Compare West Briar Middle School with Pershing Middle School

West Briar 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 83 in student achievement, 89 in school progress and 77 in closing performance gaps. It scored 85 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, Pershing Middle School also earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 85 in student achievement, 90 in school progress, 87 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 West Briar Middle School these are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Science, Social Studies, post-secondary and with 25% student progress while Pershing Middle School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at West Briar Middle School. They make up for 36.71% of student population, followed by African Americans (33.57%), Whites or Caucasians (18.89%), Asians (8.77%), Two or More Races (1.79%) and Native Americans (0.27%).

The student population at Pershing Middle School is also predominantly by Hispanics at 40.14%, 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.

Based on household incomes, West Briar Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 63.56% compared to 56.49% at Pershing 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, West Briar Middle School has 197 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 17.64% of student population. Pershing Middle School has significantly more ELLs at 239 or about 16.15% of student population.

In addition, West Briar Middle School has 17.01% bilingual students, 25.43% are in the gifted and talented program, while 6.62% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Pershing Middle School with 14.53% bilingual students, 28.24% gifted and talented students and 10.14% students in the special education program.

West Briar Middle School's 61 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 4.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 7.6 years. Teachers at Pershing Middle School, numbering 87 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 7.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.3 years.

Of its teaching staff, West Briar Middle School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has five teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 13 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 13 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 23 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including eight beginning teachers. 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.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At West Briar Middle School there are 37 female teachers and 23 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, seven special education teachers are being assisted by five teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has one staff members in the school administration department and ten more working as school support staff.

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.