Choosing the right middle school for your children can prove to be a daunting task. Middle school is when children start to flex their growing independence. This is a critical transition period for students. As they assert their independence, their responsibilities increase, they attend multiple classes and their academic performance are closely monitored and graded. Schools focus on preparing them for the more rigorous academic grind in high school.
When we compared D A Hulcy Steam Middle School, which is a part of DALLAS ISD, with Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, which is a part of DALLAS ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
D A Hulcy Steam Middle School’s regular student population is 465 with a 14.5 students/teacher ratio. The student population at Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School is 592 students and a 17.3 students/teacher ratio.
D A Hulcy Steam 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, 91 in school progress and 98 in closing performance gaps. It scored 88 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, Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 98 in student achievement, 98 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 95 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. D A Hulcy Steam Middle School’s four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Social Studies, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps. Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School's six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in D A Hulcy Steam Middle School is Hispanics who make up nearly 66.24% of student population, followed by African Americans (31.40%), Whites or Caucasians (0.86%), Two or More Races (0.86%) and Native Americans (0.43%). There is no Asians student in the school.
At Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, Hispanics make up 80.74% of student population, followed by African Americans (8.78%), Whites or Caucasians (7.09%), Asians (2.36%), Two or More Races (0.68%) and Native Americans (0.34%).
Based on household incomes, D A Hulcy Steam Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 89.46% compared to 70.78% at Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership 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, D A Hulcy Steam Middle School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 50.54% of its student population compared to 30.24% at Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School.
In addition, D A Hulcy Steam Middle School has 47.96% bilingual students, 26.24% are in the gifted and talented program, while 5.81% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School with 29.39% bilingual students, 75.00% gifted and talented students and 0.51% students in the special education program.
D A Hulcy Steam Middle School's 32 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 7.9 years. Teachers at Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, numbering 34 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 7.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.4 years.
Of its teaching staff, D A Hulcy Steam Middle School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, five teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 11 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 15 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, ten teachers have worked for 11-20 years, seven teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while nine teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including five beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At D A Hulcy Steam Middle School there are 24 female teachers and eight male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by two 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.
At Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School there are 27 female teachers and seven male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by five teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.
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