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Benjamin Tasker Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

4901 Collington Rd

Bowie MD, 20715, Prince Georges County

Phone: 301-805-2660

Ranking:

(671 out of 1,074, bottom 38%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Prince George's County Public 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:	58		55		58		64		64		68		67
Total Students:	880		936		931		1,006		1,160		1,112		1,099
Grade 6:	285	32.4%	289	30.9%	282	30.3%	267	26.5%	281	24.2%	298	26.8%	292	26.6%
Grade 7:	286	32.5%	325	34.7%	302	32.4%	321	31.9%	439	37.8%	388	34.9%	413	37.6%
Grade 8:	309	35.1%	322	34.4%	347	37.3%	418	41.6%	440	37.9%	426	38.3%	394	35.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	462	52.5%	467	49.9%	489	52.5%	503	50.0%	581	50.1%	584	52.5%	583	53.0%
Female:	418	47.5%	469	50.1%	442	47.5%	503	50.0%	571	49.2%	520	46.8%	512	46.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	7	0.8%	6	0.6%	7	0.6%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%
Asian:	37	4.2%	38	4.1%	36	3.9%	36	3.6%	40	3.4%	37	3.3%	34	3.1%
Hispanic:	92	10.5%	79	8.4%	73	7.8%	106	10.5%	106	9.1%	79	7.1%	78	7.1%
Black:	578	65.7%	622	66.5%	621	66.7%	660	65.6%	837	72.2%	817	73.5%	796	72.4%
White:	128	14.5%	152	16.2%	142	15.3%	143	14.2%	170	14.7%	176	15.8%	189	17.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.3%	5	0.5%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	40	4.5%	38	4.1%	49	5.3%	53	5.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	231	26.3%	229	24.5%	220	23.6%	251	25.0%	267	23.0%	171	15.4%	179	16.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	66	7.5%	52	5.6%	53	5.7%	57	5.7%	84	7.2%	87	7.8%	65	5.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.15		16.94		16.14		15.81		18.24		16.40		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSA
2004	Algebra	End of course	% met std	98.3%	36.8%	58.8%
2005	Algebra	End of course	% met std	97.1%	30.7%	53.8%
2006	Algebra	End of course	% met std	98.8%	46.2%	66.6%
2007	Algebra	End of course	% met std	96.1%	45.3%	63.5%
MSA
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.4%	55.3%	65.6%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.5%	66.1%	71.9%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.2%	67.1%	75.8%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.3%	68.7%	77.1%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	73.4%	79.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	72.7%	81.0%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.7%	76.5%	83.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	71.1%	77.1%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	62.1%	71.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.0%	69.7%	76.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.4%	74.5%	81.7%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.3%	77.6%	84.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.1%	86.1%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	78.1%	83.8%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.0%	79.3%	84.5%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.7%	78.5%	84.1%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.4%	31.2%	49.8%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.6%	39.9%	55.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.5%	45.8%	60.1%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	46.0%	61.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	53.7%	68.2%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.6%	54.6%	73.1%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	53.7%	72.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	59.7%	74.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	61.0%	76.4%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	57.2%	72.6%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	53.8%	67.0%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.8%	51.9%	67.2%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.4%	56.3%	71.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	57.7%	70.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	69.7%	81.2%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	73.3%	83.1%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	71.1%	81.9%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.2%	75.1%	84.0%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	71.0%	81.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	77.1%	85.0%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.3%	27.3%	45.8%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	35.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.4%	33.9%	55.0%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	37.6%	56.7%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	42.4%	61.8%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	44.9%	67.2%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.6%	41.1%	65.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.9%	43.7%	66.1%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	50.3%	69.3%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	51.8%	67.0%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	49.5%	63.8%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	50.0%	66.4%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.5%	51.2%	67%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	53%	68.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	56.7%	72.8%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.0%	69.6%	81.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	66.9%	80.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.0%	70.8%	82.7%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	69.6%	80.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	71.4%	81.0%

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* Benjamin Tasker Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.