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Benjamin Franklin Mid School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

605 Campbell

Valparaiso IN, 46385, Porter County

Phone: 219-531-3020

Ranking:

(64 out of 1,449, top 4%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Valparaiso Community Schools

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:	48		46		49		41		46		41		42
Total Students:	867		791		761		785		803		804		763
Grade 6:	299	34.5%	265	33.5%	273	35.9%	254	32.4%	249	31.0%	281	35.0%	247	32.4%
Grade 7:	287	33.1%	277	35.0%	239	31.4%	239	30.4%	299	37.2%	250	31.1%	262	34.3%
Grade 8:	281	32.4%	249	31.5%	249	32.7%	292	37.2%	255	31.8%	273	34.0%	254	33.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	433	49.9%	392	49.6%	396	52.0%	398	50.7%	384	47.8%	379	47.1%	368	48.2%
Female:	434	50.1%	399	50.4%	365	48.0%	387	49.3%	378	47.1%	382	47.5%	352	46.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%
Asian:	14	1.6%	13	1.6%	13	1.7%	15	1.9%	13	1.6%	14	1.7%	13	1.7%
Hispanic:	56	6.5%	47	5.9%	45	5.9%	53	6.8%	48	6.0%	39	4.9%	37	4.8%
Black:	14	1.6%	13	1.6%	8	1.1%	14	1.8%	17	2.1%	12	1.5%	14	1.8%
White:	761	87.8%	687	86.9%	674	88.6%	674	85.9%	690	85.9%	703	87.4%	658	86.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	2.5%	30	3.8%	20	2.6%	27	3.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	142	16.4%	133	16.8%	123	16.2%	110	14.0%	108	13.4%	75	9.3%	81	10.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	40	4.6%	26	3.3%	21	2.8%	27	3.4%	34	4.2%	32	4.0%	32	4.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.10		17.36		15.56		18.96		17.62		19.40		18.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ECA
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	74%	61%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98.8%	82.7%	72.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100.0%	75.9%	N/A
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	100.0%	61.5%	N/A
ISTEP+
2004	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	69%
2005	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	70%
2006	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	71%
2007	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	71%
2008	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	69%
2010	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	92.8%	91%	76%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	93.3%	87.6%	78%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	83%	73%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	74%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91%	88%	78%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	80%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	80%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89%	82%	72%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87%	86%	76%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.8%	87.4%	80%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.5%	88.4%	82%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	82%	76%	54%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	84%	82%	58%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	86%	84.4%	62%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	89.5%	84.9%	64%
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	69%
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	70%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	88%	86%	67%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	93%	92.1%	77%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	93.7%	90.5%	75%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81%	83%	73%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	76%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	78%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	80%	69%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	82%	73%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	85.9%	75%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	87.2%	78%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	57%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	85.5%	68%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	71%
2004	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	65%
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	85%	84%	68%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	81%	82%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	84%	80%	67%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	88%	85%	69%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	81%	77%	65%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	69%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	88.4%	72%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	90.3%	73%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	71%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	72%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80%	83%	72%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85%	80%	71%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	74%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	66%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88%	86%	72%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	88.9%	77%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	87.2%	80%

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