Compare Fleming Middle School with Thomas 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, Thomas Middle School earned a State accountability rating of C. The school posted 57 in student achievement, 79 in school progress, 73 in closing performance gaps and 77 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. Thomas Middle School's five out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.

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 Thomas Middle School, African Americans make up 67.43% of student population, followed by Hispanics (29.31%), Whites or Caucasians (1.34%), Two or More Races (0.96%), Asians (0.57%) and Native Americans (0.19%).

Based on household incomes, Fleming Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is higher at 97.37% compared to 95.79% at Thomas 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. Thomas Middle School has more ELLs at 87 or about 16.67% of student population.

Fleming Middle School’s bilingual students comprise 20.00%, gifted and talented students, 3.95%, while 17.37% are in the special education program. Thomas Middle School bilingual students comprise 15.90%, gifted and talented students, 2.87%, and 20.69% are 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 Thomas Middle School, numbering 32 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 4.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.9 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. Thomas Middle School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, eight teachers have worked for 11-20 years, six teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 14 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only.

Fleming Middle School has one special education teachers assisted by 3 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Thomas Middle School has three special education teachers and 7 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.