Mary Mcleod Bethune Middle School
5200 Covington Hwy Decatur GA, 30035, Dekalb County Phone: 678-875-0302 Ranking:  (1,680 out of 1,747, bottom 4%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: DeKalb 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 | 56 | 67 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 79 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 936 | 916 | 1,014 | 903 | 955 | 988 | 1,074 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 296 | 31.6% | 302 | 33.0% | 339 | 33.4% | 284 | 31.5% | 340 | 35.6% | 338 | 34.2% | 336 | 31.3% |
| Grade 7: | 311 | 33.2% | 320 | 34.9% | 343 | 33.8% | 296 | 32.8% | 318 | 33.3% | 325 | 32.9% | 344 | 32.0% |
| Grade 8: | 329 | 35.1% | 294 | 32.1% | 332 | 32.7% | 323 | 35.8% | 297 | 31.1% | 325 | 32.9% | 394 | 36.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 477 | 51.0% | 495 | 54.0% | 519 | 51.2% | 471 | 52.2% | 472 | 49.4% | 469 | 47.5% | 537 | 50.0% |
| Female: | 459 | 49.0% | 421 | 46.0% | 495 | 48.8% | 432 | 47.8% | 483 | 50.6% | 484 | 49.0% | 501 | 46.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 12 | 1.3% | 8 | 0.9% | 7 | 0.7% | 13 | 1.4% | 13 | 1.4% | 16 | 1.6% | 16 | 1.5% |
| Hispanic: | 37 | 4.0% | 26 | 2.8% | 24 | 2.4% | 12 | 1.3% | 19 | 2.0% | 22 | 2.2% | 29 | 2.7% |
| Black: | 875 | 93.5% | 869 | 94.9% | 969 | 95.6% | 863 | 95.6% | 909 | 95.2% | 919 | 93.0% | 991 | 92.3% |
| White: | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 5 | 0.5% | 9 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.1% | 8 | 0.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 854 | 91.2% | 807 | 88.1% | 879 | 86.7% | 739 | 81.8% | 772 | 80.8% | 737 | 74.6% | 824 | 76.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 32 | 3.4% | 37 | 4.0% | 52 | 5.1% | 59 | 6.5% | 66 | 6.9% | 109 | 11.0% | 101 | 9.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.00 | 16.36 | 15.13 | 15.84 | 14.62 | 14.50 | 13.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 78.9% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 82.3% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 83.9% | 87.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 86.8% | 90.5% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 86.5% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 84.5% | 91.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 79% | 86.2% | 92% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 86.2% | 92.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.6% | 50.4% | 62% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.1% | 53.8% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 59.1% | 69.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 64.4% | 74.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 62.9% | 75% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 65.6% | 76.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 74.2% | 80% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 70.8% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 81.1% | 86% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 86.4% | 89.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 88.5% | 91.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 85.9% | 89.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 85.3% | 91% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 89.3% | 93.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 92.6% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 91.6% | 96.0% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 46.4% | 61% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 33.1% | 44.2% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 51.9% | 66.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.8% | 54.9% | 68.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 54.6% | 70% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 54% | 57.9% | 70.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 59.6% | 73% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 55.9% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 79.2% | 85% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 75.6% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 24.4% | 44.2% | 64% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 57.6% | 71.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 61.4% | 73% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 63.1% | 77.5% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 74.2% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 83.4% | 89.2% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 84.8% | 89.7% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 84% | 89.4% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 84.8% | 91% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 84.8% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 85.9% | 94% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 84.6% | 93.0% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 70.1% | 80% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 61.4% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 70.1% | 79.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 73.6% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 72.4% | 86% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 76.2% | 89.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.9% | 82% | 91% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 78.2% | 89.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 70.3% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 75.3% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 81.6% | 88% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 81.7% | 89.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 80.9% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 82.6% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81% | 86.9% | 94% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 87.4% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 36% | 47.8% | 63% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 55.6% | 70% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 62% | 75.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 59.8% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 65.9% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 68.1% | 82.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 70.2% | 85% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 70.7% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 79.5% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 77.2% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.5% | 49.3% | 71% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.3% | 56.5% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 61.7% | 78% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 68.7% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 80.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 83% | 88.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 80% | 85% | 89.3% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 88.9% | 91.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 88.1% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 87.1% | 92.8% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 84% | 89.9% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 87.5% | 94.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 64.2% | 77% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 70% | 81.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 52% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 61.9% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 65.7% | 74% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 65.8% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 66.4% | 77% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 68.9% | 83.0% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 84.6% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 76% | 83% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 86.4% | 90.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 89.7% | 92.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 91% | 95% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 91.5% | 96% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 90.6% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 91.8% | 96.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 63.6% | 76% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 58.6% | 74% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.2% | 45.1% | 59.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.9% | 47.2% | 64.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 34% | 49.5% | 66% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 50.1% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.7% | 56.7% | 74% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.6% | 57.2% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 76% | 79.9% | 87% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 75.5% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 27% | 45.4% | 58.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.1% | 47.5% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.2% | 52.2% | 70% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 57.3% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 60.2% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 62.5% | 77.9% |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 26% | 33% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 17.9% | 34.8% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 76.4% | 43.9% | 55% |
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* Mary Mcleod Bethune Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.