%	8	1.3%	11	1.7%	12	1.8%
Asian:	70	9.4%	64	8.4%	56	7.1%	58	7.8%	55	9.1%	39	6.1%	36	5.5%
Hispanic:	66	8.8%	81	10.6%	94	11.8%	91	12.2%	40	6.6%	41	6.4%	36	5.5%
Black:	141	18.9%	169	22.1%	119	15.0%	106	14.2%	142	23.4%	138	21.7%	122	18.5%
White:	446	59.6%	433	56.7%	420	52.9%	373	49.9%	361	59.6%	407	64.0%	452	68.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	11	1.5%	7	0.9%	2	0.3%	6	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	0.8%	3	0.4%	98	12.3%	111	14.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	396	52.9%	424	55.6%	319	40.2%	311	41.6%	255	42.1%	216	34.0%	197	29.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	68	9.1%	56	7.3%	41	5.2%	68	9.1%	54	8.9%	53	8.3%	58	8.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	NA	19.22		18.56		18.33		18.70		17.90		18.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	45%	40.7%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	43.8%	49.2%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	44.4%	61.4%	80.7%
MSP
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.2%	34.3%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.1%	40%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.9%	46.9%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.2%	47.9%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.9%	47.7%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.8%	56.3%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	61%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.6%	59.2%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42.1%	33.9%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.9%	38.2%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.7%	42.8%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	51.8%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.4%	46.9%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	46.7%	43.3%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	62.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	57.2%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	57.9%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	60.2%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	75.5%	59.5%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	55.4%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.9%	35%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.6%	34.9%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49%	38.6%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.5%	36.5%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	57.5%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.8%	55%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59%	55.9%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.3%	50.6%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	38.9%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	44.3%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.8%	51.4%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	49.0%	64.9%
WASL
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.3%	32.7%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49.8%	40.2%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37.3%	36.9%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50.8%	38.9%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.6%	54.5%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.7%	58%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.3%	59.1%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	63.3%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.4%	33.2%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46.7%	35.1%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.5%	33.1%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.4%	43.3%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.5%	40.7%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.2%	37.7%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	53.2%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72%	57.8%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71%	53.8%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	61.4%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.6%	57.9%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56%	48.4%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	48.8%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	47.9%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	56.6%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	68.8%	58.2%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	64.5%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63.9%	60.4%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.8%	34.8%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.2%	35.5%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.9%	40.5%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.4%	37.7%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62%	61%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57%	55.3%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	59%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	62.3%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.9%	26.9%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.7%	24.7%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.5%	27.9%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.2%	28.3%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39%	33.7%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	36.8%	51.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Truman Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.