Compare Spring Forest Middle School with Memorial Middle School

Spring Forest 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 81 in student achievement, 81 in school progress and 76 in closing performance gaps. It scored 80 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, Memorial Middle School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 95 in student achievement, 92 in school progress, 98 in closing performance gaps and 96 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.

Memorial Middle School's two out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics and post-secondary. Spring Forest Middle School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Spring Forest Middle School. They make up for 41.27% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (33.44%), African Americans (15.78%), Asians (4.70%), Two or More Races (4.70%) and Native Americans (0.10%).

At Memorial Middle School, Whites or Caucasians are the biggest group, comprising 57.70% of student population, followed by Asians (20.74%), Hispanics (15.70%), Two or More Races (4.00%), African Americans (1.70%) and Native Americans (0.07%).

Based on household incomes, Spring Forest Middle School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 50.16% compared to 9.19% at Memorial 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, Spring Forest Middle School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 23.09% of its student population compared to 8.30% at Memorial Middle School.

In addition, Spring Forest Middle School has 28.42% bilingual students, 13.06% are in the gifted and talented program, while 13.17% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Memorial Middle School with 7.93% bilingual students, 33.19% gifted and talented students and 5.78% students in the special education program.

Spring Forest Middle School's 54 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 7.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.2 years. Teachers at Memorial Middle School, numbering 75 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 10.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 14.5 years.

Of its teaching staff, Spring Forest Middle School has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has five teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 19 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, nine teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 19 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. Memorial Middle School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 15 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 28 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 13 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 14 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 Spring Forest Middle School there are 31 female teachers and 22 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, two special education teachers are being assisted by eight teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and 11 more working as school support staff.

At Memorial Middle School there are 59 female teachers and 16 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, 51 special education teachers are being assisted by six teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and seven more working as school support staff.