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South Middle School

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12310 East Parkview Dr

Aurora CO, 80011, Adams County

Phone: 303-364-7623

Ranking:

(1,193 out of 1,246, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J

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:	43		40		40		37		38		40		44
Total Students:	743		688		686		652		647		670		724
Grade 6:	265	35.7%	229	33.3%	244	35.6%	229	35.1%	231	35.7%	201	30.0%	242	33.4%
Grade 7:	224	30.1%	256	37.2%	213	31.0%	226	34.7%	187	28.9%	223	33.3%	237	32.7%
Grade 8:	254	34.2%	203	29.5%	229	33.4%	197	30.2%	229	35.4%	246	36.7%	245	33.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	392	52.8%	374	54.4%	347	50.6%	347	53.2%	367	56.7%	357	53.3%	394	54.4%
Female:	351	47.2%	314	45.6%	339	49.4%	305	46.8%	272	42.0%	305	45.5%	326	45.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.7%	6	0.9%	6	0.9%	6	0.9%	2	0.3%	4	0.6%	7	1.0%
Asian:	16	2.2%	14	2.0%	15	2.2%	12	1.8%	20	3.1%	30	4.5%	23	3.2%
Hispanic:	507	68.2%	457	66.4%	450	65.6%	428	65.6%	421	65.1%	424	63.3%	455	62.8%
Black:	156	21.0%	137	19.9%	150	21.9%	144	22.1%	156	24.1%	147	21.9%	158	21.8%
White:	39	5.2%	48	7.0%	45	6.6%	52	8.0%	48	7.4%	65	9.7%	81	11.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	5	0.7%	3	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	19	2.6%	24	3.5%	15	2.2%	7	1.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	592	79.7%	550	79.9%	531	77.4%	521	79.9%	489	75.6%	505	75.4%	516	71.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	56	7.5%	50	7.3%	60	8.7%	61	9.4%	53	8.2%	66	9.9%	62	8.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.28		17.34		17.30		17.49		17.25		16.90		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	26	30	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	20	33	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	24	35	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	39	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	33	42	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	44	49	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	47	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	43	46	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	43	46	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	32	44	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	32	45	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	34	42	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	27	47	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	35	50	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	50	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	52	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	34	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	25	36	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	22	32	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	21	31	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	17	33	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	24	40	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	40	36	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	42	46	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	16	20	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	19	22	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	15	25	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	23	32	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	18	26	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	31	37	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	18	33	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	21	33	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	36	39	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	40	43	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	36	45	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	36	44	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	32	42	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	34	44	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	34	48	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	42	47	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	22	29	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	25	35	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	19	32	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	25	35	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	19	33	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	20	36	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	25	36	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	37	38	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	11	17	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	15	21	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	18	24	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	18	27	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	22	32	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	20	34	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	26	37	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	27	35	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	41	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	31	42	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	47	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	43	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	38	46	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	28	44	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	50	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	48	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	19	25	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	15	26	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	22	28	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	24	30	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	17	26	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	15	32	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	13	28	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	14	27	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	20	29	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	21	31	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	22	29	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	18	27	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	14	29	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	14	29	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	16	32	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	21	30	55
TCAP
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	35.6	42.3	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	28.3	41.4	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	41.5	50.0	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	38.5	54.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	30.1	38.5	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	32.9	40.3	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	27.0	32.7	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	19.2	31.3	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	45.4	49.9	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	36.3	45.6	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	39.1	45.5	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	30.4	42.5	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	22.7	33.2	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	25.1	32.7	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	44.8	44.0	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	35.5	47.1	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	11.4	29.2	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	15.8	31.3	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	25.5	33.9	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	27.6	39.7	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	44.4%	41.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	55.6%	58.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.1%	33.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	68.9%	66.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$56,117.0	$52,287.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,949.0	$35,808.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$63,870.0	$60,526.0

* South 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.