Discovery Middle School
800 East 40th St Vancouver WA, 98663, Clark County Phone: 360-313-3300 Ranking:  (1,288 out of 1,485, bottom 13%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Vancouver Public Schools 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: | NA | NA | 42 | 41 | 42 | 35 | 34 | 34 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 711 | 760 | 772 | 787 | 737 | 723 | 739 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 240 | 33.8% | 249 | 32.8% | 279 | 36.1% | 259 | 32.9% | 257 | 34.9% | 265 | 36.7% | 238 | 32.2% |
| Grade 7: | 221 | 31.1% | 273 | 35.9% | 238 | 30.8% | 268 | 34.1% | 253 | 34.3% | 218 | 30.2% | 267 | 36.1% |
| Grade 8: | 250 | 35.2% | 238 | 31.3% | 255 | 33.0% | 260 | 33.0% | 227 | 30.8% | 238 | 32.9% | 232 | 31.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 386 | 54.3% | 410 | 53.9% | 420 | 54.4% | 429 | 54.5% | 372 | 50.5% | 365 | 50.5% | 371 | 50.2% |
| Female: | 325 | 45.7% | 350 | 46.1% | 352 | 45.6% | 358 | 45.5% | 344 | 46.7% | 343 | 47.4% | 353 | 47.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 8 | 1.1% | 8 | 1.1% | 11 | 1.4% | 14 | 1.8% | 24 | 3.3% | 25 | 3.5% | 24 | 3.2% |
| Asian: | 12 | 1.7% | 12 | 1.6% | 18 | 2.3% | 25 | 3.2% | 33 | 4.5% | 33 | 4.6% | 37 | 5.0% |
| Hispanic: | 221 | 31.1% | 223 | 29.3% | 197 | 25.5% | 176 | 22.4% | 124 | 16.8% | 113 | 15.6% | 94 | 12.7% |
| Black: | 23 | 3.2% | 29 | 3.8% | 36 | 4.7% | 48 | 6.1% | 50 | 6.8% | 45 | 6.2% | 58 | 7.8% |
| White: | 390 | 54.9% | 421 | 55.4% | 451 | 58.4% | 480 | 61.0% | 493 | 66.9% | 500 | 69.2% | 515 | 69.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 18 | 2.5% | 19 | 2.5% | 16 | 2.1% | 10 | 1.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 39 | 5.5% | 48 | 6.3% | 43 | 5.6% | 34 | 4.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 475 | 66.8% | 497 | 65.4% | 486 | 63.0% | 466 | 59.2% | 443 | 60.1% | 416 | 57.5% | 412 | 55.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 56 | 7.9% | 67 | 8.8% | 50 | 6.5% | 48 | 6.1% | 68 | 9.2% | 80 | 11.1% | 86 | 11.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 18.31 | 18.75 | 18.78 | 21.14 | 21.20 | 21.70 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOC | ||||||
| 2011 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 100% | 59.6% | 62.4% |
| 2012 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 96.7% | 65.3% | 71% |
| 2013 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 97.9% | 79.9% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | Math Year 2 | End of course | % met std | 100% | 68.8% | 72.9% |
| 2012 | Math Year 2 | End of course | % met std | 94.7% | 78.2% | 79.1% |
| 2013 | Math Year 2 | End of course | % met std | 100.0% | 86.7% | 89.4% |
| MSP | ||||||
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 44.8% | 51.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 51.7% | 58.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 52.8% | 61.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 52.8% | 59.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 61% | 64.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 57% | 67.9% | 70.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 67.2% | 70.6% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 65.5% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.6% | 48.9% | 55.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 51.1% | 56.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.7% | 51.1% | 59.2% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 56.8% | 63.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 65.7% | 63.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 52.8% | 56.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 66.4% | 71.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 61.2% | 68.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 67.6% | 70.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.4% | 68.1% | 71% |
| 2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 62% | 65.8% | 71% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 61.9% | 71.0% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 50% | 51.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 50.3% | 50.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 50.5% | 55.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 49.0% | 53.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69% | 68.3% | 69.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 70.1% | 68.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 62.9% | 67.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 59.6% | 66.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.5% | 48.8% | 54.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 59.6% | 61.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 62.6% | 66.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 60.7% | 64.9% |
| WASL | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 30.9% | 43% | 49.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 28.4% | 43.8% | 49.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 27.9% | 43.7% | 48.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 28.5% | 44.9% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 64.1% | 66.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 64.2% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.8% | 64.5% | 68.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 68.4% | 72% |
| 2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.9% | 41.1% | 46.3% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.5% | 44.4% | 50.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 42.1% | 48.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.7% | 47.3% | 54.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 41.9% | 50.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 43.2% | 51.8% |
| 2004 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 58.5% | 60.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 64.7% | 69% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.4% | 59.2% | 61.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.9% | 62.6% | 68.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 58.6% | 62.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.1% | 55.3% | 59.3% |
| 2004 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2005 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.8% | 51.8% | 61.2% |
| 2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.7% | 55.2% | 64.5% |
| 2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.5% | 62.1% | 68.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 53% | 64.5% | 69.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 65.1% | 69.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 31.5% | 46.2% | 48.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 31.8% | 44.6% | 49.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 46.1% | 51.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 43.2% | 50.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 69.8% | 70.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 66.7% | 64.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 67.3% | 65.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 68.4% | 67.5% |
| 2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 35.1% | 39.4% |
| 2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.3% | 34.4% | 36.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.8% | 38.6% | 42.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 17.7% | 38.2% | 44.4% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 24.7% | 41% | 47.9% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 31.4% | 47.4% | 51.1% |
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* Discovery Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.