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West Hempfield Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

156 Northumberland Rd

Irwin PA, 15642, Westmoreland County

Phone: 724-850-2140

Ranking:

(560 out of 2,311, top 24%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Hempfield 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:	35		39		39		38		38		36		36
Total Students:	469		503		516		535		547		577		550
Grade 6:	164	35.0%	158	31.4%	174	33.7%	170	31.8%	177	32.4%	188	32.6%	186	33.8%
Grade 7:	150	32.0%	171	34.0%	179	34.7%	174	32.5%	185	33.8%	191	33.1%	190	34.5%
Grade 8:	155	33.0%	174	34.6%	163	31.6%	191	35.7%	185	33.8%	198	34.3%	174	31.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	233	49.7%	260	51.7%	263	51.0%	266	49.7%	264	48.3%	290	50.3%	281	51.1%
Female:	236	50.3%	243	48.3%	253	49.0%	269	50.3%	275	50.3%	279	48.4%	265	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	5	0.9%	6	1.1%	7	1.2%	5	0.9%
Hispanic:	7	1.5%	8	1.6%	10	1.9%	8	1.5%	5	0.9%	2	0.3%	2	0.4%
Black:	12	2.6%	11	2.2%	10	1.9%	7	1.3%	10	1.8%	11	1.9%	8	1.5%
White:	449	95.7%	478	95.0%	491	95.2%	513	95.9%	525	96.0%	557	96.5%	535	97.3%
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:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	127	27.1%	132	26.2%	117	22.7%	119	22.2%	107	19.6%	91	15.8%	67	12.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	3.6%	13	2.6%	21	4.1%	35	6.5%	43	7.9%	53	9.2%	50	9.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.27		12.75		13.25		13.91		14.23		15.80		15.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	85.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	79.1%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	86.8%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	84.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	82.7%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	87.4%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	86.1%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.6%	84.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	80.2%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.6%	81.4%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	79.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.9%	69.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	83.4%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	81%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	78.7%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	79.4%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	80.7%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	82.9%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	86.7%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	80.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.5%	87.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	82.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	85.5%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	87.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	82.9%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	84.4%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.4%	91%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.7%	88.7%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	68.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	74.4%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	76.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	80.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63%	73.6%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	79.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	80%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	83%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	84.1%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	77.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	83.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	82.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	83.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	89.5%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	91.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	93.3%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	91.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	91.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	95%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	90.1%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.7%	70.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	72.2%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	76.1%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	77.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	75.4%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.6%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	84.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	90.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	84.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	89.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89%	86.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	89.2%	72.7%

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* West Hempfield Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.