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Southwest Academy Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

6200 Johnnycake Rd

Gwynn Oak MD, 21207, Baltimore County

Phone: 410-887-0825

Ranking:

(838 out of 1,074, bottom 22%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Baltimore County Public Schools

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		57		56		51		51		53		56
Total Students:	797		729		743		726		748		725		803
Grade 6:	279	35.0%	256	35.1%	245	33.0%	237	32.6%	250	33.4%	224	30.9%	257	32.0%
Grade 7:	275	34.5%	238	32.6%	244	32.8%	249	34.3%	236	31.6%	248	34.2%	264	32.9%
Grade 8:	243	30.5%	235	32.2%	254	34.2%	240	33.1%	262	35.0%	253	34.9%	282	35.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	403	50.6%	372	51.0%	394	53.0%	387	53.3%	380	50.8%	373	51.4%	412	51.3%
Female:	394	49.4%	357	49.0%	349	47.0%	339	46.7%	360	48.1%	344	47.4%	387	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	4	0.5%
Asian:	76	9.5%	62	8.5%	70	9.4%	68	9.4%	59	7.9%	54	7.4%	47	5.9%
Hispanic:	49	6.1%	45	6.2%	46	6.2%	40	5.5%	38	5.1%	29	4.0%	36	4.5%
Black:	626	78.5%	571	78.3%	580	78.1%	575	79.2%	624	83.4%	618	85.2%	689	85.8%
White:	24	3.0%	26	3.6%	28	3.8%	29	4.0%	24	3.2%	22	3.0%	27	3.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	2.8%	25	3.4%	15	2.0%	11	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	441	55.3%	436	59.8%	423	56.9%	366	50.4%	386	51.6%	337	46.5%	349	43.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	80	10.0%	80	11.0%	97	13.1%	94	12.9%	68	9.1%	89	12.3%	112	13.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.48		12.79		13.27		14.18		14.67		13.70		14.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSA
2004	Algebra	End of course	% met std	70.5%	50.5%	58.8%
2005	Algebra	End of course	% met std	39.5%	49.7%	53.8%
2006	Algebra	End of course	% met std	68.1%	63.3%	66.6%
2007	Algebra	End of course	% met std	45.5%	55.1%	63.5%
MSA
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31.0%	50.9%	50.3%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33.0%	58.6%	60.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.9%	63.8%	65.6%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.8%	66.4%	71.9%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55.0%	74.5%	75.8%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.5%	73.5%	77.1%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	76.5%	79.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	79.4%	81.0%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	80.0%	83.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.2%	75.7%	77.1%
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	73.2%	68.3%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.4%	73.1%	70.3%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.2%	73.0%	71.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.0%	77.3%	76.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	82.6%	81.7%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	82.9%	84.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	84.4%	86.1%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	82.2%	83.8%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.9%	84%	84.5%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.6%	82.9%	84.1%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30.8%	52.2%	49.8%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.1%	57.9%	55.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.2%	58.0%	60.1%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	29.3%	58.1%	61.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.3%	65.9%	68.2%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.9%	74.3%	73.1%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.1%	71.2%	72.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	72.7%	74.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.6%	74.4%	76.4%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	71.6%	72.6%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.0%	70.6%	67.0%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.2%	71.1%	67.2%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	74.6%	71.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.0%	68.2%	70.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.1%	81.7%	81.2%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.0%	82.1%	83.1%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	80.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.0%	83.0%	84.0%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	79.1%	81.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.4%	85.0%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25.8%	47.8%	45.8%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	28.9%	52.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.8%	56.8%	55.0%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25.9%	53.3%	56.7%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.6%	60.4%	61.8%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.0%	67.2%	67.2%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.0%	66.7%	65.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.4%	65.3%	66.1%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	67.7%	69.3%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	66.5%	67.0%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.5%	65.8%	63.8%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	69.3%	66.4%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	70.4%	67%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.5%	66.1%	68.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.8%	70.4%	72.8%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	83.6%	81.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	81.3%	80.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	83.6%	82.7%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.0%	82.1%	80.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	79.3%	81.0%

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* Southwest Academy 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.