Discovery Middle School
1304 Hughes Rd
Madison AL, 35758, Madison County
Phone: 256-837-3735
Ranking: (25 out of 1,064, top 2%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8
School District: Madison City 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: | 41 | 39 | 56 | 60 | 55 | 62 | 63 | |||||||
Total Students: | 779 | 718 | 946 | 941 | 1,000 | 1,005 | 1,030 | |||||||
Grade 7: | 376 | 48.3% | 384 | 53.5% | 296 | 31.3% | 279 | 29.6% | 303 | 30.3% | 328 | 32.6% | 317 | 30.8% |
Grade 8: | 403 | 51.7% | 334 | 46.5% | 303 | 32.0% | 323 | 34.3% | 341 | 34.1% | 320 | 31.8% | 359 | 34.9% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 382 | 49.0% | 370 | 51.5% | 489 | 51.7% | 494 | 52.5% | 493 | 49.3% | 506 | 50.3% | 538 | 52.2% |
Female: | 397 | 51.0% | 348 | 48.5% | 457 | 48.3% | 447 | 47.5% | 479 | 47.9% | 491 | 48.9% | 488 | 47.4% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.6% | 8 | 0.8% | 9 | 0.9% | 16 | 1.6% |
Asian: | 63 | 8.1% | 59 | 8.2% | 56 | 5.9% | 45 | 4.8% | 50 | 5.0% | 43 | 4.3% | 48 | 4.7% |
Hispanic: | 24 | 3.1% | 13 | 1.8% | 25 | 2.6% | 25 | 2.7% | 27 | 2.7% | 21 | 2.1% | 16 | 1.6% |
Black: | 169 | 21.7% | 157 | 21.9% | 183 | 19.3% | 176 | 18.7% | 188 | 18.8% | 203 | 20.2% | 215 | 20.9% |
White: | 506 | 65.0% | 475 | 66.2% | 660 | 69.8% | 689 | 73.2% | 707 | 70.7% | 729 | 72.5% | 735 | 71.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 4 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 9 | 1.2% | 12 | 1.7% | 18 | 1.9% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 150 | 19.3% | 117 | 16.3% | 135 | 14.3% | 148 | 15.7% | 132 | 13.2% | 120 | 11.9% | 132 | 12.8% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 36 | 4.6% | 31 | 4.3% | 44 | 4.7% | 42 | 4.5% | 44 | 4.4% | 50 | 5.0% | 43 | 4.2% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.23 | 18.41 | 16.89 | 15.82 | 18.35 | 16.00 | 16.50 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ADAW | ||||||
2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 74.4% | 42% |
2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 68.1% | 41% |
2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 75.4% | 45.4% |
2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.29% | 71.24% | 46.94% |
2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.54% | 76.73% | 56.16% |
2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 84.3% | 55.7% |
2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 87.6% | 63% |
2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 84.7% | 60% |
2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.08% | 87.09% | 65.27% |
2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.95% | 85.89% | 65.55% |
2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 81.5% | 51.7% |
2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 76.5% | 48.9% |
2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 80.5% | 55.1% |
2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 74.32% | 56.69% |
2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.88% | 80.71% | 62.72% |
2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 77% | 73.2% | 51.1% |
2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 65.9% | 48.9% |
2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 74.1% | 51.2% |
2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.35% | 75.77% | 58.32% |
2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.44% | 73.78% | 60.06% |
ARMT | ||||||
2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 87.9% | 56.9% |
2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 88.2% | 59.1% |
2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.16% | 80.79% | 59.82% |
2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.71% | 88.1% | 61.26% |
2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.57% | 87.2% | 65.79% |
2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.16% | 90.85% | 68.76% |
2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.46% | 93.3% | 70.36% |
2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.64% | 89.51% | 72.5% |
2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 93.1% | 75.1% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 91.9% | 74.3% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.94% | 90.47% | 77% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.41% | 94.11% | 79.13% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.84% | 94.64% | 81.28% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.54% | 95.76% | 83.02% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 95.92% | 84.9% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.95% | 94.63% | 86.25% |
2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 93% | 63% |
2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 90.1% | 67.6% |
2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 89.83% | 66.3% |
2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.27% | 85.86% | 68.13% |
2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.91% | 91.54% | 73.77% |
2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.56% | 94.03% | 78.62% |
2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.61% | 92.8% | 77.01% |
2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.05% | 95.46% | 78.62% |
2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 82.8% | 57.3% |
2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 89.4% | 69.5% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 90.5% | 71.7% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.28% | 89.21% | 71.94% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 89.01% | 73.87% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.52% | 90.77% | 74.89% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.67% | 92.78% | 73.51% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.69% | 92.75% | 76.95% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.71% | 94.42% | 79.33% |
ASA | ||||||
2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.89% | 77.96% | 60.51% |
2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.11% | 86.39% | 70.34% |
2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 88.77% | 68.79% |
2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 87.54% | 68.5% |
2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.63% | 85.45% | 75.67% |
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* Discovery 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.