Student Data

Pretrenia E. Sutton NC State University Cohort 3-NELA #19 Phase 1 Mary Potter Middle School 200 Taylor Street Oxford, NC 27565 919-693--3914 Principal, Julie Finch

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Student Population

2011-12

Mary Potter Middle

HIGH STUDENT PERFORMANCE

Mary Potter Middle

Performance of Students in Each Grade on the ABCs End-of-Grade Tests

Julie Finch, Principal Julie Finch, Prior Principal 200 Taylor St Oxford, NC 27565

Percentage of Students’ Scores At or Above Grade Level Grade 6

(919) 693-3914 Grades 6-8 Regular School Traditional Calendar

Grade 7

Grade 8

OVERALL

Reading Math Reading Math Reading Math Reading Math

Our School

59.7%

69.8%

66.2%

78.1%

64.6%

68.8%

63.7%

72.4%

District 68.5% 70.6% 63.5% 74.6% 68.6% 75.8% 65.3% 75.0%

Granville County Schools

State

75.2%

80.5%

68.2%

81.1%

71.1%

85.2%

71.2%

82.8%

N/A = Fewer than five students

Performance of Each Student Group on the ABCs End-of-Grade Tests

SCHOOL PROFILE

Percentage of Students, Grouped by Gender, Ethnicity, and Other Factors, Who Passed BOTH the Reading and Math Tests

School Size The total number of students in this school and the average number of students in schools with similar grade ranges at the district and state levels. OUR SCHOOL

DISTRICT

STATE

431

502

668

Male Female White Black Hispanic

Our School 52.1% 61.6% 74.6% 43.5% 41.7%

N/A

N/A

N/A

# of tests 213 taken

N/A

N/A

N/A

The average number of students enrolled in a “typical” K–8 classroom. * Legislation mandates that class sizes for grades 4-12 are not restricted for 2011-12. * Due to data entry issues, some class sizes in select schools are unavailable for 2011-12.

OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT STATE Grade 6

25

27

22

Grade 7

30

28

22

Grade 8

29

26

21

211

173

209

24

District 56.0% 63.0% 72.1% 43.7% 46.4% 58.3% 56.3% State

Average Class Size

Amer. Pacific Asian Indian Islander

65.0% 70.1% 79.3% 49.4%

55.1%

E.D. = Economically Disadvantaged N/A = Fewer than five students

55.3% 79.1%

N/A

Two or Students Migrant More E.D. N.E.D. L.E.P. with Students Races Disabilities 68.8% 43.5% 80.4% 8.3% 16

271

12

67.7% 47.1% 75.6% 24.0%

64.1% 69.7% 54.2% 84.1% 31.7%

N.E.D. = Not Economically Disadvantaged

Three-Year Trend of Student Performance on the ABCs End-of-Grade Reading and Math Tests

153

N/A

31.7%

N/A

41

N/A

35.3%

42.8%

33.8%

L.E.P. = Limited English Proficiency

100 90 80 70

Percentage of students at or above grade level for the past three years.

60 50 Math

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

Reading

For information about the ABCs of Public Education and Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs), visit http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/

HIGH STUDENT PERFORMANCE, CONTINUED

SAFE, ORDERLY AND CARING SCHOOLS

School Performance

School Safety The number of acts of crime or violence reported below includes all acts occurring in school, at a bus stop, on a school bus, on school grounds, or during off-campus, school-sponsored activities. Out of 431 students in our school, there were a total of 5 act[s] of crime or violence. The number of acts of crime or violence reported per 100 students: OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT STATE

1.16 0.95 0.96

Access to Technology

100.0%

100.0%

Our Schoolʼs Designation(s): School of Progress, High Growth GROWTH:

PERFORMANCE:

DESIGNATION

HONOR SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE

At least 90% of students at grade level and the school met all AMO targets

PERCENT OF SCHOOLS WITH DESIGNATION DISTRICT

STATE

0%

8%

SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE At least 90% of students at grade level

0%

0%

SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION

At least 80% of students at grade level

0%

31%

SCHOOL OF PROGRESS

At least 60% of students at grade level

75%

41%

NO RECOGNITION PRIORITY SCHOOL

60 to 100% of students at grade level 50 to 60% of students at grade level, OR Less than 50% of students at grade level

25%

12%

0%

8%

LOW PERFORMING

Less than 50% of students at grade level

0%

0%

3

In any group where the percentage of students at a grade level is greater than 95% or less than 5%, the actual values are not displayed because of federal privacy regulations. In these cases the results are shown as >95% or