Sentences with phrase «percent of the middle school students»

It excludes roughly 54 percent of the middle school students who attend schools that also serve elementary or high school students.

But the authors noted that about 20 percent of middle school students and about 7 percent of high school students who had ever used e-cigarettes had never smoked regular cigarettes — meaning that some kids are introduced to the addictive drug nicotine through e-cigarettes, the authors said.

Nearly 58 percent of middle school students in nine states and almost 73 percent of high school students across the country don't get the recommended amount of nightly shuteye, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The survey — which included interviews with 1,000 teenagers and 829 parents — found that 62 percent of high school students and 23 percent of middle school students reported attending schools where illegal drugs are readily available.

About 80 percent of teenagers in high school have witnessed drug dealing and drug use, and 31 percent of high school students and 9 percent of middle school students see such activity at least once a week, says a report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.

Science textbooks used by an estimated 80 percent of middle school students nationwide are riddled with errors, a new study concludes.

Age gap: 37 percent of middle school students rated their school culture positively, versus 30 percent of high schoolers.

We know their «positive recognition of good behavior» methods resulted inthe highest number of suspensions of any school in the state, with 32.5 percent of elementary school students and 49.4 percent of middle school students having at least one in - school suspension, out - of - school suspension, or expulsion.

Black students represent 16 percent of middle school students, but 42 percent of students in those grades who are held back a year.

Fifty - eight percent of middle school students report that they help, compared to 51 percent of high school students.

One hundred percent of our middle school students take both music and arts.

Fifty four percent of middle school students report feeling their school work was relevant to life outside the classroom, compared to just 46 percent of high school students.

The evaluation found that 44 percent of high school students using the literacy programs logged in during after - school hours, while 66 percent of the elementary students and 70 percent of middle school students participated outside of school.

A report recently released by Rhode Island Kids Count indicates that in 2015, 19 percent of high school students and 7.5 percent of middle school students had reported using an e-cigarette at the same time traditional cigarette use was at an all - time low for those age groups.

Not exact matches

According to a Stanford University study of 7,804 students, some 82 percent of middle - schoolers couldn't distinguish between an ad labeled «sponsored content» and a real news story on a website.

Students in schools populated mostly by middle - class - and - above children were about equally likely to find themselves in a classroom with engaged and interesting instruction (47 percent of students) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of stStudents in schools populated mostly by middle - class - and - above children were about equally likely to find themselves in a classroom with engaged and interesting instruction (47 percent of students) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of ststudents) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of studentsstudents).

By contrast, last school year, the district's food service staff fed more than half of Milton high school students, 70 percent of elementary and middle school students and around 100 staff members regularly.

By making small tweaks to the menu to feature student favorites, and moving assembly to the front of the house, participation at the high school has increased by 100 - 125 breakfasts per day; breakfast - in - the - classroom is increasing participation at the elementary and middle school level as well — it's up 55 percent at Lake Elementary!

More than 71,000 elementary and middle school students refused to take the state Common Core math test yesterday in 80 of Long Island's 124 school districts that responded to a Newsday survey — nearly 53 percent of those eligible for the exam in those systems.

The proposal calls for giving students who score below grade level priority access to 25 percent of seats at each of the district's 18 middle schools starting with next year's application process.

At 32 city elementary and middle schools, the average English - math proficiency rate on state exams has not exceeded 10 percent of students...

Only 17 percent of local elementary and middle school students met the grade level standard for ELA (English Language Arts), while just 22 percent met the standard in math.

The number of students in a class rose at 61 percent of the middle schools reporting and 59 percent of the high schools.

About 50 percent of high school students have access to salad bars at schools, 39 percent of middle school kids and 31 percent of elementary school children.

The study of nearly 40,000 youth around the country also found that e-cigarette use among middle and high school students doubled between 2011 and 2012, from 3.1 percent to 6.5 percent.

Today, 90 percent of U.S. public school students attend a middle school or junior high school.

After experiencing BioEYES, elementary school students improved their knowledge of scientific concepts covered in the program 48 percent, while middle school scores and high school scores rose 27 percent.

