Compare Cook Middle School with Truitt Middle School

Cook 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, Truitt Middle School also earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 78 in student achievement, 88 in school progress, 77 in closing performance gaps and 85 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.

It is in this area where the two schools differ. Cook Middle School bagged all seven distinction awards in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Truitt Middle School’s two out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics and Social Studies.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Cook Middle School. They make up for 55.89% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (16.13%), African Americans (12.13%), Asians (11.58%), Two or More Races (3.03%) and Native Americans (1.10%).

At Truitt Middle School, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 63.50% of student population, followed by African Americans (16.21%), Whites or Caucasians (8.53%), Asians (8.10%), Two or More Races (1.90%) and Native Americans (1.69%).

Based on household incomes, the Cook Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 63.82% compared to 77.87% at Truitt 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, Cook Middle School has 260 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 17.92% of student population. Truitt Middle School has significantly more ELLs at 381 or about 26.85% of student population.

Cook Middle School’s bilingual students comprise 16.54%, gifted and talented students, 9.37%, while 11.37% are in the special education program. Truitt Middle School bilingual students comprise 25.58%, gifted and talented students, 5.57%, and 12.97% are in the special education program.

Cook Middle School's 90 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11 years. Teachers at Truitt Middle School, numbering 97 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 7.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.7 years.

Of its teaching staff, Cook Middle School has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 15 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 22 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 11 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 28 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including 11 beginning teachers. Truitt Middle School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has 12 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 30 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 18 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 26 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including ten beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Cook Middle School there are 66 female teachers and 23 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, 12 special education teachers are being assisted by 18 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has five staff members in the school administration department and 13 more working as school support staff.

At Truitt Middle School there are 76 female teachers and 20 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, ten special education teachers are being assisted by 18 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has five staff members in the school administration department and 14 more working as school support staff.