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William C. Mcginnis Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

271 State St

Perth Amboy NJ, 08861, Middlesex County

Phone: 732-376-6040

Ranking:

(1,691 out of 1,847, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8

School District: Perth Amboy City 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:	100		103		102		89		91		91		91
Total Students:	1,387		1,354		1,369		1,433		1,390		1,349		1,299
Grade 5:	351	25.3%	308	22.7%	307	22.4%	303	21.1%	338	24.3%	267	19.8%	287	22.1%
Grade 6:	326	23.5%	326	24.1%	326	23.8%	370	25.8%	322	23.2%	329	24.4%	287	22.1%
Grade 7:	345	24.9%	344	25.4%	365	26.7%	369	25.8%	350	25.2%	353	26.2%	337	25.9%
Grade 8:	338	24.4%	342	25.3%	330	24.1%	325	22.7%	327	23.5%	355	26.3%	336	25.9%
Ungraded:	27	1.9%	34	2.5%	41	3.0%	66	4.6%	53	3.8%	45	3.3%	52	4.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	752	54.2%	721	53.2%	725	53.0%	753	52.5%	728	52.4%	685	50.8%	686	52.8%
Female:	635	45.8%	633	46.8%	644	47.0%	680	47.5%	662	47.6%	664	49.2%	609	46.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	7	0.5%	6	0.4%	6	0.4%	6	0.4%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	2	0.2%
Hispanic:	1,289	92.9%	1,241	91.7%	1,258	91.9%	1,312	91.6%	1,283	92.3%	1,257	93.2%	1,211	93.2%
Black:	71	5.1%	87	6.4%	80	5.8%	89	6.2%	90	6.5%	71	5.3%	69	5.3%
White:	16	1.2%	19	1.4%	23	1.7%	23	1.6%	14	1.0%	18	1.3%	17	1.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,155	83.3%	847	62.6%	809	59.1%	833	58.1%	1,008	72.5%	885	65.6%	878	67.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	91	6.6%	36	2.7%	93	6.8%	92	6.4%	116	8.3%	161	11.9%	133	10.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.87		13.15		13.37		16.10		15.27		11.50		14.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	67.2%	71.3%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	27.1%	32.5%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	38.3%	43.0%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	32%	36.1%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	25.8%	30.2%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	30.0%	34.7%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	34.2%	33.2%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	60.9%	65.3%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	56.5%	58.8%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	64.3%	60.1%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	56.6%	58.0%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	60.7%	64.1%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	66.8%	69.7%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	59.7%	57.2%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	45.9%	48.7%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	28.1%	29.7%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	36.6%	42.5%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	29.6%	35.7%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	36.5%	39.5%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	28.5%	33.5%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	69.0%	66.4%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	55.2%	53.2%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	45.9%	51.3%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	47.3%	54.1%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	49.7%	53.3%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	45.4%	55.0%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	49.9%	57.4%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	42.4%	45.3%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	40.9%	42.1%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	33.8%	38.7%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	26.2%	30.3%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	26.6%	29.3%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	32.1%	33.4%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	39.2%	42.7%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	40.4%	41.2%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	38.1%	37.3%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	37.2%	39.2%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	35.9%	39.1%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	28.5%	32.3%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	25.0%	30.2%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	54.2%	59.3%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	53.6%	55.1%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	60.5%	55.9%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	51.4%	55.8%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	57.8%	57.2%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	59.4%	57.6%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	33.2%	41.3%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	47.1%	48.1%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	51.0%	43.8%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	39.1%	42.7%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	46.6%	42.8%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	38.8%	34.5%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	49.0%	57.5%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	50.1%	57.0%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	57.0%	56.8%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	55.4%	57.9%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	54.5%	55.1%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	52.2%	51.2%	79.0%
GEPA
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	44.6%	44.6%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	38.1%	38.1%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	44.6%	44.6%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	50.3%	50.3%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	45.4%	48.9%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	28.4%	28.4%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	33.4%	33.4%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	31.2%	31.2%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	35.5%	35.5%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	37.7%	42.1%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	37.5%	37.5%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	42.2%	42.2%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	42.0%	42.0%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	47.8%	47.8%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	39.9%	43.2%	78.9%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* William C. Mcginnis 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.