Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School
1235 Cedar Ln Rd Middletown DE, 19709, New Castle County Phone: 302-449-3490 Ranking:  (3 out of 134, top 2%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Appoquinimink School District Title I Eligible School: No Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | |||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 52 | 50 | 49 | 50 | 46 | 42 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 869 | 872 | 791 | 824 | 795 | 764 | ||||||
| Grade 6: | 259 | 29.8% | 319 | 36.6% | 271 | 34.3% | 269 | 32.6% | 247 | 31.1% | 281 | 36.8% |
| Grade 7: | 314 | 36.1% | 279 | 32.0% | 269 | 34.0% | 258 | 31.3% | 283 | 35.6% | 254 | 33.2% |
| Grade 8: | 296 | 34.1% | 274 | 31.4% | 251 | 31.7% | 297 | 36.0% | 265 | 33.3% | 229 | 30.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male: | 451 | 51.9% | 471 | 54.0% | 442 | 55.9% | 456 | 55.3% | 424 | 53.3% | 382 | 50.0% |
| Female: | 418 | 48.1% | 401 | 46.0% | 349 | 44.1% | 368 | 44.7% | 363 | 45.7% | 374 | 49.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.3% | 8 | 1.0% | 8 | 1.0% | 8 | 1.0% | 5 | 0.7% |
| Asian: | 54 | 6.2% | 62 | 7.1% | 48 | 6.1% | 50 | 6.1% | 49 | 6.2% | 43 | 5.6% |
| Hispanic: | 33 | 3.8% | 31 | 3.6% | 24 | 3.0% | 20 | 2.4% | 20 | 2.5% | 23 | 3.0% |
| Black: | 131 | 15.1% | 132 | 15.1% | 122 | 15.4% | 135 | 16.4% | 119 | 15.0% | 115 | 15.1% |
| White: | 634 | 73.0% | 632 | 72.5% | 578 | 73.1% | 608 | 73.8% | 599 | 75.3% | 578 | 75.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 13 | 1.5% | 12 | 1.4% | 11 | 1.4% | 3 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 53 | 6.1% | 67 | 7.7% | 69 | 8.7% | 62 | 7.5% | 54 | 6.8% | 34 | 4.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 19 | 2.2% | 16 | 2.0% | 18 | 2.2% | 25 | 3.1% | 9 | 1.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.71 | 17.44 | 16.14 | 16.48 | 17.28 | 18.20 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| DCAS | ||||||
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 88% | 74.5% | 57.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 87% | 82% | 67% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.85% | 84.62% | 65.71% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 76.3% | 62.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89% | 85% | 74% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.07% | 85.38% | 73.79% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 72.2% | 60.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 91% | 82% | 70% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.02% | 80.45% | 67.11% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 71.2% | 59.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91% | 86% | 71% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.62% | 84.53% | 71.85% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 79% | 61.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 93% | 89% | 74% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | > 95.0% | 87.89% | 71.31% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 76.4% | 61.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93% | 87% | 74% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.86% | 86.95% | 72.57% |
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* Waters (Alfred G.) 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.