Compare Cullen Middle School with Hogg Middle School

Cullen Middle School earned a State accountability rating of C (70-79) 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 55 in student achievement, 69 in school progress and 72 in closing performance gaps. It scored 70 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, Hogg Middle School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 88 in student achievement, 89 in school progress, 97 in closing performance gaps and 91 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.

Hogg Middle School's five out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Cullen Middle School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Cullen Middle School is African Americans who make up nearly 73.73% of student population, followed by Hispanics (21.49%), Whites or Caucasians (2.09%), Two or More Races (1.79%) and Asians (0.90%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

At Hogg Middle School, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 64.62% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (24.07%), African Americans (4.99%), Asians (3.07%), Two or More Races (2.78%) and Native Americans (0.48%).

Based on household incomes, Cullen Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 97.61% compared to 48.32% at Hogg Middle 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, Cullen Middle School has 32 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 9.55% of student population. Hogg Middle School has significantly more ELLs at 156 or about 14.96% of student population.

In addition, Cullen Middle School has 9.55% bilingual students, 1.49% are in the gifted and talented program, while 18.21% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Hogg Middle School with 15.63% bilingual students, 32.79% gifted and talented students and 10.55% students in the special education program.

Cullen Middle School's 33 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.5 years. Teachers at Hogg Middle School, numbering 59 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 6.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.1 years.

Of its teaching staff, Cullen Middle School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has two teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, seven teachers have worked for 11-20 years, eight teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 12 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including five beginning teachers. Hogg Middle School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has one teacher only serving the school for 20-30 years, 16 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 19 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 19 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Cullen Middle School there are 19 female teachers and 14 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, five special education teachers are being assisted by three teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has zero staff members in the school administration department and six more working as school support staff.

At Hogg Middle School there are 42 female teachers and 17 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, two special education teachers are being assisted by five teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.