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Gray Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

6229 South Tyler St

Tacoma WA, 98409, Pierce County

Phone: 253-571-5200

Ranking:

(1,421 out of 1,485, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Tacoma Public Schools

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:	NA	NA	33		37		37		35		40		40
Total Students:	607		629		649		632		645		576		602
Grade 6:	221	36.4%	202	32.1%	200	30.8%	225	35.6%	251	38.9%	197	34.2%	206	34.2%
Grade 7:	193	31.8%	204	32.4%	229	35.3%	225	35.6%	191	29.6%	212	36.8%	187	31.1%
Grade 8:	193	31.8%	223	35.5%	220	33.9%	182	28.8%	203	31.5%	167	29.0%	209	34.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	338	55.7%	329	52.3%	343	52.9%	345	54.6%	317	49.1%	287	49.8%	313	52.0%
Female:	269	44.3%	300	47.7%	306	47.1%	287	45.4%	320	49.6%	281	48.8%	285	47.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	10	1.6%	10	1.6%	6	0.9%	9	1.4%	19	2.9%	13	2.3%	14	2.3%
Asian:	65	10.7%	56	8.9%	50	7.7%	48	7.6%	66	10.2%	63	10.9%	70	11.6%
Hispanic:	116	19.1%	122	19.4%	112	17.3%	104	16.5%	106	16.4%	90	15.6%	74	12.3%
Black:	171	28.2%	198	31.5%	159	24.5%	176	27.8%	211	32.7%	185	32.1%	181	30.1%
White:	207	34.1%	215	34.2%	220	33.9%	221	35.0%	243	37.7%	225	39.1%	263	43.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	29	4.8%	23	3.7%	22	3.4%	10	1.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	9	1.5%	5	0.8%	80	12.3%	64	10.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	433	71.3%	457	72.7%	325	50.1%	391	61.9%	418	64.8%	317	55.0%	322	53.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	56	9.2%	56	8.9%	36	5.5%	56	8.9%	71	11.0%	86	14.9%	99	16.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	NA	19.29		17.54		17.27		18.64		14.40		15.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	27.3%	40.7%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	47.6%	49.2%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	35.0%	61.4%	80.7%
MSP
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	22%	34.3%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	26.1%	40%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35.2%	46.9%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	34.9%	47.9%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.7%	47.7%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48%	56.3%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56%	61%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.0%	59.2%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.3%	33.9%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.1%	38.2%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.2%	42.8%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42.3%	51.8%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.2%	46.9%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	46.5%	43.3%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	62.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	57.2%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	51.3%	57.9%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	55.6%	60.2%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	51.6%	59.5%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	43.1%	55.4%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	28.4%	35%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19.7%	34.9%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31.7%	38.6%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27.1%	36.5%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	57.5%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	49.7%	55%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.7%	55.9%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	49.3%	50.6%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	28.1%	38.9%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.9%	44.3%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.5%	51.4%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	49.0%	64.9%
WASL
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	21.2%	32.7%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31.4%	40.2%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	27.5%	36.9%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	27.3%	38.9%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40.1%	54.5%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51.9%	58%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.5%	59.1%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.3%	63.3%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	28.3%	33.2%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	16.2%	35.1%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.3%	33.1%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	33.8%	43.3%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.4%	40.7%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30.8%	37.7%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	46.8%	53.2%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41.5%	57.8%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42.2%	53.8%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.4%	61.4%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.9%	57.9%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.1%	48.4%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	41.5%	48.8%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	38.4%	47.9%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	59.8%	56.6%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	49.3%	58.2%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64%	64.5%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	59.7%	60.4%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	20.7%	34.8%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31.5%	35.5%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37.8%	40.5%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.6%	37.7%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	41.3%	61%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	55.3%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	59%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	62.3%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	14.5%	26.9%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.3%	24.7%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15%	27.9%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.3%	28.3%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.8%	33.7%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	19.9%	36.8%	51.1%

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* Gray Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.