West Chatham Middle School

800 Pine Barren Rd, Pooler, GA 31322 | (912) 748-3651

Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 1,100

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5 out of 5 | 4 Reviews

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 1,100 middle school students from grades 6-8
Ranks 453rd out of 504 middle schools in GA.

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

School District Details

Chatham County School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $9,966
Graduation Rate: 50.6%
Dropout Rate: 7.4%
Students Per Teacher: 12.9
Enrolled Students: 34,668

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 1,100
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 75.5
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 14.6

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 604 (54.9%)
Females: 496 (45.1%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 126 (11.5%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 581 (52.8%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 707 (64.3%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

West Chatham Middle School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	4	0.4%
Black	485	44.1%
Asian	40	3.6%
Hispanic	123	11.2%
White	448	40.7%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
6th Grade	391	35.5%
7th Grade	352	32.0%
8th Grade	357	32.5%

Source: GA Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 5

5 out of 5 | 4 Reviews

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4 reviews for West Chatham Middle School

Reviewed by Former Student on February 25, 2011
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
I love this school, and miss it A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has such a good teaching curiculum, the only thing it could use is lockers.
I'm now in a school in Laurens County and when I moved here when I was put in the class it took about three weeks for them to catch up with me, I was that much ahead.

Reviewed by Former Student on August 02, 2010
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i believe as a student at oglethorpe charter school tht west chatham pays far more attention to ther students and becomes personal where as my school is gog go go and my school creates family problems. west chatham middle school is BEASTIN!!!

Reviewed by Student on May 03, 2010
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
WCMS ROX!!!!

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on November 13, 2008
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
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Test Scores and Performance Information

Overall School Rating

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The overall school rating shows that West Chatham Middle School performed on average much worse than most other schools across the state on CRCT state exams in the following subjects:

English Language Arts
Math
Reading
Science
Social Studies

CRCT - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 6 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Language Arts Test
2010	82.3%	86.7%	91.7%

Math Test
2010	66.5%	62.8%	75.0%

Reading Test
2010	80.7%	85.3%	91.0%

Science Test
2010	55.4%	53.6%	70.0%

Social Studies Test
2010	36.1%	47.5%	64.4%

Grade 7 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Language Arts Test
2010	85.5%	87.1%	91.5%

Math Test
2010	76.4%	76.0%	85.5%

Reading Test
2010	80.1%	82.3%	89.4%

Science Test
2010	61.9%	66.4%	79.6%

Social Studies Test
2010	57.0%	57.7%	71.1%

Grade 8 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Language Arts Test
2010	86.5%	89.2%	92.1%

Math Test
2010	50.3%	60.4%	74.2%

Reading Test
2010	91.6%	91.7%	94.7%

Science Test
2010	40.0%	44.4%	65.3%

Social Studies Test
2010	47.6%	57.6%	69.7%

Source: GA Department of Education 2009-2010

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