William D Slider Middle School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A (90-100) based on three domains: student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps. Scores are scaled from 0 to 100 to align with letter grades. The school scored 85 in student achievement, 91 in school progress and 91 in closing performance gaps. It scored 91 overall in post-secondary readiness, a broad term that refers to student preparedness to undertake multiple pathways after graduation, or specifically, their preparedness for college education.

On the other hand, John Drugan School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 91 in student achievement, 90 in school progress, 82 in closing performance gaps and 88 overall in post-secondary readiness.

A distinction designation acknowledges districts and campuses for outstanding achievement based on the outcomes of several performance indicators. Distinction designations are awarded for achievement in several areas and are based on performance relative to a group of campuses of similar type, size, grade span, and student demographics.

It is in this area where the two schools differ. William D Slider Middle School bagged all seven distinction awards in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. John Drugan School’s four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Social Studies and post-secondary.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in William D Slider Middle School is Hispanics who make up nearly 96.49% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (2.23%), African Americans (0.80%), Asians (0.32%) and Two or More Races (0.16%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

At John Drugan School, Hispanics make up 92.12% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (4.44%), Two or More Races (1.41%), African Americans (0.91%), Asians (0.30%) and Native Americans (0.20%).

Based on household incomes, William D Slider Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 74.80% compared to 58.79% at John Drugan School.

In terms of Limited English Proficiency (LEP), a term used in the United States that refers to a person who is not fluent in the English Language, mainly because it is not their native language, William D Slider Middle School has 129 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 20.57% of student population. John Drugan School has significantly more ELLs at 211 or about 21.31% of student population.

William D Slider Middle School’s bilingual students comprise 16.11%, gifted and talented students, 15.31%, while 18.34% are in the special education program. John Drugan School bilingual students comprise 20.71%, gifted and talented students, 11.21%, and 11.31% are in the special education program.

William D Slider Middle School's 40 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 12.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 14.1 years. Teachers at John Drugan School, numbering 58 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 10.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12.4 years.

Of its teaching staff, William D Slider Middle School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has eight teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 20 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, four teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while nine teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. John Drugan School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has nine teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 24 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 16 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while seven teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At William D Slider Middle School there are 26 female teachers and 14 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, two special education teachers are being assisted by seven teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and four more working as school support staff.

At John Drugan School there are 41 female teachers and 17 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, four special education teachers are being assisted by five teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and four more working as school support staff.