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Whitten Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

210 Daniel Lake Blvd

Jackson MS, 39212, Hinds County

Phone: 601-371-4309

Ranking:

(667 out of 672, bottom 1%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Jackson Public 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:	33		40		43		45		48		52		45
Total Students:	538		577		713		727		809		794		779
Grade 6:	205	38.1%	172	29.8%	228	32.0%	253	34.8%	297	36.7%	260	32.7%	275	35.3%
Grade 7:	156	29.0%	176	30.5%	243	34.1%	235	32.3%	261	32.3%	278	35.0%	249	32.0%
Grade 8:	174	32.3%	224	38.8%	231	32.4%	223	30.7%	250	30.9%	247	31.1%	241	30.9%
Ungraded:	3	0.6%	5	0.9%	11	1.5%	16	2.2%	1	0.1%	9	1.1%	14	1.8%
Student By Gender:
Male:	284	52.8%	307	53.2%	380	53.3%	398	54.7%	447	55.3%	432	54.4%	412	52.9%
Female:	254	47.2%	270	46.8%	333	46.7%	329	45.3%	362	44.7%	362	45.6%	363	46.6%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	27	5.0%	25	4.3%	20	2.8%	10	1.4%	13	1.6%	9	1.1%	13	1.7%
Black:	504	93.7%	536	92.9%	676	94.8%	692	95.2%	768	94.9%	764	96.2%	744	95.5%
White:	6	1.1%	14	2.4%	15	2.1%	24	3.3%	26	3.2%	21	2.6%	22	2.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	504	93.7%	524	90.8%	642	90.0%	675	92.8%	718	88.8%	679	85.5%	650	83.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	2.2%	16	2.8%	28	3.9%	18	2.5%	45	5.6%	52	6.5%	48	6.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.53		14.31		16.46		16.32		16.85		15.30		17.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	138.9	143.5	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.5	144.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.7	145.6	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139.9	144.9	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.7	146.8	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.4	146.4	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.2	146.1	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	147.6	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	147.7	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.4	146.1	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.8	146.8	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	147.9	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	144.3	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.3	144.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.2	145.7	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.4	145.6	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144	147.6	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.3	148.2	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	147.6	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.1	148.8	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.8	148.5	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141	148.9	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	149.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	149	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.1	143.2	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.3	144.6	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139.7	144	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.5	144.7	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.7	146.1	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.1	145.7	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.4	147.4	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	148.3	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142	148.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145	148.9	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144	149.6	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	149.6	154.6
MST
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.7%	19%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.3%	17.5%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	7.8%	17%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.2%	35.5%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.8%	43.9%	64.0%
SATP2
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	87.1%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96.6%	87.4%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.4%	86.2%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	88.9%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.1%	61.2%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	63%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95%	70%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.5%	77.9%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	77.6%	76.6%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	89.4%	80.4%	85.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	66.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	33.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,343.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,445.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,882.0

* Whitten 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.