Compare Pershing Middle School with Black Middle School

Pershing 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 85 in student achievement, 90 in school progress and 87 in closing performance gaps. It scored 89 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.

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

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Pershing Middle School. They make up for 40.14% of student population, followed by African Americans (32.91%), Whites or Caucasians (18.51%), Asians (6.15%) and Two or More Races (2.23%). There is no Native Americans student 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, Pershing Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is higher at 56.49% 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, Pershing Middle School has 239 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 16.15% of student population. Black Middle School has slightly more ELLs at 256 or about 19.81% of student population.

In addition, Pershing Middle School has 14.53% bilingual students, 28.24% are in the gifted and talented program, while 10.14% 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.

Pershing Middle School's 87 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 7.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.3 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, Pershing Middle School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 15 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 20 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 20 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 30 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. 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.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Pershing Middle School there are 59 female teachers and 28 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by five teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has five staff members in the school administration department and nine more working as school support staff.

At Black Middle School there are 40 female teachers and 31 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by six teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has one staff members in the school administration department and four more working as school support staff.