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Hand Middle Middle School
2600 Wheat St Columbia SC, 29205, Richland County Phone: 803-343-2947 Ranking:  (339 out of 841, top 40%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Richland School District 1 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: | 61 | 58 | 53 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 63 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 894 | 895 | 861 | 863 | 884 | 847 | 835 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 302 | 33.8% | 309 | 34.5% | 283 | 32.9% | 284 | 32.9% | 297 | 33.6% | 278 | 32.8% | 278 | 33.3% |
| Grade 7: | 305 | 34.1% | 291 | 32.5% | 291 | 33.8% | 297 | 34.4% | 293 | 33.1% | 282 | 33.3% | 298 | 35.7% |
| Grade 8: | 287 | 32.1% | 295 | 33.0% | 287 | 33.3% | 282 | 32.7% | 294 | 33.3% | 287 | 33.9% | 259 | 31.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 446 | 49.9% | 428 | 47.8% | 430 | 49.9% | 436 | 50.5% | 439 | 49.7% | 407 | 48.1% | 395 | 47.3% |
| Female: | 448 | 50.1% | 467 | 52.2% | 431 | 50.1% | 427 | 49.5% | 426 | 48.2% | 426 | 50.3% | 431 | 51.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 12 | 1.3% | 12 | 1.3% | 8 | 0.9% | 10 | 1.2% | 16 | 1.8% | 13 | 1.5% | 13 | 1.6% |
| Hispanic: | 49 | 5.5% | 47 | 5.3% | 43 | 5.0% | 45 | 5.2% | 30 | 3.4% | 35 | 4.1% | 31 | 3.7% |
| Black: | 440 | 49.2% | 466 | 52.1% | 452 | 52.5% | 455 | 52.7% | 518 | 58.6% | 477 | 56.3% | 487 | 58.3% |
| White: | 347 | 38.8% | 319 | 35.6% | 308 | 35.8% | 320 | 37.1% | 309 | 35.0% | 315 | 37.2% | 297 | 35.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 45 | 5.0% | 51 | 5.7% | 48 | 5.6% | 29 | 3.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 386 | 43.2% | 420 | 46.9% | 377 | 43.8% | 368 | 42.6% | 382 | 43.2% | 320 | 37.8% | 339 | 40.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 26 | 2.9% | 46 | 5.1% | 32 | 3.7% | 46 | 5.3% | 43 | 4.9% | 41 | 4.8% | 34 | 4.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.75 | 15.54 | 16.40 | 16.07 | 14.66 | 14.20 | 13.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PASS | ||||||
| 2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 10% | 47.2% | 61% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 60.9% | 65.7% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 54.8% | 64% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 54.7% | 63.5% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 70% | 58.2% | 69.1% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 62.4% | 70.9% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 66.8% | 74.8% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 63.8% | 71.7% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 64.7% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 62.7% | 70.3% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 72% | 60.7% | 69.7% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 66.3% | 74.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 63.4% | 75.5% |
| 2004 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 66.3% | 77.2% |
| 2005 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 68.7% | 78.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 67.2% | 78.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 65.6% | 77.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 64.5% | 75.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 59% | 70.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 60.4% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 63.3% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 65.3% | 73.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 59.3% | 71.3% |
| 2003 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 50.2% | 58.4% |
| 2004 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 42.1% | 54.2% |
| 2005 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 43.3% | 56.2% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 36.3% | 51.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 43.8% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 65% | 42.5% | 56.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 51.5% | 63.9% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 47.3% | 60.9% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 56.2% | 64.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 55.7% | 66.2% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 58.9% | 68.3% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 54.4% | 59.6% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.1% | 54.9% | 64.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 57.7% | 64.9% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 57.2% | 67.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 67.5% | 77.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 70.8% | 77.8% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 70.2% | 79.6% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 73.8% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 71.2% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 73% | 77.8% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 72.7% | 78% |
| 2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 59.5% | 70.3% |
| 2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 63.6% | 71.9% |
| 2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 68.2% | 74.7% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 62.5% | 70.2% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 64.8% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 64.5% | 71.5% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 60% | 70.1% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 59.5% | 69.8% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 65.1% | 73% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.1% | 60% | 68.7% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 58.4% | 69.1% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 60% | 68.4% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 64.4% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 63% | 73.2% |
| 2003 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 54.2% | 68.8% |
| 2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 57.7% | 71.5% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 77% | 60.6% | 71.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 61.7% | 74.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 63.3% | 76.8% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 68.2% | 77.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 58.1% | 69.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 55.5% | 67% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 57.6% | 69.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 76% | 63.1% | 71.5% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 54.1% | 68.3% |
| 2003 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 47.5% | 58.8% |
| 2004 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 53.8% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 49.5% | 61.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 46.2% | 57% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 55.7% | 64.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 63% | 69.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 63.7% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 63.1% | 73.3% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 62.6% | 71.7% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 78% | 67.6% | 74.7% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 70% | 75.5% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 69% | 47.9% | 58.8% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 48% | 60% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 46.7% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 44% | 53.9% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 50.6% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 46.5% | 56.4% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 50.4% | 60.3% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 54% | 62% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 54.1% | 63.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 63% | 68.8% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 61.5% | 68.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 61% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 53.7% | 69.7% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 69.3% | 76.5% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 55.3% | 66.8% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 63.2% | 73.3% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 66.9% | 74.7% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 63.6% | 72.7% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 63.9% | 71.3% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 62.7% | 71% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 58.3% | 67.5% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 56% | 63.7% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 57.9% | 67.8% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 63.7% | 69.8% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 68% | 59.9% | 67.5% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 54% | 67.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 53.4% | 67.5% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 52.7% | 66.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 67% | 49.7% | 65.3% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 53.1% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.5% | 54.6% | 69.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 46.7% | 62.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 52.7% | 63.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 59.6% | 69.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 57.8% | 68.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 57.9% | 70.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 40.9% | 56.8% |
| 2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 43.8% | 58.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 47.5% | 60% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 45.4% | 60.1% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 53.1% | 63.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 72% | 51.6% | 63.4% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 49.9% | 62.3% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.9% | 59.2% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 56.7% | 70.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 68.8% | 75.4% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 63.9% | 71% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 47% | 60.8% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 50.6% | 64.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.9% | 51.2% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 57.8% | 67.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 77% | 59.7% | 65.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 80% | 61% | 68.7% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 62.1% | 69.6% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 60.6% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 64.2% | 71.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 65.4% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 64.2% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 58.3% | 68.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 65.2% | 71.9% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 57.1% | 67.8% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 68.8% | 74.1% |
| 2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 66.6% | 75.7% |
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Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 38.7% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 61.3% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 13.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 25.8% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 74.2% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $44,543.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $35,953.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $47,531.0 |
* Hand Middle Middle School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.