Portage Central Middle School
8305 South Westnedge Ave
Portage MI, 49002, Kalamazoo County
Phone: 269-323-5600
Ranking: (290 out of 2,213, top 13%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Portage Public Schools
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: | 31 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 40 | 41 | |||||||
Total Students: | 690 | 702 | 698 | 714 | 701 | 699 | 679 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 216 | 31.3% | 229 | 32.6% | 218 | 31.2% | 247 | 34.6% | 226 | 32.2% | 235 | 33.6% | 250 | 36.8% |
Grade 7: | 241 | 34.9% | 221 | 31.5% | 246 | 35.2% | 234 | 32.8% | 230 | 32.8% | 249 | 35.6% | 210 | 30.9% |
Grade 8: | 233 | 33.8% | 252 | 35.9% | 234 | 33.5% | 233 | 32.6% | 244 | 34.8% | 215 | 30.8% | 219 | 32.3% |
Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 347 | 50.3% | 359 | 51.1% | 342 | 49.0% | 350 | 49.0% | 341 | 48.6% | 366 | 52.4% | 363 | 53.5% |
Female: | 343 | 49.7% | 343 | 48.9% | 356 | 51.0% | 364 | 51.0% | 337 | 48.1% | 315 | 45.1% | 305 | 44.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
Asian: | 22 | 3.2% | 20 | 2.8% | 19 | 2.7% | 19 | 2.7% | 24 | 3.4% | 29 | 4.1% | 21 | 3.1% |
Hispanic: | 30 | 4.3% | 24 | 3.4% | 18 | 2.6% | 21 | 2.9% | 14 | 2.0% | 15 | 2.1% | 15 | 2.2% |
Black: | 16 | 2.3% | 24 | 3.4% | 33 | 4.7% | 27 | 3.8% | 27 | 3.9% | 24 | 3.4% | 28 | 4.1% |
White: | 580 | 84.1% | 595 | 84.8% | 592 | 84.8% | 617 | 86.4% | 619 | 88.3% | 619 | 88.6% | 607 | 89.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 41 | 5.9% | 38 | 5.4% | 33 | 4.7% | 29 | 4.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 144 | 20.9% | 143 | 20.4% | 137 | 19.6% | 147 | 20.6% | 128 | 18.3% | 127 | 18.2% | 115 | 16.9% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 18 | 2.6% | 36 | 5.1% | 47 | 6.7% | 31 | 4.3% | 51 | 7.3% | 40 | 5.7% | 35 | 5.2% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 22.42 | 20.98 | 21.42 | 20.61 | 17.31 | 17.30 | 16.40 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
MEAP | ||||||
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 83.8% | 65.1% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 85.5% | 69% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 85.3% | 72.7% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 92% | 79.9% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 88.9% | 82% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 90% | 84.5% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 37% | 37.1% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.5% | 45.4% | 40.2% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 91.5% | 79.6% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 93.9% | 83.3% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 91.7% | 81.8% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 93.3% | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 95.7% | 87.7% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 92% | 84% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 81.5% | 67% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 79.7% | 68.2% |
2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 84.4% | 73.4% |
2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 85.3% | 75.3% |
2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 36.7% | 37.6% | 27.7% |
2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 35.8% | 29.7% |
2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 84.5% | 74.8% |
2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 83.6% | 74.1% |
2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 83.7% | 72.7% |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 88.5% | 75.7% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 79% | 59.6% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 85.3% | 64.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 87.9% | 72.7% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 92.7% | 82.6% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 91% | 82.2% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 89.6% | 84.6% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.5% | 50.2% | 37.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 50.6% | 38.4% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 88% | 75.8% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 89.8% | 79.7% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86% | 87.9% | 72.5% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 90.6% | 79.6% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 92.4% | 82% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 89.8% | 79% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 77.6% | 59.7% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 80.1% | 62% |
2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 85.3% | 66.7% |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 73.4% | 65.4% |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 87.1% | 76.6% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 89% | 88.3% | 77.9% |
2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 56% | 60.4% | 47.8% |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.9% | 58.8% | 47.3% |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.4% | 57.6% | 51.7% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 81.6% | 63.2% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 85.5% | 68.1% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 85.8% | 71.6% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 87.9% | 74.5% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 81.8% | 70.3% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 92% | 78% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.2% | 46.9% | 29.4% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 49% | 50.1% | 32.5% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 87.8% | 72.9% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 89.4% | 75.6% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 87.6% | 77.1% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 86.3% | 75.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 88.1% | 83.4% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 91.9% | 81.9% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 71.9% | 60.5% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 79.5% | 65.7% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 89.4% | 76.8% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 88.6% | 74.9% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 89.2% | 79.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 89.1% | 76.3% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 82.9% | 75.9% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 87.8% | 78.1% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 15% | 19.1% | 16.5% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 14.7% | 14.2% | 15.9% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 81.1% | 64.7% |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 84% | 66.8% |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 82.1% | 69.8% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | 82.4% | 74.2% |
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* Portage Central Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.