Compare James Madison High School with David W Carter High School

James Madison High School was accorded 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 66 in student achievement, 75 in school progress and 73 in closing performance gaps. It scored 74 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, David W Carter High School also earned a State accountability rating of C. The school posted 61 in student achievement, 78 in school progress, 62 in closing performance gaps and 70 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 two distinction designations or awards for performance. For James Madison High School these are in Social Studies and post-secondary while David W Carter High School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA) and with 25% student progress.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, African Americans comprise the biggest group at James Madison High School. They make up for 60.58% of student population, followed by Hispanics (38.46%), Whites or Caucasians (0.48%) and Two or More Races (0.48%). There is no Asians and Native Americansstudents in the school.

At David W Carter High School, African Americans make up 67.23% of student population, followed by Hispanics (30.56%), Whites or Caucasians (1.33%), Two or More Races (0.44%), Native Americans (0.18%) and Asians (0.09%).

Based on household incomes, James Madison High School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 95.67% compared to 91.14% at David W Carter High 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, James Madison High School has 134 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 32.21% of student population. David W Carter High School has significantly more ELLs at 239 or about 21.17% of student population.

In addition, James Madison High School has 30.29% bilingual students, 6.73% are in the gifted and talented program, while 8.89% are in the special education program. This stacks up against David W Carter High School with 19.04% bilingual students, 10.19% gifted and talented students and 17.18% students in the special education program.

James Madison High School's 32 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 9.5 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 12.1 years. David W Carter High School's 72 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 11.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 13.8 years.

Of its teaching staff, James Madison High School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, six teachers have worked for 11-20 years, eight teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 11 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. David W Carter High School has six teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 11 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 25 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 13 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 15 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only.

James Madison High School has two special education teachers assisted by 2 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. David W Carter High School has 14 special education teachers and 21 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.