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Sampson G. Smith School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1649 Amwell Rd

Somerset NJ, 08873, Somerset County

Phone: 732-873-2800

Ranking:

(1,426 out of 1,847, bottom 23%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 6

School District: Franklin Township 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:	112		102		91		76		72		91		70
Total Students:	1,134		1,128		1,160		1,186		1,103		1,045		1,078
Grade 5:	585	51.6%	554	49.1%	583	50.3%	585	49.3%	552	50.0%	507	48.5%	521	48.3%
Grade 6:	510	45.0%	539	47.8%	540	46.6%	566	47.7%	527	47.8%	507	48.5%	525	48.7%
Ungraded:	39	3.4%	35	3.1%	37	3.2%	35	3.0%	24	2.2%	31	3.0%	32	3.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	591	52.1%	578	51.2%	606	52.2%	632	53.3%	597	54.1%	549	52.5%	565	52.4%
Female:	543	47.9%	550	48.8%	554	47.8%	554	46.7%	506	45.9%	496	47.5%	509	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.4%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%
Asian:	172	15.2%	169	15.0%	180	15.5%	181	15.3%	175	15.9%	190	18.2%	166	15.4%
Hispanic:	335	29.5%	333	29.5%	298	25.7%	258	21.8%	226	20.5%	204	19.5%	198	18.4%
Black:	441	38.9%	459	40.7%	497	42.8%	507	42.7%	475	43.1%	451	43.2%	502	46.6%
White:	165	14.6%	154	13.7%	179	15.4%	235	19.8%	222	20.1%	195	18.7%	210	19.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	15	1.3%	9	0.8%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	480	42.3%	470	41.7%	411	35.4%	367	30.9%	280	25.4%	264	25.3%	230	21.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	110	9.7%	114	10.1%	110	9.5%	94	7.9%	90	8.2%	91	8.7%	80	7.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.14		11.03		12.75		15.65		15.32		9.90		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	85.7%	85.4%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	47.8%	47.8%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	52.8%	52.8%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	51.4%	51.4%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	54.7%	54.7%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	48.4%	48.4%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	49.3%	49.3%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	83.4%	83.1%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	67.3%	67.3%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	67.1%	67.1%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	72.7%	72.7%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	75.6%	75.6%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	73.1%	73.1%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	72.1%	72.1%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	67.2%	66.3%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	44.2%	44.2%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	61.1%	61.1%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	56.1%	56.1%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	59.8%	59.8%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	54.9%	54.9%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	77.6%	76.7%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	65.0%	65.0%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	70.2%	70.2%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	67.8%	67.8%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	72.9%	72.9%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	67.8%	67.8%	78.9%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

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