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James A Davis Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

100 High School Dr

Bessemer AL, 35020, Jefferson County

Phone: 205-432-3600

Ranking:

(696 out of 1,064, bottom 35%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Bessemer City 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:	43		37		37		36		32		38		34
Total Students:	954		618		670		661		651		688		661
Grade 6:	344	36.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	308	32.3%	330	53.4%	352	52.5%	352	53.3%	334	51.3%	327	47.5%	348	52.6%
Grade 8:	302	31.7%	288	46.6%	318	47.5%	309	46.7%	317	48.7%	361	52.5%	313	47.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	494	51.8%	303	49.0%	343	51.2%	343	51.9%	338	51.9%	346	50.3%	324	49.0%
Female:	460	48.2%	315	51.0%	327	48.8%	318	48.1%	305	46.9%	334	48.5%	333	50.4%
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:	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	41	4.3%	18	2.9%	33	4.9%	31	4.7%	19	2.9%	24	3.5%	26	3.9%
Black:	891	93.4%	580	93.9%	620	92.5%	617	93.3%	614	94.3%	643	93.5%	623	94.3%
White:	19	2.0%	17	2.8%	15	2.2%	12	1.8%	18	2.8%	19	2.8%	12	1.8%
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:	2	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	815	85.4%	552	89.3%	603	90.0%	587	88.8%	521	80.0%	502	73.0%	509	77.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	2.9%	17	2.8%	14	2.1%	19	2.9%	36	5.5%	65	9.4%	49	7.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.45		16.93		17.99		18.44		20.34		18.20		19.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ADAW
2004	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	23.4%	23.4%	42%
2005	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	29.5%	29.5%	41%
2006	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	26.3%	26.3%	45.4%
2008	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	40.58%	40.58%	46.94%
2009	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	48.59%	48.59%	56.16%
2004	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	34.3%	34.3%	55.7%
2005	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	50.1%	50.1%	63%
2006	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	42.1%	42.1%	60%
2008	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	68.47%	68.47%	65.27%
2009	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	65.74%	65.74%	65.55%
2004	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	39.4%	39.4%	51.7%
2005	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	37.7%	37.7%	48.9%
2006	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	40%	40%	55.1%
2008	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	46.97%	46.97%	56.69%
2009	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	56.69%	56.69%	62.72%
2004	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	40.8%	40.8%	51.1%
2005	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	38%	38%	48.9%
2006	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	31.2%	31.2%	51.2%
2008	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	53.68%	53.68%	58.32%
2009	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	55.28%	55.28%	60.06%
ARMT
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63.2%	54.2%	56%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67%	61.9%	66.5%
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.3%	74.4%	82.4%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.4%	68.9%	81.6%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.8%	59.8%	56.9%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	61.3%	59.1%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70.62%	70.62%	59.82%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.31%	58.31%	61.26%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.9%	65.79%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.23%	55.23%	68.76%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80.77%	80.77%	70.36%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46.37%	46.37%	72.5%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.2%	62.2%	75.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.7%	74.3%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.34%	78.34%	77%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.15%	74.15%	79.13%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.69%	78.69%	81.28%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.9%	65.9%	83.02%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.72%	86.72%	84.9%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.77%	63.77%	86.25%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	63%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	80.8%	67.6%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75.17%	75.17%	66.3%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67.34%	67.34%	68.13%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69.81%	69.81%	73.77%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.93%	61.93%	78.62%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	83.44%	83.44%	77.01%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.41%	61.41%	78.62%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	36.2%	36.2%	57.3%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.6%	69.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	69.3%	71.7%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.36%	61.36%	71.94%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.52%	53.52%	73.87%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.23%	65.23%	74.89%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.63%	65.63%	73.51%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.93%	77.93%	76.95%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.85%	63.85%	79.33%
ASA
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	69.2%	60.51%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	61.38%	61.38%	70.34%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	46.43%	46.43%	68.79%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	59.17%	59.17%	68.5%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	45.96%	45.96%	75.67%

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* James A Davis Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.