Brighton Middle School
3400 Brown Circle Bessemer AL, 35020, Jefferson County Phone: 205-379-2650 Ranking:  (1,000 out of 1,064, bottom 6%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8 School District: Jefferson County 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: | 27 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 31 | 35 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 484 | 436 | 381 | 337 | 313 | 345 | 350 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 56 | 11.6% | 63 | 14.4% | 44 | 11.5% | 37 | 11.0% | 35 | 11.2% | 36 | 10.4% | 39 | 11.1% |
| Grade 1: | 58 | 12.0% | 54 | 12.4% | 47 | 12.3% | 43 | 12.8% | 37 | 11.8% | 41 | 11.9% | 43 | 12.3% |
| Grade 2: | 61 | 12.6% | 50 | 11.5% | 51 | 13.4% | 37 | 11.0% | 35 | 11.2% | 49 | 14.2% | 42 | 12.0% |
| Grade 3: | 64 | 13.2% | 51 | 11.7% | 36 | 9.4% | 36 | 10.7% | 47 | 15.0% | 35 | 10.1% | 34 | 9.7% |
| Grade 4: | 49 | 10.1% | 45 | 10.3% | 41 | 10.8% | 42 | 12.5% | 36 | 11.5% | 28 | 8.1% | 33 | 9.4% |
| Grade 5: | 42 | 8.7% | 44 | 10.1% | 49 | 12.9% | 39 | 11.6% | 31 | 9.9% | 33 | 9.6% | 39 | 11.1% |
| Grade 6: | 47 | 9.7% | 50 | 11.5% | 45 | 11.8% | 34 | 10.1% | 26 | 8.3% | 46 | 13.3% | 37 | 10.6% |
| Grade 7: | 59 | 12.2% | 44 | 10.1% | 31 | 8.1% | 31 | 9.2% | 34 | 10.9% | 37 | 10.7% | 40 | 11.4% |
| Grade 8: | 48 | 9.9% | 35 | 8.0% | 37 | 9.7% | 38 | 11.3% | 32 | 10.2% | 40 | 11.6% | 43 | 12.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 238 | 49.2% | 211 | 48.4% | 179 | 47.0% | 164 | 48.7% | 144 | 46.0% | 175 | 50.7% | 177 | 50.6% |
| Female: | 246 | 50.8% | 225 | 51.6% | 202 | 53.0% | 173 | 51.3% | 159 | 50.8% | 162 | 47.0% | 169 | 48.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 147 | 30.4% | 134 | 30.7% | 100 | 26.2% | 81 | 24.0% | 72 | 23.0% | 69 | 20.0% | 54 | 15.4% |
| Black: | 320 | 66.1% | 289 | 66.3% | 264 | 69.3% | 244 | 72.4% | 229 | 73.2% | 267 | 77.4% | 284 | 81.1% |
| White: | 12 | 2.5% | 8 | 1.8% | 15 | 3.9% | 8 | 2.4% | 10 | 3.2% | 9 | 2.6% | 12 | 3.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 4 | 0.8% | 4 | 0.9% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 443 | 91.5% | 402 | 92.2% | 355 | 93.2% | 300 | 89.0% | 283 | 90.4% | 303 | 87.8% | 306 | 87.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 11 | 2.3% | 22 | 5.0% | 10 | 2.6% | 20 | 5.9% | 14 | 4.5% | 11 | 3.2% | 20 | 5.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.93 | 12.82 | 11.55 | 9.85 | 11.10 | 11.10 | 9.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 51.7% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.2% | 43% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 47% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 13.16% | 37.96% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.08% | 36.55% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 62.1% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 61.5% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 63% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.47% | 61.22% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.54% | 65.34% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 48.7% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 45.9% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.8% | 49.9% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.42% | 43.75% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.08% | 44.47% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 44.2% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.2% | 42.9% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.3% | 50.7% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.42% | 39.22% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.92% | 39.69% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 46.7% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.7% | 43% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 26.7% | 41% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 11.43% | 43.71% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.33% | 51.05% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 21.7% | 57.5% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 62.8% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 55.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.29% | 61.92% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 59.32% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 56.5% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.9% | 50.3% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 51% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 20% | 53.71% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.67% | 57.54% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.7% | 52.7% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 51% | 50.2% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.5% | 47.9% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.57% | 53.65% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 53.39% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 72.3% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 69.5% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.15% | 68.71% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42.85% | 73.6% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.65% | 77.93% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.33% | 81.91% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.86% | 86.57% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.94% | 89.74% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 81.7% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 80.3% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.36% | 81.62% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.71% | 81.59% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.88% | 80.07% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.34% | 82.07% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 83.18% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.68% | 87.93% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 72.7% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 71.6% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 73.6% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.29% | 74.37% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.63% | 74% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.66% | 77.14% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.44% | 80.93% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.14% | 84.62% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.19% | 88.2% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 79.2% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 84.9% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 73% | 82.3% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.42% | 83.34% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.25% | 83.07% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.33% | 84.52% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.22% | 83.51% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 60% | 85.8% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.43% | 87.67% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 73.6% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 73.8% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.76% | 69.34% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.35% | 75.27% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.26% | 79.74% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.42% | 83.05% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.84% | 90.47% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.74% | 92.59% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 82.7% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 80% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.75% | 82.11% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.54% | 83.18% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.96% | 83.43% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.33% | 85.09% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.58% | 87.39% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.08% | 88.39% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 28.5% | 57.8% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 40% | 66% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 71.6% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.16% | 67.09% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 32.44% | 67.99% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 30.56% | 71.27% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 72.57% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.38% | 74.6% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 69.95% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 83.9% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 84.2% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 81.7% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.42% | 85.9% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.97% | 86.75% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.89% | 85.52% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 85.45% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.88% | 89.12% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.95% | 88.86% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.7% | 59.7% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 36% | 54.3% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.47% | 55.5% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.22% | 54.51% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 26.66% | 63.17% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.45% | 69.03% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.88% | 73.09% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.63% | 72.07% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 78.5% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 74.5% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.41% | 77.07% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.82% | 79.11% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.31% | 79.97% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.89% | 80.24% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.26% | 85.12% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.88% | 87.06% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 67.3% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 65.6% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.62% | 63.53% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 21.95% | 64.19% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 45% | 72.47% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 70% | 77.8% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.76% | 77.71% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 60% | 78.69% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 63.8% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 75% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 70% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.37% | 70.09% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.35% | 71.93% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 72.89% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.41% | 71.7% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.76% | 77.45% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.86% | 79.48% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.39% | 66.84% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.63% | 70.15% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 75.29% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.11% | 73.96% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.17% | 74.86% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.56% | 57.96% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.33% | 68.21% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 70.61% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.94% | 70.35% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.63% | 77.72% | 75.67% |
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* Brighton 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.