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Independence Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

300 West Locust

Independence KS, 67301, Montgomery County

Phone: 620-332-1836

Ranking:

(676 out of 973, bottom 31%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Independence Unified School District 446

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:	37		36		41		36		36		35		33
Total Students:	425		411		409		397		417		383		428
Grade 6:	151	35.5%	140	34.1%	132	32.3%	126	31.7%	156	37.4%	123	32.1%	130	30.4%
Grade 7:	141	33.2%	137	33.3%	129	31.5%	152	38.3%	128	30.7%	137	35.8%	139	32.5%
Grade 8:	133	31.3%	134	32.6%	148	36.2%	119	30.0%	133	31.9%	123	32.1%	159	37.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	213	50.1%	210	51.1%	228	55.7%	228	57.4%	230	55.2%	205	53.5%	220	51.4%
Female:	212	49.9%	201	48.9%	181	44.3%	169	42.6%	187	44.8%	170	44.4%	204	47.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	15	3.5%	13	3.2%	13	3.2%	12	3.0%	9	2.2%	8	2.1%	5	1.2%
Asian:	4	0.9%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	3	0.8%	1	0.2%	5	1.3%	2	0.5%
Hispanic:	24	5.6%	24	5.8%	33	8.1%	23	5.8%	26	6.2%	12	3.1%	14	3.3%
Black:	25	5.9%	27	6.6%	28	6.8%	37	9.3%	36	8.6%	45	11.7%	55	12.9%
White:	327	76.9%	322	78.3%	312	76.3%	300	75.6%	318	76.3%	313	81.7%	352	82.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	30	7.1%	22	5.4%	19	4.6%	22	5.5%	27	6.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	225	52.9%	223	54.3%	220	53.8%	193	48.6%	183	43.9%	152	39.7%	159	37.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	8.5%	33	8.0%	48	11.7%	65	16.4%	63	15.1%	58	15.1%	52	12.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.55		11.48		10.01		11.09		11.65		11.00		13.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
KS State Assessment
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.82%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.74%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.13%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.37%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.48%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.15%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.92%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.8%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.94%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.78%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.42%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.12%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.99%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.71%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.29%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.58%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.9%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.67%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	83.46%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	85.83%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	84.83%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.91%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.88%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.05%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.19%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.62%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.08%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.48%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.17%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.44%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.46%	N/A	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	60.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	39.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,836.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,575.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$39,940.0

* Independence Middle Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.