Compare Forest Oak Middle School with Young Women's Leadership Academy

Forest Oak 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 67 in student achievement, 88 in school progress and 77 in closing performance gaps. It scored 85 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, Young Women's Leadership Academy performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 96 in student achievement, 95 in school progress, 85 in closing performance gaps and 93 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. Forest Oak Middle School’s two out of seven distinctions are in post-secondary and with 25% student progress. Young Women's Leadership Academy's three out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Social Studies and post-secondary.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Forest Oak Middle School. They make up for 60.78% of student population, followed by African Americans (31.70%), Whites or Caucasians (3.53%), Asians (2.96%), Two or More Races (0.91%) and Native Americans (0.11%).

At Young Women's Leadership Academy, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 61.67% of student population, followed by African Americans (19.70%), Whites or Caucasians (13.06%), Asians (3.43%) and Two or More Races (2.14%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

Based on household incomes, Forest Oak Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 97.04% compared to 73.02% at Young Women's Leadership Academy.

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, Forest Oak Middle School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 50.74% of its student population compared to 19.49% at Young Women's Leadership Academy.

In addition, Forest Oak Middle School has 47.89% bilingual students, 11.86% are in the gifted and talented program, while 11.40% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Young Women's Leadership Academy with 18.63% bilingual students, 52.46% gifted and talented students and 1.28% students in the special education program.

Forest Oak Middle School's 56 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.7 years. Teachers at Young Women's Leadership Academy, numbering 33 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.9 years.

Of its teaching staff, Forest Oak Middle School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has five teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 13 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 13 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 21 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers. Young Women's Leadership Academy no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has one teacher only serving the school for 20-30 years, 17 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, nine teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while six teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Forest Oak Middle School there are 39 female teachers and 17 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by nine teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and nine more working as school support staff.

At Young Women's Leadership Academy there are 25 female teachers and eight male teachers. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and seven more working as school support staff.