Compare Fleming Middle School with Black Middle School

Fleming Middle School earned a State accountability rating of B (80-89) 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 60 in student achievement, 85 in school progress and 81 in closing performance gaps. It scored 84 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, Black Middle School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 86 in student achievement, 91 in school progress, 86 in closing performance gaps and 90 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. Fleming Middle School’s three out of seven distinctions are in Science, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Black Middle School's five out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Social Studies, post-secondary and with 25% student progress.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, African Americans comprise the biggest group at Fleming Middle School. They make up for 60.26% of student population, followed by Hispanics (38.42%), Whites or Caucasians (0.79%) and Two or More Races (0.53%). There is no Asians and Native Americansstudents in the school.

At Black Middle School, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 59.52% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (24.46%), African Americans (12.69%), Two or More Races (2.24%), Asians (1.01%) and Native Americans (0.08%).

Based on household incomes, Fleming Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 97.37% compared to 56.19% at Black 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, Fleming Middle School has 83 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 21.84% of student population. Black Middle School has significantly more ELLs at 256 or about 19.81% of student population.

In addition, Fleming Middle School has 20.00% bilingual students, 3.95% are in the gifted and talented program, while 17.37% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Black Middle School with 21.98% bilingual students, 33.82% gifted and talented students and 10.14% students in the special education program.

Fleming Middle School's 30 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 5.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging 6.6 years. Teachers at Black Middle School, numbering 72 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 7 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.2 years.

Of its teaching staff, Fleming Middle School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has two teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, four teachers have worked for 11-20 years, eight teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 15 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Black Middle School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 19 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 20 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 21 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers.

Fleming Middle School has one special education teachers assisted by 3 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Black Middle School has zero special education teachers and 6 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.