Compare Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High School with Garland McMeans Junior High School

Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A (90-100) 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 94 in student achievement, 92 in school progress and an impressive100 in closing performance gaps. It scored 96 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, Garland McMeans Junior High School also performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 95 in student achievement, 93 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 97 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 all of seven distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. These are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Whites or Caucasians comprise the biggest group at Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High School. They make up for 45.85% of student population, followed by Hispanics (27.04%), Asians (12.93%), African Americans (8.93%), Two or More Races (5.02%) and Native Americans (0.08%).

The student population at Garland McMeans Junior High School is also predominantly by Whites or Caucasians at 45.14%, followed by Asians (24.74%), Hispanics (18.75%), African Americans (7.03%), Two or More Races (4.25%) and Native Americans (0.09%).

Based on household incomes, Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 29.86% compared to 24.83% at Garland McMeans Junior High 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, Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High School has 124 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 9.72% of student population. Garland McMeans Junior High School has more ELLs at 132 or about 11.46% of student population.

In addition, Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High School has 9.48% bilingual students, 16.22% are in the gifted and talented program, while 11.99% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Garland McMeans Junior High School with 11.37% bilingual students, 16.93% gifted and talented students and 9.72% students in the special education program.

Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High School's 77 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 7.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.7 years. Teachers at Garland McMeans Junior High School, numbering 69 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 6.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.8 years.

Of its teaching staff, Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has nine teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 21 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 15 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 21 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including nine beginning teachers. Garland McMeans Junior High School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has nine teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 18 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 24 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 Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High School there are 55 female teachers and 21 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, seven special education teachers are being assisted by 11 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and eight more working as school support staff.

At Garland McMeans Junior High School there are 48 female teachers and 20 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 12 more working as school support staff.