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Florence Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

123 Beverly Dr

Florence MS, 39073, Rankin County

Phone: 601-845-2862

Ranking:

(175 out of 672, top 26%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Rankin 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:	52		53		49		46		48		49		48
Total Students:	605		582		579		547		578		569		556
Grade 6:	201	33.2%	206	35.4%	206	35.6%	166	30.3%	202	34.9%	168	29.5%	184	33.1%
Grade 7:	202	33.4%	198	34.0%	173	29.9%	204	37.3%	171	29.6%	203	35.7%	199	35.8%
Grade 8:	189	31.2%	173	29.7%	195	33.7%	169	30.9%	199	34.4%	190	33.4%	168	30.2%
Ungraded:	12	2.0%	5	0.9%	5	0.9%	8	1.5%	6	1.0%	8	1.4%	5	0.9%
Student By Gender:
Male:	310	51.2%	297	51.0%	282	48.7%	257	47.0%	290	50.2%	303	53.3%	291	52.3%
Female:	295	48.8%	285	49.0%	297	51.3%	290	53.0%	288	49.8%	266	46.7%	261	46.9%
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%	1	0.2%
Asian:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%
Hispanic:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	4	0.7%	6	1.1%	9	1.6%	6	1.1%	7	1.3%
Black:	79	13.1%	67	11.5%	77	13.3%	76	13.9%	82	14.2%	89	15.6%	96	17.3%
White:	523	86.4%	511	87.8%	495	85.5%	460	84.1%	484	83.7%	469	82.4%	448	80.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	182	30.1%	171	29.4%	179	30.9%	199	36.4%	193	33.4%	179	31.5%	159	28.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	59	9.8%	50	8.6%	50	8.6%	32	5.9%	70	12.1%	71	12.5%	89	16.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.68		11.08		11.70		11.80		12.04		11.50		11.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	150.9	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	151	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	152.1	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	151.7	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	152	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	154.1	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	153.7	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	153.1	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	153.3	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	153.6	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	154.8	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157	157.9	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	150.6	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	151	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	152.6	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	152.9	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	153.4	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	153.9	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	151.4	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	152.5	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	153.6	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	154.3	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	154.6	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.8	156.8	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	149	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	150.7	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	150.8	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	152.1	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	153.3	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	153.6	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	149.8	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	151.8	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	153.9	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	155.3	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.5	156.4	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	161.5	157.7	154.6
MST
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	55%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.6%	54.5%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	61.4%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	69%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	78.7%	64.0%
SATP2
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	91.9%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	92.1%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	92.7%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	91.8%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.2%	74%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98%	89.2%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	89.9%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	89.3%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	88.9%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	88.3%	85.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	38.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,696.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,737.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,656.0

* Florence Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.