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West Middle School

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1920 West Pikes Peak Ave

Colorado Springs CO, 80904, El Paso County

Phone: 719-328-3900

Ranking:

(837 out of 1,246, bottom 33%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Colorado Springs School District 11

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		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	20		19		21		22		21		25		29
Total Students:	272		261		270		289		287		332		354
Grade 6:	86	31.6%	97	37.2%	89	33.0%	89	30.8%	91	31.7%	109	32.8%	109	30.8%
Grade 7:	92	33.8%	85	32.6%	82	30.4%	103	35.6%	91	31.7%	112	33.7%	113	31.9%
Grade 8:	94	34.6%	79	30.3%	99	36.7%	97	33.6%	105	36.6%	111	33.4%	132	37.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	130	47.8%	128	49.0%	133	49.3%	152	52.6%	157	54.7%	172	51.8%	192	54.2%
Female:	142	52.2%	133	51.0%	137	50.7%	137	47.4%	122	42.5%	152	45.8%	158	44.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	2.2%	3	1.1%	4	1.5%	3	1.0%	5	1.7%	7	2.1%	5	1.4%
Asian:	7	2.6%	4	1.5%	2	0.7%	3	1.0%	7	2.4%	11	3.3%	6	1.7%
Hispanic:	86	31.6%	76	29.1%	84	31.1%	91	31.5%	74	25.8%	87	26.2%	87	24.6%
Black:	5	1.8%	7	2.7%	18	6.7%	16	5.5%	22	7.7%	24	7.2%	23	6.5%
White:	147	54.0%	153	58.6%	144	53.3%	157	54.3%	179	62.4%	203	61.1%	233	65.8%
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:	21	7.7%	18	6.9%	18	6.7%	19	6.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	180	66.2%	153	58.6%	166	61.5%	165	57.1%	169	58.9%	169	50.9%	183	51.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	27	9.9%	25	9.6%	23	8.5%	27	9.3%	20	7.0%	22	6.6%	31	8.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.88		14.03		12.86		13.02		13.73		13.30		12.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	49	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	44	54	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	59	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	62	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	49	65	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	61	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	37	60	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	59	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	66	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	55	66	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	69	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	69	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	74	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	71	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	72	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	69	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	50	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	57	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	59	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	58	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	63	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	61	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	39	56	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	60	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	31	38	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	44	42	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	39	45	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	56	57	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	49	49	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	48	54	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	44	46	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	38	47	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	65	61	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	59	62	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	62	64	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	66	67	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	77	66	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	66	70	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	67	68	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	59	65	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	52	50	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	49	53	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	50	55	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	52	61	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	60	58	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	50	63	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	57	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	43	53	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	25	41	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	36	45	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	48	47	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	51	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	52	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	54	53	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	39	50	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	45	48	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	64	67	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	65	66	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	69	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	67	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	71	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	73	67	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	60	69	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	58	66	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	50	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	50	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	44	52	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	51	56	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	49	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	58	49	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	39	46	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	44	47	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	50	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	48	52	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	53	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	46	55	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	51	56	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	55	55	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	56	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	45	52	55
TCAP
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	46.2	56.5	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	55.6	57.2	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	65.9	71.0	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	77.3	71.9	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	34.1	51.3	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	42.3	51.3	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	44.6	49.2	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	39.5	48.1	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	68.6	67.1	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	55.2	65.6	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	54.2	57.4	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	42.7	56.4	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	34.6	45.7	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	45.9	47.3	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	64.4	65.9	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	57.2	65.7	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	39.2	43.7	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	39.3	47.9	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	40.1	51.4	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	42.9	50.1	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%	56.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.0%	43.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	53.6%	66.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	46.4%	33.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,800.0	$43,111.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,454.0	$38,896.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,814.0	$51,540.0

* West Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.