Compare Sartartia Middle School with Billy Baines Middle School

Sartartia 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 94 in student achievement, 91 in school progress and an impressive100 in closing performance gaps. It scored 96 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, Billy Baines Middle School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 86 in student achievement, 79 in school progress, 75 in closing performance gaps and 83 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.

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

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Asians comprise the biggest group at Sartartia Middle School. They make up for 58.47% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (17.75%), Hispanics (11.56%), African Americans (6.92%), Two or More Races (4.79%) and Native Americans (0.37%).

The student population at Billy Baines Middle School is also predominantly by Hispanics at 27.79%, followed by Asians (23.29%), African Americans (22.41%), Whites or Caucasians (22.01%), Two or More Races (4.02%) and Native Americans (0.32%).

Based on household incomes, the Sartartia Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 20.47% compared to 33.41% at Billy Baines 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, Sartartia Middle School has 150 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 11.05% of student population. Billy Baines Middle School has significantly more ELLs at 188 or about 15.10% of student population.

Sartartia Middle School’s bilingual students comprise 10.68%, gifted and talented students, 17.38%, while 7.36% are in the special education program. Billy Baines Middle School bilingual students comprise 14.70%, gifted and talented students, 4.98%, and 10.28% are in the special education program.

Sartartia Middle School's 72 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 9.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12.5 years. Teachers at Billy Baines Middle School, numbering 71 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 6.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.3 years.

Of its teaching staff, Sartartia Middle School has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 31 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 16 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 14 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Billy Baines Middle School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 22 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 17 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 21 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Sartartia Middle School there are 54 female teachers and 18 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, seven special education teachers are being assisted by 14 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 Billy Baines Middle School there are 48 female teachers and 22 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, two special education teachers are being assisted by 14 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and nine more working as school support staff.