Compare San Jacinto Intermediate with Melillo Middle School

San Jacinto Intermediate 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 74 in student achievement, 89 in school progress and 82 in closing performance gaps. It scored 87 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 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 San Jacinto Intermediate these are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Social Studies, 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 San Jacinto Intermediate is Hispanics who make up nearly 89.05% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (6.03%), African Americans (4.13%), Two or More Races (0.48%) and Asians (0.32%). 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, San Jacinto Intermediate’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 90.16% 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, San Jacinto Intermediate has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 33.49% of its student population compared to 21.62% at Melillo Middle School.

In addition, San Jacinto Intermediate has 29.37% bilingual students, 8.41% are in the gifted and talented program, while 17.14% 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.

San Jacinto Intermediate's 51 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 5.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.4 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, San Jacinto Intermediate no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has one teacher only serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 18 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 14 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four 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 San Jacinto Intermediate there are 31 female teachers and 19 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, eight special education teachers are being assisted by 15 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.

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.