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Middle School # 4

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

107 Bright St

Jersey City NJ, 07302, Hudson County

Phone: 201-946-5740

Ranking:

(1,604 out of 1,847, bottom 13%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Jersey City 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:	61		70		80		59		61		86		78
Total Students:	840		828		847		843		817		790		704
Grade 6:	251	29.9%	252	30.4%	261	30.8%	258	30.6%	281	34.4%	272	34.4%	212	30.1%
Grade 7:	257	30.6%	257	31.0%	298	35.2%	293	34.8%	291	35.6%	241	30.5%	240	34.1%
Grade 8:	279	33.2%	267	32.2%	250	29.5%	292	34.6%	204	25.0%	227	28.7%	194	27.6%
Ungraded:	53	6.3%	52	6.3%	38	4.5%	NA	NA	41	5.0%	50	6.3%	58	8.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	381	45.4%	393	47.5%	410	48.4%	423	50.2%	434	53.1%	411	52.0%	358	50.9%
Female:	459	54.6%	435	52.5%	437	51.6%	420	49.8%	383	46.9%	379	48.0%	342	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.6%	9	1.1%	6	0.7%	6	0.7%	8	1.0%	10	1.3%	7	1.0%
Asian:	180	21.4%	180	21.7%	176	20.8%	164	19.5%	133	16.3%	115	14.6%	76	10.8%
Hispanic:	300	35.7%	294	35.5%	301	35.5%	273	32.4%	294	36.0%	296	37.5%	295	41.9%
Black:	274	32.6%	273	33.0%	299	35.3%	323	38.3%	315	38.6%	313	39.6%	294	41.8%
White:	73	8.7%	65	7.9%	61	7.2%	72	8.5%	62	7.6%	50	6.3%	32	4.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	5	0.6%	5	0.6%	6	0.8%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	0.6%	4	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	517	61.5%	529	63.9%	532	62.8%	512	60.7%	478	58.5%	480	60.8%	460	65.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	87	10.4%	91	11.0%	72	8.5%	80	9.5%	97	11.9%	111	14.1%	85	12.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.77		11.83		10.65		14.29		13.39		7.60		9.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	53.7%	48.9%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	28.0%	29.6%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	53.3%	46.9%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	58.8%	43.6%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	60.8%	47.2%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	58.1%	47.4%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	49.1%	51.9%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	41.0%	44.3%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	52.1%	44.3%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	60.6%	47.8%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	64.8%	58.7%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	63.9%	67.4%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	38.9%	57.1%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	54.9%	47.1%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	50.6%	50.1%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	55.5%	52.0%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	53.8%	42.4%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	58.3%	42.1%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	56.9%	47.5%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	26.7%	40.2%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	50.4%	41.9%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	44.9%	40.8%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	47.7%	40.5%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	55.5%	46.2%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	55.1%	43.3%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	51.1%	43.0%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	34.3%	59.9%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	56.7%	61.9%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	55.0%	62.0%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	62.4%	65.2%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	65.7%	66.7%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	64.8%	64.0%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	17.7%	43.1%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	43.3%	46.9%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	36.9%	41.4%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	50.0%	52.7%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	60.2%	55.5%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	54.1%	54.7%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	42.7%	63.7%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	58.3%	63.8%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	52.3%	59.7%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	63.3%	61.3%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	64.1%	61.1%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	54.4%	56.6%	79.0%
GEPA
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	33.3%	53%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	24.9%	51.6%	73.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	27.1%	42.6%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	23.0%	47.1%	68.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	40.4%	58.3%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	34.2%	56.3%	78.9%

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* Middle School # 4 was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.