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John Witherspoon Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

217 Walnut Ln

Princeton NJ, 08540, Mercer County

Phone: 609-806-4270

Ranking:

(95 out of 1,847, top 5%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Princeton Regional 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:	63		62		60		60		60		65		45
Total Students:	686		738		719		664		659		672		617
Grade 6:	177	25.8%	224	30.4%	248	34.5%	214	32.2%	205	31.1%	231	34.4%	212	34.4%
Grade 7:	224	32.7%	262	35.5%	232	32.3%	211	31.8%	233	35.4%	214	31.8%	201	32.6%
Grade 8:	272	39.7%	236	32.0%	228	31.7%	239	36.0%	215	32.6%	219	32.6%	197	31.9%
Ungraded:	13	1.9%	16	2.2%	11	1.5%	NA	NA	6	0.9%	8	1.2%	7	1.1%
Student By Gender:
Male:	338	49.3%	377	51.1%	371	51.6%	330	49.7%	323	49.0%	327	48.7%	303	49.1%
Female:	348	50.7%	361	48.9%	348	48.4%	334	50.3%	336	51.0%	345	51.3%	310	50.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	126	18.4%	126	17.1%	108	15.0%	96	14.5%	91	13.8%	98	14.6%	88	14.3%
Hispanic:	77	11.2%	84	11.4%	86	12.0%	70	10.5%	63	9.6%	65	9.7%	46	7.5%
Black:	51	7.4%	45	6.1%	48	6.7%	49	7.4%	54	8.2%	61	9.1%	49	7.9%
White:	402	58.6%	453	61.4%	456	63.4%	443	66.7%	448	68.0%	442	65.8%	434	70.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	0.9%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	29	4.2%	30	4.1%	21	2.9%	6	0.9%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	53	7.7%	66	8.9%	59	8.2%	57	8.6%	62	9.4%	59	8.8%	48	7.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	1.7%	21	2.8%	18	2.5%	15	2.3%	18	2.7%	21	3.1%	19	3.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.98		11.92		11.96		11.07		10.98		8.20		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	93.1%	92.7%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	76.2%	76.2%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	88.6%	88.6%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	87.8%	87.8%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	87.2%	87.2%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	87.8%	87.3%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	94.6%	94.1%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	85.5%	85.5%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	84.8%	84.8%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	88.8%	88.8%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	91.6%	91.6%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	93.5%	93.0%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	93.1%	93.1%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	92.0%	92.0%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	93.8%	93.8%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	92.6%	92.6%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	84.3%	84.3%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	86.7%	86.7%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	93.8%	93.8%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	87.2%	87.2%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	89.5%	89.5%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	88.2%	88.2%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	90.1%	90.1%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	89.7%	89.7%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	92.1%	92.1%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	93.9%	93.9%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	92.8%	92.8%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	93.0%	93.0%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	94.5%	94.5%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	97.1%	97.1%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	94.3%	94.3%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	95.8%	95.8%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	86.0%	86.0%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	91.6%	91.6%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	87.2%	87.2%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	90.4%	90.4%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	87.8%	87.8%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	94.2%	94.2%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	94.2%	94.2%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	94.4%	94.4%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.4%	96.4%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.3%	96.3%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	95.6%	95.6%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	96.3%	96.3%	79.0%
GEPA
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	93.6%	93.6%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	92.2%	92.2%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	87.8%	87.8%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	92.8%	92.8%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	87.6%	87.6%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	86.8%	86.8%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	88.3%	88.3%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	90.2%	90.2%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	86.3%	86.3%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	87.2%	87.2%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	93.6%	93.6%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	92.7%	92.7%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	90.7%	90.7%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	92.9%	92.9%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	91.1%	91.1%	78.9%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

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