Avery Middle School

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Demographics
Census
White: 93%
Black: 4.2%
Asian: 0.6%
Two or more Races: 0.8%
Hispanic: 4.7%
White, Not Hispanic: 89.4%
AMS Data
All Students: 310
Male: 150
Female: 160
White: 258
Hispanic: 42
Two or more races: 6

ED: 187
NED: 123
LEP: 21
Students with
disabilities: 49

Below poverty level: 18% of total pop

20.9% of individuals under 18
40.9% of children under 5
Median Household Income: $36,969

Male: 54.4%
Female: 45.6%

Home owning rate: 76.1%

People per house: 2.73%
Likely homosexual households (counted as selfreported unmarried-partner households
Lesbian couples: 0.8% households
Gay men 0.0% of all households
http://www.city-data.com/city/NewlandNorth-Carolina.html

Economy
$21,598 per capita income
$36,969 median household income
18% persons below poverty line--21% of
people under 18 are below poverty

6.1% unemployment
Main Industries:
Social (Ed, Health, etc): 23.9%
Retail: 13.8%
Construction: 11.6%
Arts/Rec/Hotels/Food: 10.3%

22.1 minutes mean travel time to work

http://censusreporter.

Economy cont.
http://www.city-data.com/city/Newland-North-Carolina.html

Student Attitudes Towards Educators

the teachers who like me for who i am
teachers that dont listen to
you and make you do
everything on you own it just
seems like they dont even
teach you

Whenever they
make me feel
STUPID when I
ask a QUESTION.

A teacher who cares

about teaching, and gets involved in
what they are doing

from Avery Middle student surveys

Student Attitudes Towards School

What is the highest level of school you wish to complete?

from Avery Middle student surveys

Student Attitudes Toward Advisory

65% enjoy their advisory. Reasons:
Good teachers
Get to see/talk with friends
Its fun!
24% do not. Reasons?
Bad teachers
No friends in TAG
Boring

"Because its like a family in school but its not your actual family but its fun"

Education
High school graduate or higher,
percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013: 81.5%
Bachelors
or higher: 20.4%

Politics

http://www.city-data.
com/county/Avery_County-NC.html

Language
In Avery County of,
kids ages 5-17, 6%
speak spanish at
home, 1% speak an
indo-european
language and 92%
speak english at home.

(http://censusreporter.
org/profiles/05000US37011-avery-

Fashion
Many responses
listed multiple
choices

Music

Entertainment

Religion/Spirituality
Churches in Avery County include:
Hanging Rock Chapel, Oak Grove Church, New Hopewell Church, Aaron
Church, New Cross Church, Mount Zion Church, Mount Pleasant Church, Ashley
Chapel, Mount Gilead Church.

http://www.city-data.
com/county/Avery_County-NC.

Nutrition
They get free breakfast (pop-tarts, juice, banana bread, etc), teacher collects
extra breakfast snacks and saves them for her lower level class where the
kids tend to be of a lower economic status.
When asked Do you feel that you are well informed on what good nutrition
is?
11% said no (14 students)
89% said yes (111 students)
When asked Where do you most often eat meals outside of school?
36 students said the living room
80 students said the dinner table
4 students said at a restaurant
15 students said in their room/separate from their family

Nutrition
When asked what their favorite food is
students responded most frequently with:
Pizza, Steak, Chicken, Mexican, Deer

Nutrition
Most students (59%) report
that they are never or
almost never satisfied with
the quantity or quality of
the lunch they receive at
school; only 8% say they are
usually/always satisfied with
their school lunch.

Media and Technology

They have the 1:1 program (kids receive laptops in 6th grade and keep them throughout school)

Home Activities

Students are surveyed on

their at home duties.

Relationships
When asked Who would you go to for help if you had a problem (family
issues, friends, school, personal problems, etc.)?

Influential People

Parental Professions
To streamline data we have organized student responses into seven categories

Community Involvement
Teachers report that the
community is very
involved in the school
Field trips
Sporting events
Students second this

Bullying in the School

50 students
said bullying
was a problem
and 88 said
that is wasnt

Cyber Bullying
When students
were asked if
they had
experienced or
been involved in
cyber bullying

Internet Access
113 students
said they had
access at
home and 25
said they did
not

Use of Technology at Home

Outside of school
how often do you
use technology?
This included
internet, video
games, and
watching TV