Amherst Junior High School
548 Milan Ave
Amherst OH, 44001, Lorain County
Phone: 440-988-0324
Ranking: (376 out of 2,572, top 15%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Amherst Exempted Village 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: | 46 | 46 | 45 | 43 | 41 | 40 | 40 | |||||||
Total Students: | 661 | 684 | 720 | 693 | 656 | 710 | 751 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Grade 7: | 317 | 48.0% | 345 | 50.4% | 341 | 47.4% | 369 | 53.2% | 314 | 47.9% | 317 | 44.6% | 390 | 51.9% |
Grade 8: | 343 | 51.9% | 333 | 48.7% | 376 | 52.2% | 319 | 46.0% | 334 | 50.9% | 388 | 54.6% | 361 | 48.1% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 323 | 48.9% | 355 | 51.9% | 367 | 51.0% | 328 | 47.3% | 297 | 45.3% | 335 | 47.2% | 371 | 49.4% |
Female: | 338 | 51.1% | 329 | 48.1% | 353 | 49.0% | 365 | 52.7% | 318 | 48.5% | 348 | 49.0% | 359 | 47.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.8% |
Asian: | 5 | 0.8% | 3 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.7% | 6 | 0.9% | 5 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.1% |
Hispanic: | 90 | 13.6% | 88 | 12.9% | 93 | 12.9% | 71 | 10.2% | 59 | 9.0% | 62 | 8.7% | 66 | 8.8% |
Black: | 17 | 2.6% | 15 | 2.2% | 22 | 3.1% | 23 | 3.3% | 12 | 1.8% | 8 | 1.1% | 12 | 1.6% |
White: | 519 | 78.5% | 550 | 80.4% | 575 | 79.9% | 560 | 80.8% | 545 | 83.1% | 609 | 85.8% | 649 | 86.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 30 | 4.5% | 24 | 3.5% | 22 | 3.1% | 33 | 4.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 100 | 15.1% | 99 | 14.5% | 110 | 15.3% | 125 | 18.0% | 103 | 15.7% | 81 | 11.4% | NA | NA |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 33 | 5.0% | 36 | 5.3% | 42 | 5.8% | 36 | 5.2% | 52 | 7.9% | 45 | 6.3% | NA | NA |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.33 | 14.91 | 15.87 | 16.03 | 15.91 | 17.70 | 18.70 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
OAA | ||||||
2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 76.8% | 58.5% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 80.6% | 63.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 87.3% | 71% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 82.3% | 68.8% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 87.3% | 74.3% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 81.8% | 71.1% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 86.8% | 74.8% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 90.3% | 73.6% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 89.6% | 72.8% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 95.2% | 78.9% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 89.8% | 77% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 87.3% | 77.3% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 89% | 76.6% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 87.5% | 80.2% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86% | 86.2% | 77.3% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 94.5% | 79.5% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 91.6% | 81% |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 92.6% | 81% |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 91.3% | 85.7% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 89.3% | 80.5% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 83.9% | 60.1% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | 81.1% | 68.6% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 87.2% | 71% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 87% | 87% | 72.8% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 84% | 70.6% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 83.9% | 69.2% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 87% | 74.3% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 90.5% | 79.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 96.4% | 76.6% |
2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 96% | 78.9% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 94.6% | 77.1% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 93.9% | 80% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 89.5% | 79.4% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 82.4% | 72.4% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 88.9% | 80.9% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 89.9% | 85.1% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 91.0% | 83% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 97.0% | 85.7% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 79.7% | 62% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 78.5% | 62.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 71% | 70.9% | 62.8% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 75.5% | 64.8% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 78% | 78.2% | 67.4% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 86.7% | 71.5% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 86.9% | 68.6% |
2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 70% | 70.1% | 49% |
2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 70% | 70% | 53.5% |
2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 68% | 51.1% |
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* Amherst Junior High 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.