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Sparta Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

480 South State St

Sparta MI, 49345, Kent County

Phone: 616-887-8211

Ranking:

(1,038 out of 2,213, top 47%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Sparta Area 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:	27		31		34		35		35		35		37
Total Students:	590		598		610		587		606		609		646
Grade 6:	191	32.4%	202	33.8%	194	31.8%	205	34.9%	203	33.5%	187	30.7%	209	32.4%
Grade 7:	201	34.1%	192	32.1%	217	35.6%	199	33.9%	194	32.0%	201	33.0%	209	32.4%
Grade 8:	198	33.6%	204	34.1%	199	32.6%	183	31.2%	209	34.5%	221	36.3%	227	35.1%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	274	46.4%	292	48.8%	291	47.7%	290	49.4%	295	48.7%	305	50.1%	324	50.2%
Female:	316	53.6%	306	51.2%	319	52.3%	297	50.6%	302	49.8%	295	48.4%	315	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	5	0.8%	5	0.9%	5	0.8%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%
Hispanic:	79	13.4%	55	9.2%	62	10.2%	46	7.8%	57	9.4%	53	8.7%	44	6.8%
Black:	9	1.5%	9	1.5%	9	1.5%	7	1.2%	10	1.7%	6	1.0%	6	0.9%
White:	490	83.1%	517	86.5%	520	85.2%	513	87.4%	531	87.6%	546	89.7%	590	91.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.2%	12	2.0%	13	2.1%	15	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	229	38.8%	224	37.5%	226	37.0%	198	33.7%	200	33.0%	166	27.3%	147	22.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	42	7.1%	43	7.2%	42	6.9%	54	9.2%	57	9.4%	57	9.4%	46	7.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.83		19.58		18.10		16.61		17.23		17.50		17.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.6%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.4%	75.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	81.9%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	89.6%	84.1%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	81.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	91.7%	82.8%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	63.1%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.3%	57.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.2%	56.2%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	67.6%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.7%	84.7%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.8%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	86.6%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.2%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37%	37%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.1%	45.1%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.4%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.1%	89.1%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.9%	83.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.7%	89.7%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.7%	91.7%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	65.3%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	24.2%	24.2%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	25.9%	25.9%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71.8%	71.8%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	74.8%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	82.2%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.3%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.2%	63.2%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.1%	60.1%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	70.2%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.8%	91.8%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.5%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25.7%	25.7%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.7%	24.7%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	88.7%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	82.6%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	81.1%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	86.6%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	78.3%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	82.8%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	56.8%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65.7%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	80.2%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	69.7%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.6%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	52.8%	52.8%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44.2%	44.2%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.9%	74.9%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	78.6%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	76.1%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.8%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.7%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.4%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	11.8%	11.8%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	18.3%	18.3%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.6%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	81.1%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.7%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	87.2%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	84.5%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	63.8%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	71.9%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	91.4%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	89.3%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	86.9%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	13.6%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15.5%	15.5%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	74.8%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	79.5%	74.2%

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* Sparta Middle School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.