Walnut Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1600 North Custer Ave

Grand Island NE, 68803, Hall County

Phone: 308-385-5990

Ranking:

(680 out of 761, bottom 11%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Grand Island 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:	61		57		57		63		62		64		62
Total Students:	867		826		822		822		827		871		830
Grade 6:	322	37.1%	277	33.5%	260	31.6%	271	33.0%	276	33.4%	264	30.3%	272	32.8%
Grade 7:	265	30.6%	272	32.9%	267	32.5%	287	34.9%	267	32.3%	284	32.6%	282	34.0%
Grade 8:	280	32.3%	277	33.5%	295	35.9%	264	32.1%	284	34.3%	295	33.9%	249	30.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	447	51.6%	422	51.1%	415	50.5%	415	50.5%	427	51.6%	464	53.3%	448	54.0%
Female:	420	48.4%	404	48.9%	407	49.5%	407	49.5%	392	47.4%	399	45.8%	378	45.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	1.3%	9	1.1%	8	1.0%	10	1.2%	6	0.7%	7	0.8%	7	0.8%
Asian:	14	1.6%	7	0.8%	10	1.2%	7	0.9%	6	0.7%	10	1.1%	17	2.0%
Hispanic:	528	60.9%	508	61.5%	484	58.9%	492	59.9%	456	55.1%	436	50.1%	413	49.8%
Black:	30	3.5%	30	3.6%	17	2.1%	14	1.7%	18	2.2%	25	2.9%	18	2.2%
White:	283	32.6%	258	31.2%	289	35.2%	281	34.2%	341	41.2%	393	45.1%	375	45.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	14	1.7%	13	1.6%	18	2.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	574	66.2%	587	71.1%	517	62.9%	488	59.4%	481	58.2%	490	56.3%	438	52.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	131	15.1%	109	13.2%	122	14.8%	129	15.7%	132	16.0%	154	17.7%	146	17.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.27		14.59		14.38		12.98		13.29		13.60		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NeSA
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	88.83	98.03	N/A
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	98.04	104.80	N/A
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	99.21	107.56	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	78.51	89.67	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	89.26	98.58	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	90.71	99.47	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	96.33	105.01	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	103.39	110.72	N/A
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	96.45	105.80	N/A
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	93.23	103.27	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	87.33	98.53	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	94.64	108.83	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	103.80	110.90	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Average Scaled Score	106.56	116.00	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	86.26	99.82	N/A
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	91.23	100.68	N/A
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	87.37	95.80	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	87.71	98.92	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	91.39	101.89	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	96.45	108.01	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	100.14	111.23	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	80.14	92.58	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	84.64	90.45	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	39.99	44.75	N/A
2013	Writing	8th Grade	Average Scaled Score	40.54	45.08	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	42.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	57.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,976.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,365.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,256.0

* Walnut 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.