West Chatham Middle School
800 Pine Barren Rd Pooler GA, 31322, Chatham County Phone: 912-395-3650 Ranking:  (1,551 out of 1,747, bottom 11%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Chatham County 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 | |||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 64 | 68 | 67 | 75 | 76 | 74 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 1,009 | 1,070 | 1,011 | 1,037 | 1,100 | 1,009 | ||||||
| Grade 6: | 335 | 33.2% | 395 | 36.9% | 348 | 34.4% | 361 | 34.8% | 391 | 35.5% | 331 | 32.8% |
| Grade 7: | 344 | 34.1% | 344 | 32.1% | 323 | 31.9% | 334 | 32.2% | 352 | 32.0% | 316 | 31.3% |
| Grade 8: | 330 | 32.7% | 331 | 30.9% | 340 | 33.6% | 342 | 33.0% | 357 | 32.5% | 362 | 35.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male: | 541 | 53.6% | 568 | 53.1% | 554 | 54.8% | 557 | 53.7% | 604 | 54.9% | 512 | 50.7% |
| Female: | 468 | 46.4% | 502 | 46.9% | 457 | 45.2% | 480 | 46.3% | 496 | 45.1% | 453 | 44.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 18 | 1.8% | 16 | 1.5% | 18 | 1.8% | 25 | 2.4% | 40 | 3.6% | 33 | 3.3% |
| Hispanic: | 102 | 10.1% | 111 | 10.4% | 86 | 8.5% | 106 | 10.2% | 123 | 11.2% | 104 | 10.3% |
| Black: | 453 | 44.9% | 462 | 43.2% | 436 | 43.1% | 433 | 41.8% | 485 | 44.1% | 417 | 41.3% |
| White: | 379 | 37.6% | 420 | 39.3% | 425 | 42.0% | 424 | 40.9% | 448 | 40.7% | 417 | 41.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 55 | 5.5% | 60 | 5.6% | 45 | 4.5% | 48 | 4.6% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 596 | 59.1% | 586 | 54.8% | 538 | 53.2% | 514 | 49.6% | 581 | 52.8% | 376 | 37.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 107 | 10.6% | 109 | 10.2% | 107 | 10.6% | 79 | 7.6% | 126 | 11.5% | 111 | 11.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.77 | 15.74 | 15.09 | 13.86 | 14.57 | 13.70 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 76.9% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 80.6% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 79.3% | 87.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 85.1% | 90.5% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 86.7% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 87.9% | 91.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 87.1% | 92% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 89.5% | 92.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 45.4% | 62% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 46.7% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 53% | 51.4% | 69.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 58.4% | 74.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.5% | 62.8% | 75% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.3% | 65.9% | 76.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 68.5% | 80% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 76.0% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86% | 78.6% | 86% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 83.6% | 89.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 84.5% | 91.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 83.4% | 89.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 85.4% | 91% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91% | 91.4% | 93.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 93.6% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 94.5% | 96.0% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 53% | 43.6% | 61% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 40.6% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 47.2% | 66.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 53.3% | 68.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 53.6% | 70% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 56.1% | 70.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 52.9% | 73% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 58.0% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 75.1% | 85% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 74.7% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 36% | 47.4% | 64% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 49% | 57.5% | 71.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 58.5% | 73% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 63.3% | 77.5% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 71% | 74.8% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 83.6% | 89.2% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 84.2% | 89.7% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 82.4% | 89.4% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 87.2% | 91% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 87.6% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 91.5% | 94% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 90.1% | 93.0% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 68.9% | 80% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 60.5% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 64% | 66.5% | 79.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 72.2% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 76% | 86% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 82% | 89.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 88% | 91% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 82.2% | 89.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 69.2% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 76.1% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 80.1% | 88% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 80.8% | 89.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 82.3% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 82.5% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 92.5% | 94% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.0% | 92.4% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 44.3% | 63% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 51.3% | 70% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 59.9% | 75.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 59% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 66.4% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 68.2% | 82.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 76% | 85% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 73.9% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 77.1% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 76.9% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 57% | 57.7% | 71% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 60.1% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 64.4% | 78% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 66.7% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 83% | 87% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 84.8% | 88.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 86% | 85.4% | 89.3% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 87.1% | 91.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 89.2% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 89.8% | 92.8% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 91.7% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 92.2% | 94.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 74% | 68% | 77% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73% | 74.7% | 81.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 47.2% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 52.8% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.3% | 60.4% | 74% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 65.9% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 62.1% | 77% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 74.4% | 83.0% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 87.4% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 82.8% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 88.2% | 90.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 88% | 92.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 91.7% | 95% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 94.5% | 96% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92% | 93.4% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 96.7% | 96.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 65.9% | 76% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 60.1% | 74% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 41.9% | 59.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 47.6% | 64.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 40% | 44.4% | 66% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.5% | 47.1% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 56.5% | 74% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 57.9% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 85% | 81.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 75.5% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.2% | 46.4% | 58.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.7% | 46.7% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 57.6% | 70% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 56.7% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 62.3% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.0% | 65.2% | 77.9% |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 100% | 47% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 94.4% | 50.2% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 83.9% | 40.7% | 55% |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 44.4% | 28.1% | 36.9% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 100% | 52.4% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 100.1% | 49.2% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 100% | 53.9% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 100% | 76.2% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 96% | 81.9% | 82.3% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 94.9% | 84.7% | 85.7% |
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* West Chatham 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.