Compare Welch Middle School with Ortiz Middle School

Welch Middle School earned a State accountability rating of C (70-79) 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 58 in student achievement, 80 in school progress and 76 in closing performance gaps. It scored 79 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, Ortiz Middle School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 70 in student achievement, 89 in school progress, 82 in closing performance gaps and 87 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.

Ortiz Middle School's five out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Welch Middle School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Welch Middle School. They make up for 57.86% of student population, followed by African Americans (37.28%), Whites or Caucasians (2.11%), Asians (2.11%) and Two or More Races (0.65%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

At Ortiz Middle School, Hispanics make up 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%).

Based on household incomes, the Welch Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is lower at 95.95% compared to 98.84% at Ortiz 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, Welch Middle School has 267 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 43.27% of student population. Ortiz Middle School has significantly more ELLs at 483 or about 50.84% of student population.

In addition, Welch Middle School has 42.46% bilingual students, 4.21% are in the gifted and talented program, while 11.83% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Ortiz Middle School with 49.26% bilingual students, 10.32% gifted and talented students and 10.21% students in the special education program.

Welch Middle School's 37 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 5.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.8 years. Teachers at Ortiz Middle School, numbering 60 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 5.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 6.9 years.

Of its teaching staff, Welch Middle School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has one teacher only serving the school for 20-30 years, 12 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, six teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 13 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers. 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.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Welch Middle School there are 24 female teachers and 13 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, five special education teachers are being assisted by five 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 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.