Thomas Harrison Middle School

1311 West Market St, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 | (540) 434-1949

Grades: 5-8
Student Enrollment: 743

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4 out of 5 | 1 Review

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 743 elementary and middle school students from grades 5-8
Ranks 360th out of 419 middle schools in VA.

Additional Contact Information

Mailing Address: 1311 W. Market Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801

School District Details

Harrisonburg City Public Schools District
Per-Pupil Spending: $11,392
Graduation Rate: 73.4%
Dropout Rate: 4.9%
Students Per Teacher: 13.5
Enrolled Students: 4,594

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 743
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 57.0
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 13.0

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 380 (51.1%)
Females: 363 (48.9%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 70 (9.4%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 375 (50.5%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 445 (59.9%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Thomas Harrison Middle School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	2	0.3%
Black	93	12.5%
Asian	23	3.1%
Hispanic	261	35.1%
White	364	49.0%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
5th Grade	196	26.4%
6th Grade	180	24.2%
7th Grade	178	24.0%
8th Grade	189	25.4%

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

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 4

4 out of 5 | 1 Review

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Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on September 19, 2007
Rating: (4 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
This school has an attitude that their teachers know more about your child then you do. They are quick to judge your child on one or two bad acts and enjoy calling you in for meetings not to resolve problems but to tell you every time your child gave a funny look. You can spend up to three hours in these meeting while the teachers complain about your son or daughter this is what they did to me. Just for them to turn around 3 weeks later and send home a progress report with all A+'s on it. When I e-mailed my child's home room teacher she replied that the teacher in the school worked very hard and it paid off. Meanwhile I have spent 2-3 hours a night making sure my child knew all of that he reviewed in class. They also think that they can send you e-mail's telling you to take your child out of extra curricular activities because the "Team" thinks it is a distraction. A distraction? With all A+'s what on earth is that about!

Test Scores and Performance Information

Overall School Rating

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The overall school rating shows that Thomas Harrison Middle School performed on average worse than many other schools across the state on SOL state exams in the following subjects:

Algebra I
English Reading
Geometry
History
Mathematics
Science
Writing

SOL - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 5 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Reading Test
2010	84.0%	83.0%	90.0%
2009	81.0%	84.0%	92.0%

Mathematics Test
2010	78.0%	81.0%	90.0%
2009	86.0%	88.0%	90.0%

Science Test
2010	82.0%	83.0%	88.0%
2009	84.0%	86.0%	88.0%

Writing Test
2010	82.0%	81.0%	88.0%
2009	75.0%	74.0%	86.0%

Grade 6 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Reading Test
2010	80.0%	83.0%	88.0%
2009	79.0%	82.0%	86.0%
2008	82.0%	81.0%	85.0%

Mathematics Test
2010	74.0%	76.0%	77.0%
2009	66.0%	71.0%	73.0%
2008	65.0%	65.0%	68.0%

Grade 7 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Reading Test
2010	81.0%	83.0%	89.0%
2009	90.0%	89.0%	88.0%
2008	83.0%	83.0%	86.0%

Mathematics Test
2010	72.0%	73.0%	75.0%
2009	61.0%	63.0%	71.0%
2008	58.0%	58.0%	65.0%

Grade 8 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Reading Test
2010	92.0%	91.0%	90.0%
2009	81.0%	83.0%	87.0%
2008	81.0%	81.0%	83.0%

Mathematics Test
2010	84.0%	86.0%	87.0%
2009	77.0%	80.0%	85.0%
2008	89.0%	88.0%	83.0%

Science Test
2010	86.0%	84.0%	92.0%
2009	84.0%	81.0%	90.0%
2008	88.0%	87.0%	90.0%

Writing Test
2010	83.0%	86.0%	91.0%
2009	77.0%	78.0%	89.0%
2008	86.0%	85.0%	87.0%

History Test
2008	78.0%	77.0%	83.0%

End-of-Course - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Algebra I Test
2010	100.0%	96.0%	94.0%
2009	100.0%	95.0%	94.0%
2008	100.0%	94.0%	93.0%

Geometry Test
2010	100.0%	92.0%	88.0%
2009	100.0%	88.0%	87.0%

Source: VA Department of Education 2009-2010

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