Compare Lewis Middle School with Young Womens Leadership Academy

Lewis Middle School not rated a State accountability rating of Not Rated: SB 1365 (Not Rated per SB 1365) 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 55 in student achievement, 63 in school progress and 69 in closing performance gaps. It scored 65 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, Young Womens Leadership Academy performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 90 in student achievement, 93 in school progress, 94 in closing performance gaps and 93 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.

Young Womens Leadership Academy's five out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Lewis Middle School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Lewis Middle School is Hispanics who make up nearly 74.44% of student population, followed by African Americans (21.75%), Whites or Caucasians (1.49%), Two or More Races (1.39%), Native Americans (0.46%) and Asians (0.28%).

At Young Womens Leadership Academy, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 60.43% of student population, followed by African Americans (33.69%), Whites or Caucasians (1.60%), Native Americans (1.60%), Asians (1.07%) and Two or More Races (1.07%).

Based on household incomes, Lewis Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 88.57% compared to 83.42% at Young Womens Leadership 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, Lewis Middle School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 52.04% of its student population compared to 16.04% at Young Womens Leadership Academy.

In addition, Lewis Middle School has 50.46% bilingual students, 2.97% are in the gifted and talented program, while 8.74% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Young Womens Leadership Academy with 16.04% bilingual students, 21.93% gifted and talented students and 0.53% students in the special education program.

Lewis Middle School's 71 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.4 years. Teachers at Young Womens Leadership Academy, numbering 16 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 3.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.3 years.

Of its teaching staff, Lewis Middle School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has ten teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 17 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 15 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 25 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers. Young Womens Leadership Academy no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has one teacher only serving the school for 20-30 years, four teachers have worked for 11-20 years, five teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while five teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Lewis Middle School there are 49 female teachers and 21 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, eight special education teachers are being assisted by eight teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has five staff members in the school administration department and 12 more working as school support staff.

At Young Womens Leadership Academy there are 14 female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, two teachers are aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and three more working as school support staff.