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Blackman Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3945 Blaze Dr
Murfreesboro, TN 37128
Phone
(615) 904-3860
District
Rutherford County
County
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1625
Classroom Teachers
93

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Tennessee

8

(10 is best)

Better than 74.3% of all TN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Blackman Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
48%
35%
48%
36%
47%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
46%
36%
43%
36%
49%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
31%
36%
26%
49%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
16
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 503 31.0%
Grade 7 559 34.4%
Grade 8 563 34.6%
Total 1625 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 55.6% 54.3% 61.4%
Black 20.4% 18.7% 21.6%
Hispanic 16.7% 22.1% 14.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.6% 4.5% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 190,215 7,126,489
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 342.7 171
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.1% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.3% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.1% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 11.2% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 65,109 2,768,743
Single Parent Households With Children 10.2% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.8% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.0% 30.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.1% 15.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.0% 16.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 18.2% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.2% 16.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.0% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 4.8% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,944 $301,420,000 53.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $430 $21,786,000 3.9%
Staff $391 $19,826,000 3.5%
General Administration $176 $8,925,000 1.6%
School Administration $476 $24,130,000 4.3%
Operation $707 $35,831,000 6.4%
Transportation $424 $21,495,000 3.8%
Other $110 $5,561,000 1.0%
Total Support $2,713 $137,554,000 24.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,458 $124,640,000 22.1%
Total Expenditures $11,115 $563,614,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,239 $6,281,389,000 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $566 $569,482,000 4.9%
Staff $647 $651,842,000 5.6%
General Administration $220 $221,150,000 1.9%
School Administration $648 $652,278,000 5.6%
Operation $805 $810,908,000 7.0%
Transportation $354 $355,941,000 3.1%
Other $305 $307,059,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,545 $3,568,660,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,723 $1,734,683,000 15.0%
Total Expenditures $11,507 $11,584,732,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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