Compare Ewell D Walker Middle School with Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy

Ewell D Walker 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 71 in student achievement, 81 in school progress and 75 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, Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 75 in student achievement, 89 in school progress, 85 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.

Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy's six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Ewell D Walker Middle School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Ewell D Walker Middle School is Hispanics who make up nearly 66.97% of student population, followed by African Americans (22.41%), Whites or Caucasians (5.51%), Two or More Races (2.18%), Asians (1.66%) and Native Americans (1.15%).

At Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy, Hispanics make up 93.10% of student population, followed by African Americans (4.98%), Whites or Caucasians (1.28%), Two or More Races (0.32%) and Native Americans (0.16%). There is no Asians student in the school.

Based on household incomes, the Ewell D Walker Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly lower at 86.81% compared to 92.13% at Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy.

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, Ewell D Walker Middle School has 382 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 48.91% of student population. Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy has significantly more ELLs at 410 or about 65.81% of student population.

In addition, Ewell D Walker Middle School has 44.94% bilingual students, 13.32% are in the gifted and talented program, while 15.75% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy with 57.46% bilingual students, 16.53% gifted and talented students and 16.53% students in the special education program.

Ewell D Walker Middle School's 53 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 7.7 years. Teachers at Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy, numbering 43 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 8.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.2 years.

Of its teaching staff, Ewell D Walker 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, ten teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 23 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including five beginning teachers. Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, seven teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 11 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while nine teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including seven beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Ewell D Walker Middle School there are 35 female teachers and 17 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, eight 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 six more working as school support staff.

At Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy there are 27 female teachers and 16 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, nine special education teachers are being assisted by seven teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.