In the course of a year, the middle schools that employed social referents saw a 30 percent reduction in student conflict reports, the researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

A new study finds that despite declining rates of teen smoking and widespread bans on smoking in public places, 48 percent of middle - and high school students are exposed to secondhand smoke every year.

Earlier in the year, I had our middle school Parent / Teacher conferences, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that 99 percent of my students (most of whom are Title I) have a computer in the home.

Thirty - three percent of the earliest cohorts of KIPP middle - school students were found to have graduated college within six years, four times the average rate of students from underserved communities and slightly higher than the figure (31 percent) for all U.S. students.

Under such policies, taxpayers can receive tax credits worth between 50 percent to 100 percent of their donations to nonprofit scholarship organizations that help low - and middle - income students attend private schools.

The typical Wake County student begins school earlier than more than 90 percent of American middle - school students.

The report was notable for its transparency, and revealed that only 33 percent of the earliest cohorts of KIPP middle school students graduated from college within six years.

(p. 22) On later earnings they find: «Charter high school attendance is associated with an increase in maximum annual earnings for students between ages 23 and 25 of $ 2,347 — or about 12.7 percent higher earnings than for comparable students who attended a charter middle school but matriculated to a traditional high school.»

Indicators of Student Growth (50 — 90 percent of elementary and middle school ratings, 40 — 80 percent of high school ratings)

As this suggests, this method can only be used for the roughly 28 percent of students in my sample whose middle school changed its start time while they were enrolled.

With a weighted lottery, charter schools could ensure that their proportion of poor students served never drops below 50 percent, even if a large number of middle - class families enters the lottery.

The Granite State's STC program grants tax credits to corporations worth 85 percent of their contributions to nonprofit scholarship organizations that aid low - and middle - income students attending the schools of their choice.

Although we found substantial drops in achievement during middle school for both groups of students, the first - year drop and cumulative deficit were, respectively, 50 percent and more than 200 percent greater for students who start at the lower end of the achievement distribution.

For example, Figure 1 shows that 45 percent of students who first participated in FTC in elementary or middle school attended a public college in Florida within two years of expected high school graduation, compared to 39 percent of matched non-FTC students.

Eighty - two percent of Wellesley middle school students are white and another 7 percent are Asian.

Rodriguez focused on social studies education at Boston University as an undergraduate and, most recently, taught middle school social studies at a turnaround school, what she describes as «the lowest - achieving school for over 25 years in Hartford,» where 100 percent of students were black or Latino and qualified for free or reduced - price lunch.

In the least regulated circumstance, called the Louisiana Tuition Donation Rebate Program, private donors receive state rebates for up to 95 percent of their contributions to approved non-profit scholarship funds, which in turn award scholarships of up to $ 4,000 for elementary and middle school students and $ 4,500 for high school students.

Of the elementary and middle schools the survey respondents rated, 14 percent received a grade of «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school yeaOf the elementary and middle schools the survey respondents rated, 14 percent received a grade of «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school yeaof «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school yeaof students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school year.

At Nolan Elementary - Middle School in Detroit, for example, in 2013, at the end of its first year of turnaround, 71 percent of students achieved one or more years of growth in reading and 61 percent in math.

In Chicago, 40 percent of charter middle schools offered both middle - and high - school grades, and nearly half of the 8th - grade charter students could attend at least some high - school grades without changing schools.

First, we brainstormed ways in which the entire class might be recognized for positive behavior that was goal oriented, such as 100 percent of students handing in homework, or being recognized by other teachers for showing Respect, Responsibility, and being Ready to Learn (the Pond Road Middle School Positive Behavior Support Program).

When they calculate the simple correlation between income and math achievement, Helen Ladd's approach, they find that a $ 4,000 increment (a 50 percent increase in the $ 8,000 average income reported by the families in this study) in the income of the poor family will lift student achievement by 20 percent of a standard deviation (close to a year's worth of learning in the middle years of schooling), a substantial impact that seems to support the Broader, Bolder claims.

A study of elementary and middle - school funding in the 2007 08 school year found that the 18 smallest elementary and middle schools received 28 percent more dollars per student than the six largest: $ 10,900 compared to $ 7,800.