Compare Anthony Middle School with Dean Middle School

Anthony Middle 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 91 in student achievement, 90 in school progress and 92 in closing performance gaps. It scored 91 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, Dean Middle School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 75 in student achievement, 86 in school progress, 73 in closing performance gaps and 82 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 one distinction designation or award for performance. For Anthony Middle School this is in Science while Dean Middle School secured one for Social Studies.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Anthony Middle School. They make up for 29.31% of student population, followed by African Americans (26.18%), Whites or Caucasians (22.18%), Asians (18.10%), Two or More Races (4.00%) and Native Americans (0.16%).

At Dean Middle School, Hispanics make up 73.11% of student population, followed by African Americans (15.24%), Asians (5.60%), Whites or Caucasians (4.48%), Native Americans (0.97%) and Two or More Races (0.60%).

Based on household incomes, the Anthony Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 36.52% compared to 88.20% at Dean 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, Anthony Middle School has 73 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 5.72% of student population. Dean Middle School has significantly more ELLs at 374 or about 27.93% of student population.

Anthony Middle School’s bilingual students comprise 4.62%, gifted and talented students, 16.14%, while 7.60% are in the special education program. Dean Middle School bilingual students comprise 26.74%, gifted and talented students, 3.73%, and 11.35% are in the special education program.

Anthony Middle School's 70 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.1 years. Teachers at Dean Middle School, numbering 95 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 6.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.8 years.

Of its teaching staff, Anthony Middle School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has five teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 27 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 19 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 15 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers. Dean Middle School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 26 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 21 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 36 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 Anthony Middle School there are 50 female teachers and 19 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, ten special education teachers are being assisted by 11 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has five staff members in the school administration department and eight more working as school support staff.

At Dean Middle School there are 67 female teachers and 28 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, 11 special education teachers are being assisted by 19 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has five staff members in the school administration department and 16 more working as school support staff.