Compare Ortiz Middle School with Stevenson Middle School

Ortiz 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 70 in student achievement, 89 in school progress and 82 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, Stevenson Middle School also earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 80 in student achievement, 90 in school progress, 85 in closing performance gaps and 89 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.

Both schools garnered only five distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. For Ortiz Middle School these are in Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps while Stevenson Middle School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Science, Social Studies, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Ortiz Middle School is Hispanics who make up nearly 80.84% of student population, followed by African Americans (15.47%), Asians (1.79%), Whites or Caucasians (0.95%), Two or More Races (0.63%) and Native Americans (0.32%).

At Stevenson Middle School, Hispanics make up 90.87% of student population, followed by African Americans (4.60%), Asians (3.41%), Whites or Caucasians (0.71%), Two or More Races (0.24%) and Native Americans (0.08%).

Based on household incomes, Ortiz Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 98.84% compared to 91.59% at Stevenson 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, Ortiz Middle School has 483 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 50.84% of student population. Stevenson Middle School has significantly more ELLs at 573 or about 45.48% of student population.

In addition, Ortiz Middle School has 49.26% bilingual students, 10.32% are in the gifted and talented program, while 10.21% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Stevenson Middle School with 45.16% bilingual students, 24.52% gifted and talented students and 8.25% students in the special education program.

Ortiz Middle School's 60 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 5.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 6.9 years. Teachers at Stevenson Middle School, numbering 72 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 6.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.6 years.

Of its teaching staff, Ortiz Middle School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 12 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 11 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 25 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including nine beginning teachers. Stevenson Middle School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has five teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, seven teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 20 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 32 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including five beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Ortiz Middle School there are 43 female teachers and 17 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by seven teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and three more working as school support staff.

At Stevenson Middle School there are 49 female teachers and 23 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by four teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and nine more working as school support staff.