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West Alexander Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

85 Bulldog Ln

Taylorsville NC, 28681, Alexander County

Phone: 828-495-4611

Ranking:

(710 out of 1,874, top 38%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Alexander County 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:	40		39		38		38		38		40		41
Total Students:	563		584		602		594		631		649		668
Grade 6:	167	29.7%	182	31.2%	212	35.2%	190	32.0%	198	31.4%	207	31.9%	223	33.4%
Grade 7:	184	32.7%	208	35.6%	191	31.7%	200	33.7%	208	33.0%	218	33.6%	219	32.8%
Grade 8:	212	37.7%	194	33.2%	199	33.1%	204	34.3%	225	35.7%	224	34.5%	226	33.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	272	48.3%	290	49.7%	320	53.2%	311	52.4%	324	51.3%	344	53.0%	349	52.2%
Female:	291	51.7%	294	50.3%	282	46.8%	283	47.6%	299	47.4%	297	45.8%	304	45.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	19	3.4%	15	2.6%	10	1.7%	14	2.4%	16	2.5%	19	2.9%	25	3.7%
Hispanic:	21	3.7%	22	3.8%	17	2.8%	12	2.0%	14	2.2%	14	2.2%	11	1.6%
Black:	12	2.1%	16	2.7%	13	2.2%	7	1.2%	12	1.9%	17	2.6%	5	0.7%
White:	499	88.6%	521	89.2%	555	92.2%	554	93.3%	589	93.3%	599	92.3%	616	92.2%
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:	12	2.1%	10	1.7%	7	1.2%	7	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	190	33.7%	217	37.2%	220	36.5%	219	36.9%	194	30.7%	153	23.6%	143	21.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	56	9.9%	39	6.7%	41	6.8%	42	7.1%	53	8.4%	57	8.8%	57	8.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.23		15.15		16.02		15.69		16.77		16.20		16.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	89.7%	N/A
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	75.3%	N/A
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	79.6%	N/A
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.9%	77.8%	N/A
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	81.8%	N/A
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	82.9%	N/A
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	78.7%	N/A
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90.5%	39.2%	N/A
EOG
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61.9%	61.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	64.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	69.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	78.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	80.9%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	83.9%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78.4%	82.2%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	37.0%	39.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	82.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	88.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.1%	59.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.7%	71.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	76.9%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	78.3%	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.3%	41.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	53.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63.9%	60.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	70%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	82.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86%	81%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86.9%	82.9%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	81.5%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	45.9%	39.0%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.9%	87.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	87.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.1%	54.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	64.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	64.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	67.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	68%	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.8%	46.0%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	56.6%	48.3%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	43.4%	43.5%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66%	63.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	57.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	64.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	72%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	86.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	88.5%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	90.1%	86.3%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	83%	84.5%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	29.8%	26.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	88.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.8%	89.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	56.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	70.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73%	70.7%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	68%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	72.4%	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	35.1%	32.8%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65%	58.6%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	76.9%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	79.8%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	78%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.9%	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	59.3%	N/A

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* West Alexander Middle Middle School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.