Compare James Madison High School with Thomas Jefferson High School

James Madison High 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 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, Thomas Jefferson High School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 70 in student achievement, 84 in school progress, 73 in closing performance gaps and 80 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.

James Madison High School's two out of seven distinctions are in Social Studies and post-secondary. Thomas Jefferson High School did not earn any distinction.

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 Thomas Jefferson High School, Hispanics make up 94.39% of student population, followed by African Americans (3.70%), Whites or Caucasians (0.89%), Native Americans (0.89%) and Two or More Races (0.14%). There is no Asians student in the school.

Based on household incomes, James Madison High School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 95.67% compared to 90.90% at Thomas Jefferson 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. Thomas Jefferson High School has significantly more ELLs at 1085 or about 74.26% 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 Thomas Jefferson High School with 70.57% bilingual students, 11.64% gifted and talented students and 8.49% 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. Thomas Jefferson High School's 101 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 8.8 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. Thomas Jefferson High School has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has nine teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 12 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 29 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 40 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including nine beginning teachers.

James Madison High School has two special education teachers assisted by 2 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Thomas Jefferson High School has ten special education teachers and 17 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.