Backus Middle School - Washington, DC, Washington/DC

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Backus Middle School

5171 S Dakota Ave Ne, Washington, DC, 20017-2393 -

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Definition of Terms

Backus Middle School

School Level

Middle school

Grades Offered

Grades 6 - 8

County

District Of Columbia County, DC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

232 students

% Male / % Female

54% / 46%

Total Classroom Teachers

29 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 6 - 10 students

Grade 7 - 97 students

Grade 8 - 125 students

This School

(DC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:8

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(DC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	1%
% Hispanic	5%	8%
% Black	95%	87%
% White	n/a	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

(DC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

68%

52%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(DC) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Of Columbia Pub Schls School District

This School's Agency

(DC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	177	1
Number of Students Managed	59,921 students	239 students
District Total Revenue	$1,109,605,000	$4,472,000
District Expenditure	$1,085,658,000	$3,558,000
District Revenue / Student	$18,518	$18,711
District Expenditure / Student	$18,118	$14,887

Teacher, Student Remembered on 9/11 (FOX 5 Washington D.C.)
posted on September 11, 2009 at 01:56:19 pm
Eight years ago today, a teacher and student from Backus Middle School in northeast were killed in the 9/11 attacks. They were on American Airlines flight 77, on their way to California for A National Geographic Society Ecology Conference when their flight was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon.
Fenty Takes Ax to Earmarks: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper (Washington City Paper)
posted on July 20, 2009 at 02:52:52 pm
Morning all. On Friday, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty ’s office released more details on his plan to close budget gaps for this fiscal year and next. Among his ideas, Michael Neibauer reports in Examiner are ‘eliminating 250 jobs, hiking the Emergency 911 fee from 76 cents to $1.15 per D.C. phone line [again!], charging up to $100 for the expedited filing of business license applications, cutting ...
Local Leads: Developers Want Vacant Schools (NBC Washington)
posted on April 9, 2009 at 06:35:38 pm
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Developers bid on vacant D.C. schools (Washington Business Journal)
posted on April 8, 2009 at 04:36:55 pm
Developers have expressed interest in all 11 of the vacant schools being offered by D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, but two -- Hine Jr. High School and Stevens Elementary School -- received the vast majority of the interest.
Empower D.C. to protest schools plan today (Washington Business Journal)
posted on March 27, 2009 at 01:51:48 pm
About a dozen advocates unhappy with the efforts of Mayor Adrian Fenty’s administration to offer 11 vacant schools to developers plan a protest Friday at the office of Deputy Mayor Neil Albert. Friday is the deadline for bidding on the schools.