Table 1.
Student and Teacher Characteristics
| 5th graders, n = 351 (17.4%) |
6th graders, n = 547 (27.1%) |
7th graders, n = 565 (28.0%) |
8th graders, n = 555 (27.5%) |
Total N = 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student characteristics | |||||
| Age, M (SD) | 10.4 (0.5) | 11.6 (0.6) | 12.6 (0.6) | 13.5 (0.5) | 12.2 (1.2) |
| Gender, (%) | |||||
| Male | 45.8 | 49.4 | 46.5 | 48.7 | 48.1 |
| Female | 54.2 | 50.6 | 53.6 | 51.4 | 51.9 |
| Race/ethnicity, (%) | |||||
| White | 73.4 | 82.6 | 83.5 | 76.2 | 79.2 |
| African American | 27.8 | 17.4 | 15.2 | 23.8 | 19.7 |
| Other race | 1.2 | ||||
| Hispanic | 5.4 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| Poverty, (%) | |||||
| Above poverty line | 74.6 | 83.2 | 78.7 | 80.9 | 79.3 |
| Below poverty line | 25.4 | 16.8 | 21.3 | 19.1 | 20.7 |
| Elementary & PreK-8, n = 21 (67.7%) |
Middle, n = 10 (32.3%) |
Total, N =31 |
|||
| Teacher characteristics | |||||
| Years of experience, M (SD) | 12.2 (10.6) | 14.9 (12.4) | 13.3 (11.3) | ||
| Gender, n (%) | |||||
| Male | 44.4 | 57.9 | 50.0 | ||
| Female | 55.6 | 42.1 | 50.0 | ||
| Teacher certification, n (%) | |||||
| Certified | 96.3 | 100.0 | 97.8 | ||
| Not certified | 3.7 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
Note: Poverty thresholds based on U.S. Census Bureau Statistics for 2006.