Will James Middle School
1200 30th St West Billings MT, 59102, Yellowstone County Phone: 406-281-6100 Ranking:  (12 out of 448, top 3%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Billings Elementary School District Title I Eligible School: No 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: | 39 | 36 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 668 | 612 | 507 | 516 | 518 | 542 | 541 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 123 | 18.4% | 99 | 16.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 7: | 285 | 42.7% | 260 | 42.5% | 243 | 47.9% | 258 | 50.0% | 263 | 50.8% | 257 | 47.4% | 289 | 53.4% |
| Grade 8: | 260 | 38.9% | 253 | 41.3% | 264 | 52.1% | 258 | 50.0% | 255 | 49.2% | 285 | 52.6% | 252 | 46.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 328 | 49.1% | 312 | 51.0% | 257 | 50.7% | 259 | 50.2% | 258 | 49.8% | 278 | 51.3% | 287 | 53.0% |
| Female: | 340 | 50.9% | 300 | 49.0% | 250 | 49.3% | 257 | 49.8% | 252 | 48.6% | 256 | 47.2% | 250 | 46.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 12 | 1.8% | 19 | 3.1% | 15 | 3.0% | 14 | 2.7% | 12 | 2.3% | 13 | 2.4% | 16 | 3.0% |
| Asian: | 6 | 0.9% | 5 | 0.8% | 5 | 1.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 7 | 1.4% | 11 | 2.0% | 11 | 2.0% |
| Hispanic: | 31 | 4.6% | 19 | 3.1% | 14 | 2.8% | 23 | 4.5% | 18 | 3.5% | 14 | 2.6% | 16 | 3.0% |
| Black: | 8 | 1.2% | 9 | 1.5% | 6 | 1.2% | 5 | 1.0% | 4 | 0.8% | 5 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.7% |
| White: | 593 | 88.8% | 551 | 90.0% | 458 | 90.3% | 458 | 88.8% | 477 | 92.1% | 499 | 92.1% | 494 | 91.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 16 | 2.4% | 8 | 1.3% | 8 | 1.6% | 13 | 2.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 86 | 12.9% | 75 | 12.3% | 89 | 17.6% | 80 | 15.5% | 68 | 13.1% | 44 | 8.1% | 36 | 6.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 32 | 4.8% | 36 | 5.9% | 22 | 4.3% | 39 | 7.6% | 30 | 5.8% | 36 | 6.6% | 27 | 5.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.98 | 16.93 | 15.79 | 15.27 | 15.15 | 15.80 | 15.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRT | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 83% | 68.6% | 60.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 70.9% | 64.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 83% | 73% | 67% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 68% | 66% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 82.3% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 87.8% | 83.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95% | 88% | 82% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89% | 87% | 82% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 69% | 64% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 65.2% | 63.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 79% | 60.5% | 57.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 66.3% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 85% | 64% | 60% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | 67% | 60% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 65.3% | 58.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 69.5% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 78.5% | 75.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 83.6% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92% | 84% | 81% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94% | 88% | 81% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 79% | 59% | 58% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 73% | 60% | 60% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Will James Middle School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.