Compare Lucio Middle School with Stell Middle School

Lucio 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 75 in student achievement, 90 in school progress and 81 in closing performance gaps. It scored 87 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, Stell Middle School also earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 72 in student achievement, 85 in school progress, 76 in closing performance gaps and 82 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. Lucio 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. Stell Middle School’s two out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics and post-secondary.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Lucio Middle School is Hispanics who make up nearly 99.73% of student population, followed by African Americans (0.13%) and Whites or Caucasians (0.13%). There is no Asians, Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.

At Stell Middle School, Hispanics make up 99.76% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (0.24%). There is no African Americans, Asians, Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.

Based on household incomes, Lucio Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is higher at 96.11% compared to 94.75% at Stell 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, Lucio Middle School has 323 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 43.36% of student population. Stell Middle School has significantly more ELLs at 360 or about 43.96% of student population.

In addition, Lucio Middle School has 42.01% bilingual students, 12.75% are in the gifted and talented program, while 18.79% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Stell Middle School with 42.86% bilingual students, 13.55% gifted and talented students and 19.41% students in the special education program.

Lucio Middle School's 55 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 13 years with individual teaching experience averaging 13.6 years. Teachers at Stell Middle School, numbering 56 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 16.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging 17.7 years.

Of its teaching staff, Lucio Middle School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has ten teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 23 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, eight teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while nine teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers. Stell Middle School has five teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 20 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, nine teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while seven teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Lucio Middle School there are 36 female teachers and 18 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, eight 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 six more working as school support staff.

At Stell Middle School there are 34 female teachers and 21 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, nine special education teachers are being assisted by eight teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and ten more working as school support staff.