Riverchase Middle School
853 Willow Oak Dr Birmingham AL, 35244, Jefferson County Phone: 205-682-5510 Ranking:  (209 out of 1,064, top 20%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Shelby County 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: | 37 | 54 | 57 | 54 | 55 | 42 | 75 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 730 | 747 | 706 | 686 | 699 | 681 | 1,276 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 223 | 30.5% | 280 | 37.5% | 239 | 33.9% | 233 | 34.0% | 229 | 32.8% | 240 | 35.2% | 424 | 33.2% |
| Grade 7: | 289 | 39.6% | 228 | 30.5% | 232 | 32.9% | 219 | 31.9% | 241 | 34.5% | 221 | 32.5% | 439 | 34.4% |
| Grade 8: | 218 | 29.9% | 239 | 32.0% | 235 | 33.3% | 234 | 34.1% | 229 | 32.8% | 220 | 32.3% | 413 | 32.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 350 | 47.9% | 368 | 49.3% | 337 | 47.7% | 347 | 50.6% | 354 | 50.6% | 343 | 50.4% | 652 | 51.1% |
| Female: | 380 | 52.1% | 379 | 50.7% | 369 | 52.3% | 339 | 49.4% | 337 | 48.2% | 330 | 48.5% | 620 | 48.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 26 | 3.6% | 21 | 2.8% | 16 | 2.3% | 20 | 2.9% | 22 | 3.1% | 17 | 2.5% | 30 | 2.4% |
| Hispanic: | 193 | 26.4% | 197 | 26.4% | 167 | 23.7% | 175 | 25.5% | 163 | 23.3% | 150 | 22.0% | 140 | 11.0% |
| Black: | 93 | 12.7% | 108 | 14.5% | 98 | 13.9% | 70 | 10.2% | 66 | 9.4% | 65 | 9.5% | 142 | 11.1% |
| White: | 409 | 56.0% | 417 | 55.8% | 423 | 59.9% | 420 | 61.2% | 448 | 64.1% | 449 | 65.9% | 963 | 75.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 8 | 1.1% | 4 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 238 | 32.6% | 250 | 33.5% | 249 | 35.3% | 212 | 30.9% | 198 | 28.3% | 165 | 24.2% | 198 | 15.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 32 | 4.4% | 42 | 5.6% | 53 | 7.5% | 40 | 5.8% | 40 | 5.7% | 29 | 4.3% | 55 | 4.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.73 | 13.96 | 12.50 | 12.82 | 12.83 | 16.20 | 17.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 52.3% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 59.6% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 62.4% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.02% | 62.18% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.76% | 70.82% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 61.8% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 78.2% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 73.4% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.24% | 75.68% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 75.94% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.8% | 62.3% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 65% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 72.7% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.46% | 71.93% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.41% | 75.87% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 59.7% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 61.3% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 72% | 65.8% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.08% | 68.54% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.98% | 69.52% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 67.1% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 73.4% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 83% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.59% | 81.18% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 76.77% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.04% | 81.02% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.77% | 82.8% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.63% | 80.84% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.83% | 85.39% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 88.5% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 87% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94% | 89% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.44% | 89.32% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.37% | 89.81% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.14% | 90.45% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 91.5% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.79% | 91.43% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.58% | 92.32% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 67.7% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 68.5% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.15% | 73.65% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.12% | 67.8% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.22% | 72.99% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.52% | 77.03% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 79.61% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.38% | 82.37% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 84.1% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 82.1% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.89% | 85.27% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.28% | 86.36% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 88.64% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.56% | 89.59% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.03% | 92.34% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.78% | 89.5% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 76% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 79.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.29% | 75.92% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.49% | 80.39% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.17% | 82.35% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.96% | 87.75% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.26% | 85.56% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.26% | 89.13% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 70.5% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 80.5% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 82.4% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.58% | 80.53% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.54% | 82.59% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 84.78% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.53% | 82.47% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.28% | 85.83% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.62% | 88.24% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.65% | 74.25% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.18% | 81.49% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.85% | 82.2% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.74% | 81.61% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 86.85% | 75.67% |
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* Riverchase Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.