Compare Morris Middle School with Melillo Middle School

Morris Middle School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A (90-100) 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 78 in student achievement, 90 in school progress and 92 in closing performance gaps. It scored 91 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, Melillo Middle School also performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 81 in student achievement, 91 in school progress, 96 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.

Both schools garnered only five distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. For Morris Middle School these are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps while Melillo Middle School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Morris Middle School is Hispanics who make up nearly 70.73% of student population, followed by African Americans (18.49%), Asians (6.16%), Whites or Caucasians (3.78%) and Two or More Races (0.70%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

At Melillo Middle School, Hispanics make up 69.97% of student population, followed by African Americans (15.35%), Asians (6.60%), Whites or Caucasians (6.11%), Two or More Races (1.49%) and Native Americans (0.33%).

Based on household incomes, Morris Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 78.71% compared to 61.88% at Melillo Middle 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, Morris Middle School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 28.15% of its student population compared to 21.62% at Melillo Middle School.

In addition, Morris Middle School has 23.81% bilingual students, 5.18% are in the gifted and talented program, while 15.55% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Melillo Middle School with 15.84% bilingual students, 11.22% gifted and talented students and 15.18% students in the special education program.

Morris Middle School's 61 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 7.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.3 years. Teachers at Melillo Middle School, numbering 54 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 8.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.5 years.

Of its teaching staff, Morris Middle School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 13 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 18 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including eight beginning teachers. Melillo Middle School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has five teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 12 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 15 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 15 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including six beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Morris Middle School there are 44 female teachers and 17 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, nine special education teachers are being assisted by ten 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 Melillo Middle School there are 48 female teachers and six male teachers. Of its teaching staff, six special education teachers are being assisted by 14 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and seven more working as school support staff.