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Kawameeh Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

490 David Terrace

Union NJ, 07083, Union County

Phone: 908-851-6570

Ranking:

(1,338 out of 1,847, bottom 28%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Union Township School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	59		54		52		43		44		49		47
Total Students:	649		616		665		700		698		713		696
Grade 6:	232	35.7%	188	30.5%	212	31.9%	218	31.1%	230	33.0%	230	32.3%	235	33.8%
Grade 7:	186	28.7%	216	35.1%	208	31.3%	234	33.4%	233	33.4%	237	33.2%	236	33.9%
Grade 8:	221	34.1%	203	33.0%	232	34.9%	238	34.0%	229	32.8%	246	34.5%	220	31.6%
Ungraded:	10	1.5%	9	1.5%	13	2.0%	10	1.4%	6	0.9%	NA	NA	5	0.7%
Student By Gender:
Male:	340	52.4%	320	51.9%	348	52.3%	350	50.0%	349	50.0%	357	50.1%	347	49.9%
Female:	309	47.6%	296	48.1%	317	47.7%	350	50.0%	349	50.0%	356	49.9%	345	49.6%
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%	0	0.0%
Asian:	64	9.9%	69	11.2%	76	11.4%	81	11.6%	80	11.5%	88	12.3%	65	9.3%
Hispanic:	140	21.6%	119	19.3%	129	19.4%	140	20.0%	146	20.9%	160	22.4%	138	19.8%
Black:	206	31.7%	212	34.4%	222	33.4%	237	33.9%	230	33.0%	228	32.0%	211	30.3%
White:	225	34.7%	211	34.3%	234	35.2%	237	33.9%	238	34.1%	236	33.1%	282	40.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	7	1.1%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	4	0.6%	4	0.6%	1	0.1%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.1%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	117	18.0%	146	23.7%	159	23.9%	149	21.3%	128	18.3%	140	19.6%	132	19.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	51	7.9%	64	10.4%	60	9.0%	62	8.9%	68	9.7%	73	10.2%	87	12.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.00		11.41		12.73		16.28		15.86		12.70		14.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	71.3%	68.1%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	46%	43.1%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	57.2%	59.3%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	60.4%	57.0%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	67.4%	64.1%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	69.7%	64.5%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	69.3%	67.2%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	60.6%	56.7%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	52.6%	52.8%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	64.3%	61.4%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	67.9%	71.6%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	74.0%	75.8%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	78.7%	74.4%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	65.5%	62.2%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	65.3%	64.6%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	61.5%	60.6%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	59.4%	57.2%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	57.9%	57.3%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	66.4%	59.7%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	57.3%	56.6%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	56.8%	48.0%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	60.1%	53.2%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	45.0%	50.2%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	56.6%	59.0%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	55.2%	60.6%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	51.4%	54.9%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	76.0%	76.4%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	78.2%	74.9%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	74.3%	73.2%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	81.8%	78.0%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	80.2%	79.1%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	86.7%	80.8%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	52.2%	53.3%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	58.6%	58.6%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	53.2%	51.1%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	56.8%	62.8%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	63.3%	66.0%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	68.4%	70.3%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	83.6%	82.1%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	81.1%	78.9%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	80.2%	80.3%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	81.5%	78.3%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	81.3%	81.3%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	84.3%	83.4%	79.0%
GEPA
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	73.0%	73%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	68.0%	65.5%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	70.2%	64.9%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	74.6%	64.6%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	68.0%	64.3%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	54.1%	54.5%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	60.5%	57.8%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	55.2%	51.6%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	60.8%	56.8%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	61.8%	58.3%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	77.6%	74.2%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	77.9%	75.5%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	75.9%	72.9%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	86.5%	79.5%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	82.3%	80.6%	78.9%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Kawameeh Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.