Compare Pershing Middle School with Clifton Middle School

Pershing Middle School earned a State accountability rating of B (80-89) 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 85 in student achievement, 90 in school progress and 87 in closing performance gaps. It scored 89 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, Clifton Middle School earned a State accountability rating of C. The school posted 58 in student achievement, 77 in school progress, 68 in closing performance gaps and 74 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.

Pershing Middle School's five out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Clifton Middle School did not earn any distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Pershing Middle School. They make up for 40.14% of student population, followed by African Americans (32.91%), Whites or Caucasians (18.51%), Asians (6.15%) and Two or More Races (2.23%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

At Clifton Middle School, Hispanics make up 80.00% of student population, followed by African Americans (15.50%), Whites or Caucasians (1.80%), Two or More Races (1.62%), Asians (0.72%) and Native Americans (0.36%).

Based on household incomes, the Pershing Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 56.49% compared to 98.56% at Clifton 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, Pershing Middle School has 239 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 16.15% of student population. Clifton Middle School has significantly more ELLs at 261 or about 47.03% of student population.

Pershing Middle School’s bilingual students comprise 14.53%, gifted and talented students, 28.24%, while 10.14% are in the special education program. Clifton Middle School bilingual students comprise 47.75%, gifted and talented students, 6.49%, and 11.53% are in the special education program.

Pershing Middle School's 87 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 7.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.3 years. Teachers at Clifton Middle School, numbering 34 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 7.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.7 years.

Of its teaching staff, Pershing Middle School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 15 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 20 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 20 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 30 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. Clifton Middle School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, nine teachers have worked for 11-20 years, eight teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 13 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers.

Pershing Middle School has two special education teachers assisted by 5 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Clifton Middle School has one special education teachers and 2 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.