Bush Middle School-Magnet
1112 25th St Ensley
Birmingham AL, 35218, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-231-6000
Ranking: 
(1,010 out of 1,064, bottom 5%)*
(1,010 out of 1,064, bottom 5%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Birmingham City 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: | 24 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 28 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 472 | 248 | 290 | 319 | 349 | 385 | 396 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 29 | 6.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 1: | 38 | 8.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 2: | 37 | 7.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 3: | 41 | 8.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 4: | 47 | 10.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 5: | 42 | 8.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 6: | 88 | 18.6% | 64 | 25.8% | 91 | 31.4% | 96 | 30.1% | 111 | 31.8% | 137 | 35.6% | 129 | 32.6% |
| Grade 7: | 66 | 14.0% | 95 | 38.3% | 90 | 31.0% | 110 | 34.5% | 117 | 33.5% | 133 | 34.5% | 137 | 34.6% |
| Grade 8: | 84 | 17.8% | 89 | 35.9% | 109 | 37.6% | 113 | 35.4% | 121 | 34.7% | 115 | 29.9% | 130 | 32.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 227 | 48.1% | 122 | 49.2% | 146 | 50.3% | 182 | 57.1% | 197 | 56.4% | 213 | 55.3% | 197 | 49.7% |
| Female: | 245 | 51.9% | 126 | 50.8% | 144 | 49.7% | 137 | 42.9% | 144 | 41.3% | 164 | 42.6% | 195 | 49.2% |
| 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: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Black: | 470 | 99.6% | 247 | 99.6% | 290 | 100.0% | 318 | 99.7% | 347 | 99.4% | 385 | 100.0% | 394 | 99.5% |
| White: | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.5% |
| 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: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 429 | 90.9% | 238 | 96.0% | 270 | 93.1% | 262 | 82.1% | 302 | 86.5% | 325 | 84.4% | 335 | 84.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 19 | 4.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 9 | 3.1% | 20 | 6.3% | 18 | 5.2% | 20 | 5.2% | 33 | 8.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.67 | 20.67 | 19.33 | 17.72 | 18.37 | 17.30 | 14.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 23.1% | 24.1% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 15.6% | 25.8% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 14.4% | 28.4% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.23% | 31.35% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.74% | 40.86% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.8% | 38.9% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.2% | 55.2% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 51.6% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.48% | 55.48% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.98% | 58.46% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | 33.7% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 25.4% | 33.5% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 43.7% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.63% | 47.13% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.13% | 54.64% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 39.1% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 37.1% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 39.2% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.98% | 49.97% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.01% | 52.19% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 31.2% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 62% | 49.1% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 57.8% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.33% | 60.12% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.46% | 57.06% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 60.31% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.16% | 61.74% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.26% | 62.06% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.69% | 60.27% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68% | 69.1% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 67.9% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 67.9% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.34% | 72.52% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.19% | 73.76% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.67% | 73.76% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 74.36% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.05% | 77.29% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.02% | 79.48% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 42.7% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.1% | 41.9% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 47.68% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.4% | 45.53% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.74% | 53.82% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 55% | 56.34% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.71% | 56.68% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.43% | 58.33% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 62.1% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 63.6% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.44% | 66.23% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 65.86% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.18% | 69.58% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.12% | 72.95% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.61% | 74.29% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.57% | 74.7% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 38% | 40.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 56.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.58% | 58.37% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.74% | 57.25% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.38% | 63.26% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 60% | 71.78% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.81% | 65.24% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.28% | 71.7% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.9% | 38.8% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 52.7% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 60% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.76% | 61.54% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.76% | 63.82% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.45% | 62.39% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 64.03% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.74% | 63.14% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.65% | 66.61% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 40.87% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 57.45% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.65% | 56.78% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 34% | 57.09% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.76% | 63.03% | 75.67% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Bush Middle School-Magnet was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.