Weeks Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

901 East Park Ave

Des Moines IA, 50315, Polk County

Phone: 515-242-8449

Ranking:

(672 out of 696, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Des Moines Independent Community 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:	48		52		49		50		56		51		53
Total Students:	633		689		675		677		749		756		749
Grade 6:	195	30.8%	232	33.7%	234	34.7%	229	33.8%	249	33.2%	235	31.1%	280	37.4%
Grade 7:	223	35.2%	220	31.9%	230	34.1%	222	32.8%	221	29.5%	281	37.2%	223	29.8%
Grade 8:	215	34.0%	237	34.4%	211	31.3%	226	33.4%	279	37.2%	240	31.7%	246	32.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	351	55.5%	388	56.3%	356	52.7%	355	52.4%	399	53.3%	399	52.8%	413	55.1%
Female:	282	44.5%	301	43.7%	319	47.3%	322	47.6%	350	46.7%	349	46.2%	332	44.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%
Asian:	63	10.0%	74	10.7%	76	11.3%	70	10.3%	55	7.3%	61	8.1%	59	7.9%
Hispanic:	193	30.5%	221	32.1%	224	33.2%	222	32.8%	240	32.0%	210	27.8%	195	26.0%
Black:	111	17.5%	108	15.7%	94	13.9%	99	14.6%	99	13.2%	108	14.3%	91	12.1%
White:	209	33.0%	234	34.0%	226	33.5%	231	34.1%	293	39.1%	374	49.5%	401	53.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.5%	3	0.4%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	53	8.4%	47	6.8%	53	7.9%	50	7.4%	57	7.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	488	77.1%	558	81.0%	487	72.1%	447	66.0%	490	65.4%	439	58.1%	461	61.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	34	5.4%	31	4.5%	67	9.9%	68	10.0%	80	10.7%	84	11.1%	58	7.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.17		13.19		13.78		13.68		13.50		14.70		14.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
IA
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.62%	54.00%	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.94%	54.71%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.14%	47.87%	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.19%	48.41%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.20%	61.83%	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.81%	62.65%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	35.82%	49.42%	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41.15%	52.96%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.89%	56.00%	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.47%	58.58%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	37.11%	48.74%	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	36.11%	47.35%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	75.0%	73.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	25.0%	26.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	34.6%	34.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.4%	65.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,292.0	$42,429.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,934.0	$33,744.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,718.0	$47,042.0

* Weeks Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.