Tamaqua Area Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

502 Penn St

Tamaqua PA, 18252, Schuylkill County

Phone: 570-668-1210

Ranking:

(1,052 out of 2,311, top 46%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Tamaqua Area 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:	37		35		NA	NA	27		27		30		27
Total Students:	475		464		486		474		481		475		488
Grade 6:	163	34.3%	149	32.1%	157	32.3%	156	32.9%	167	34.7%	145	30.5%	158	32.4%
Grade 7:	148	31.2%	167	36.0%	154	31.7%	173	36.5%	151	31.4%	167	35.2%	163	33.4%
Grade 8:	161	33.9%	148	31.9%	175	36.0%	145	30.6%	163	33.9%	162	34.1%	167	34.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	240	50.5%	237	51.1%	243	50.0%	255	53.8%	256	53.2%	248	52.2%	248	50.8%
Female:	235	49.5%	227	48.9%	243	50.0%	219	46.2%	214	44.5%	212	44.6%	232	47.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	9	1.9%	9	1.9%	10	2.1%	8	1.7%	10	2.1%	6	1.3%	7	1.4%
Black:	8	1.7%	5	1.1%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	5	1.1%	4	0.8%
White:	454	95.6%	449	96.8%	472	97.1%	461	97.3%	464	96.5%	456	96.0%	472	96.7%
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:	4	0.8%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	163	34.3%	152	32.8%	144	29.6%	124	26.2%	126	26.2%	109	22.9%	111	22.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	5.9%	24	5.2%	32	6.6%	24	5.1%	32	6.7%	28	5.9%	30	6.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.75		13.41		NA	NA	17.61		17.80		16.10		18.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	69.4%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	67.7%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	75.5%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	86.5%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.6%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	65.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.9%	60.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	64.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	68.8%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.6%	71.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70%	70.3%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.9%	67.5%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	80.2%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.8%	79.4%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.9%	81.5%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.4%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	80.3%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	75.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	70.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	67.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	72.9%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.2%	76.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.5%	78.6%	N/A
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.5%	49.7%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	70.9%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	59.2%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	65%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	64.9%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	78.4%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	78%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	75.5%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.4%	N/A
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	68.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	78.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	57.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	80.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	87.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.5%	87.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.3%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	86.7%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	67.1%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.4%	62.8%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	67.6%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.1%	62.1%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.4%	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48.1%	47.8%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	79.5%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	85.6%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	84%	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	85.7%	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.4%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	83.5%	N/A

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* Tamaqua Area 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.