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William S. Cohen School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

304 Garland St

Bangor ME, 04401, Penobscot County

Phone: 207-941-6230

Ranking:

(22 out of 407, top 5%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Bangor

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:	32		33		31		32		27		32		33
Total Students:	398		381		394		394		388		384		381
Grade 6:	139	34.9%	127	33.3%	128	32.5%	129	32.7%	133	34.3%	125	32.6%	124	32.5%
Grade 7:	127	31.9%	126	33.1%	125	31.7%	140	35.5%	120	30.9%	130	33.9%	132	34.6%
Grade 8:	132	33.2%	128	33.6%	141	35.8%	125	31.7%	135	34.8%	129	33.6%	125	32.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	186	46.7%	190	49.9%	206	52.3%	210	53.3%	199	51.3%	199	51.8%	203	53.3%
Female:	212	53.3%	191	50.1%	188	47.7%	184	46.7%	181	46.6%	177	46.1%	174	45.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.3%	6	1.6%	4	1.0%	7	1.8%	4	1.0%	3	0.8%	3	0.8%
Asian:	16	4.0%	14	3.7%	11	2.8%	8	2.0%	13	3.4%	16	4.2%	13	3.4%
Hispanic:	9	2.3%	8	2.1%	5	1.3%	6	1.5%	7	1.8%	4	1.0%	5	1.3%
Black:	11	2.8%	10	2.6%	7	1.8%	9	2.3%	14	3.6%	12	3.1%	14	3.7%
White:	352	88.4%	341	89.5%	364	92.4%	363	92.1%	350	90.2%	349	90.9%	346	90.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	1.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	124	31.2%	120	31.5%	20	5.1%	127	32.2%	101	26.0%	85	22.1%	77	20.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	4.3%	21	5.5%	0	0.0%	19	4.8%	33	8.5%	34	8.9%	26	6.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.60		11.57		12.90		12.47		14.53		12.20		8.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEA
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A	50%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A	55%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76%	72%	54%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76%	N/A	59%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	N/A	65%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	78%	70%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A	47%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71%	N/A	52%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77%	69%	58%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	N/A	60%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	N/A	69%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	79%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A	45%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A	51%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72%	67%	53%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	N/A	59%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79%	N/A	65%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	71%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86%	N/A	65%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84%	N/A	66%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	75%	62%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54%	N/A	48%
NECAP
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76%	71%	63%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A	63%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82%	73%	65%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	64%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	69%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	N/A	72%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	75%	72%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	71%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82%	75%	60%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74%	N/A	58%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	61%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77%	72%	59%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	68%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A	66%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	70%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	75%	69%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77%	73%	59%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	N/A	59%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72%	68%	60%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	70%	68%	61%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	69%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	N/A	73%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	77%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	80%	76%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73%	N/A	53%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59%	60%	51%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74%	66%	58%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	37.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	62.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	22.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	11.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	88.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,652.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,566.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$55,243.0

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