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Berry Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
4500 Jaguar Dr
Hoover, AL 35242
Phone
(205) 439-2000
District
HOOVER CITY
County
SHELBY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1142
Classroom Teachers
78

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

10

(10 is best)

Better than 91.1% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Berry Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
63%
46%
61%
46%
65%
45%
63%
46%
61%
46%
65%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
73%
44%
73%
45%
73%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
68%
43%
65%
43%
70%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 370 32.4%
Grade 7 366 32.0%
Grade 8 399 34.9%
Grade 9 1 0.1%
Grade 10 2 0.2%
Grade 11 3 0.3%
Grade 12 1 0.1%
Total 1142 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 59.7% 58.3% 54.8%
Black 23.5% 24.9% 32.9%
Hispanic 10.7% 9.1% 9.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.1% 7.6% 1.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 1.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 26.6% 24.0% 53.2%
Free lunch eligible 20.9% 19.3% 47.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.7% 4.7% 5.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 84,272 5,039,877
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,772.3 99
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.1% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.9% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.4% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.2% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 15.4% 16.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 32,251 1,902,983
Single Parent Households With Children 8.8% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.7% 87.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 58.5% 26.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.1% 10.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.2% 13.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.6% 12.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.6% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.4% 17.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.1% 15.4%
$15,000 or less 5.1% 12.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,350 $102,547,200 52.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $736 $10,268,672 5.2%
Staff $474 $6,613,248 3.4%
General Administration $123 $1,716,096 0.9%
School Administration $760 $10,603,520 5.4%
Operation $1,195 $16,672,640 8.5%
Transportation $551 $7,687,552 3.9%
Other $281 $3,920,512 2.0%
Total Support $4,120 $57,482,240 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,550 $35,577,600 18.2%
Total Expenditures $14,020 $195,607,040 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,769 $4,227,659,961 50.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $664 $486,792,907 5.8%
Staff $422 $308,892,263 3.7%
General Administration $258 $189,390,330 2.3%
School Administration $631 $462,467,614 5.5%
Operation $983 $720,343,822 8.6%
Transportation $528 $386,591,766 4.6%
Other $237 $173,501,421 2.1%
Total Support $3,723 $2,728,055,476 32.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,940 $1,421,413,468 17.0%
Total Expenditures $11,432 $8,377,093,910 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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