Union Avenue Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

427 Union Ave

Irvington NJ, 07111, Essex County

Phone: 973-399-6885

Ranking:

(1,644 out of 1,847, bottom 11%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Irvington 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:	58		64		67		66		74		71		59
Total Students:	674		680		767		806		786		796		807
Grade 6:	199	29.5%	211	31.0%	263	34.3%	245	30.4%	242	30.8%	265	33.3%	222	27.5%
Grade 7:	198	29.4%	227	33.4%	240	31.3%	252	31.3%	253	32.2%	239	30.0%	269	33.3%
Grade 8:	233	34.6%	180	26.5%	224	29.2%	261	32.4%	232	29.5%	257	32.3%	256	31.7%
Ungraded:	44	6.5%	62	9.1%	40	5.2%	48	6.0%	43	5.5%	35	4.4%	60	7.4%
Student By Gender:
Male:	349	51.8%	335	49.3%	387	50.5%	407	50.5%	395	50.3%	421	52.9%	395	48.9%
Female:	325	48.2%	345	50.7%	380	49.5%	399	49.5%	391	49.7%	375	47.1%	408	50.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Asian:	3	0.4%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	8	1.0%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	80	11.9%	74	10.9%	61	8.0%	46	5.7%	47	6.0%	65	8.2%	59	7.3%
Black:	588	87.2%	600	88.2%	699	91.1%	749	92.9%	734	93.4%	728	91.5%	746	92.4%
White:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	419	62.2%	373	54.9%	434	56.6%	473	58.7%	380	48.3%	404	50.8%	715	88.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	47	7.0%	37	5.4%	53	6.9%	50	6.2%	83	10.6%	83	10.4%	44	5.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.62		10.71		11.48		12.21		10.62		9.50		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	90.3%	43.2%	N/A
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	30.1%	21.8%	N/A
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	40.4%	35.8%	N/A
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	45.3%	35.6%	N/A
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	46.0%	36.1%	N/A
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	35.8%	30.9%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	93.5%	53.0%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	51.8%	40.6%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	50.5%	42.2%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	47.3%	38.8%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	53.3%	45.2%	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	52.6%	50.5%	N/A
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	56.4%	51.3%	N/A
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	37.9%	35.0%	N/A
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	45.9%	42.0%	N/A
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	41.9%	37.2%	N/A
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	30.0%	25.0%	N/A
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	32.5%	24.2%	N/A
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	30.0%	24.4%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	35.7%	29.6%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	35.6%	28.8%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	41.1%	35.7%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	37.6%	34.9%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	32.0%	24.6%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	38.8%	29.8%	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	31.1%	30.7%	N/A
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	60.8%	51.9%	N/A
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	58.7%	48.8%	N/A
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	57.3%	52.8%	N/A
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	56.7%	48.1%	N/A
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	58.2%	48.4%	N/A
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	62.0%	52.4%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	32.9%	28.3%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	49.5%	38.8%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	44.8%	38.8%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	39.6%	37.6%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	45.0%	34.6%	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	46.5%	33.4%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	63.1%	53.0%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	55.8%	51.3%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	53.2%	48.4%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	47.8%	46.4%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	60.5%	50.2%	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	61.3%	49.8%	N/A
GEPA
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	46.6%	39.8%	N/A
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	43.1%	35.1%	N/A
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	41.2%	37.3%	N/A
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	36.9%	33.5%	N/A
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	40.4%	35.0%	N/A
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	19.4%	13.9%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	20.3%	17.7%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	19.8%	18.2%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	23.9%	17.9%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	26.7%	22.9%	N/A
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	29.4%	26.8%	N/A
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	37.4%	33.3%	N/A
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	41.0%	36.5%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	45.7%	40.2%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	39.8%	35.3%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Union Avenue Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.