West Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

123 West Orchard Ave

Grand Junction CO, 81505, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-5090

Ranking:

(536 out of 1,246, top 43%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Mesa County Valley School District 51

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:	27		26		26		27		25		28		27
Total Students:	400		432		416		427		425		418		410
Grade 6:	125	31.3%	128	29.6%	139	33.4%	147	34.4%	145	34.1%	129	30.9%	120	29.3%
Grade 7:	130	32.5%	141	32.6%	149	35.8%	138	32.3%	130	30.6%	139	33.3%	140	34.1%
Grade 8:	145	36.3%	163	37.7%	128	30.8%	142	33.3%	150	35.3%	150	35.9%	150	36.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	185	46.3%	205	47.5%	201	48.3%	208	48.7%	211	49.6%	196	46.9%	207	50.5%
Female:	215	53.8%	227	52.5%	215	51.7%	219	51.3%	206	48.5%	214	51.2%	199	48.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	1.0%	5	1.2%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%	6	1.4%	6	1.4%	4	1.0%
Asian:	5	1.3%	5	1.2%	7	1.7%	5	1.2%	10	2.4%	7	1.7%	3	0.7%
Hispanic:	69	17.3%	86	19.9%	66	15.9%	70	16.4%	76	17.9%	63	15.1%	53	12.9%
Black:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	5	1.2%	5	1.2%	5	1.2%	4	1.0%
White:	300	75.0%	320	74.1%	335	80.5%	339	79.4%	328	77.2%	337	80.6%	346	84.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	19	4.8%	14	3.2%	3	0.7%	6	1.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	108	27.0%	138	31.9%	119	28.6%	140	32.8%	137	32.2%	117	28.0%	106	25.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	4.3%	30	6.9%	29	7.0%	23	5.4%	25	5.9%	25	6.0%	25	6.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.04		16.92		15.89		15.76		16.77		15.20		15.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	54	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	57	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	52	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	54	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	54	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	57	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	62	57	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	59	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	70	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	71	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	69	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	72	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	67	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	67	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	72	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	N/A
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	55	N/A
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	58	N/A
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	57	N/A
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	58	N/A
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	51	51	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	53	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	49	50	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	55	52	N/A
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	50	43	N/A
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	48	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	64	46	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	47	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	56	41	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	54	49	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	56	43	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	51	47	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	66	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	66	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	75	67	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	73	66	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	69	63	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	78	69	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	75	70	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	67	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	56	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	59	55	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	70	58	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	70	60	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	66	53	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	60	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	62	56	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	54	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	41	40	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	46	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	44	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	58	46	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	40	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	63	47	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	46	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	55	44	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	73	68	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	72	69	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	68	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	76	67	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	68	65	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	65	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	69	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	68	N/A
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	49	50	N/A
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	52	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	45	49	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	59	54	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	38	46	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	49	49	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	34	48	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	49	N/A
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	51	N/A
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	55	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	54	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	68	53	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	50	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	53	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	51	54	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	61	50	N/A
TCAP
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	66.9	58.1	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	64.8	60.9	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.2	73.1	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73.2	73.0	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	55.7	48.2	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	45.5	49.5	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	54.5	50.8	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	58.9	52.0	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	76.8	68.7	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	74.6	67.8	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	65.3	58.8	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	61.9	57.9	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	49.6	45.6	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	49.0	47.1	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	68.8	69.3	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	70.0	65.2	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	37.6	46.7	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	45.8	49.4	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	53.6	52.6	N/A
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	54.2	49.4	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	52.2%	38.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	43.5%	61.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.4%	23.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.6%	76.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,384.0	$43,179.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,483.0	$32,214.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,153.0	$46,469.0

* West 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.