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Upton Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

800 Maiden Ln

Saint Joseph MI, 49085, Berrien County

Phone: 269-926-3400

Ranking:

(216 out of 2,213, top 10%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: St. Joseph 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:	33		34		34		35		36		35		36
Total Students:	684		650		639		664		719		678		644
Grade 6:	234	34.2%	206	31.7%	215	33.6%	203	30.6%	218	30.3%	227	33.5%	243	37.7%
Grade 7:	221	32.3%	226	34.8%	204	31.9%	224	33.7%	238	33.1%	253	37.3%	179	27.8%
Grade 8:	229	33.5%	218	33.5%	220	34.4%	237	35.7%	263	36.6%	198	29.2%	222	34.5%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	367	53.7%	342	52.6%	334	52.3%	348	52.4%	370	51.5%	345	50.9%	336	52.2%
Female:	317	46.3%	308	47.4%	305	47.7%	316	47.6%	341	47.4%	325	47.9%	304	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	1.0%	6	0.9%	4	0.6%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%
Asian:	41	6.0%	36	5.5%	26	4.1%	32	4.8%	32	4.5%	29	4.3%	26	4.0%
Hispanic:	26	3.8%	18	2.8%	14	2.2%	13	2.0%	14	1.9%	17	2.5%	18	2.8%
Black:	42	6.1%	34	5.2%	32	5.0%	44	6.6%	52	7.2%	48	7.1%	42	6.5%
White:	561	82.0%	552	84.9%	562	87.9%	565	85.1%	619	86.1%	583	86.0%	556	86.3%
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:	7	1.0%	4	0.6%	1	0.2%	9	1.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	115	16.8%	111	17.1%	94	14.7%	111	16.7%	96	13.4%	78	11.5%	53	8.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	46	6.7%	33	5.1%	35	5.5%	23	3.5%	36	5.0%	16	2.4%	11	1.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.60		19.29		18.63		19.14		20.20		19.50		17.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	82.8%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	91.1%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.1%	87.1%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	89.8%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.3%	89.3%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.1%	96.1%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.8%	52.8%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.9%	56.9%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.6%	90.6%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	94.6%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.9%	92.9%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.3%	93.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.9%	93.9%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.1%	93.1%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.5%	78.5%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	91.1%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	91.1%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	45.3%	45.3%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	49.8%	49.8%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	85.7%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.5%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.4%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.8%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.9%	89.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.3%	89.3%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.2%	93.2%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.1%	87.1%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.1%	45.1%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.6%	47.6%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	85.6%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	91.7%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	88.5%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.3%	92.3%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	90.2%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	79.9%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	82.8%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	81.1%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.2%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90.4%	90.4%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	57.1%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50.5%	50.5%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.4%	67.4%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.6%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	86.4%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.8%	89.8%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	86.9%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	90.7%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.6%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	92.7%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	91.7%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	92.7%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	91.8%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.3%	92.3%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	92.8%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	69.9%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	78.7%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	92.7%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	86.6%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.4%	89.4%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.8%	88.8%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	93.1%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.4%	92.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.4%	22.4%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.3%	34.3%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	87.3%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	89.7%	74.2%

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