Discovery Middle Charter School is located in Coral Springs, FL and is one of 91 middle schools in Broward School District. It is a charter school that serves 94 students in grades 6-8.
Charter schools are public schools, but differ from traditional public schools in that they are independent and are operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, or others. Funding for charter schools is based on designated local or state educational organizations. Those organizations are responsible for monitoring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of education, but permit the schools to operate outside of the traditional public school education system.
Discovery Middle Charter School did not make AYP in 2011. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of Florida in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Discovery Middle Charter School's test results to learn more about school performance.
In 2011, Discovery Middle Charter School had 16 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Florida average is 15 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Discovery Middle Charter School's students and teachers.more
The school and its employees, school admin and faculty, are geared toward students that are bussed in from bad areas in Broward County, inorder to get federal funding. The staff seems to lack the ability to do much more than babysitting, and does not accept any positive input for change.
i go to DMCS i have been attending bccs west and east and dmcs for the past years, since it opened and its getting better year after year! i encurage people to attend this one of a kind school
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In 2011, Discovery Middle Charter School had 73% of students eligible for free or reduced price lunch programs. Florida had 56% of eligible students for free or reduced price lunch programs. Eligibility for the National School Lunch Program is based on family income levels.
The Broward spends $9,234 per pupil in current expenditures. The district spends 61% on instruction, 35% on support services, 4% on other elementary and secondary expenditures. More about Broward District
16:1STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
In 2011, Discovery Middle Charter School had 16 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Florida average is 15 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
The FCAT is an annual test used to measure a student's mastery of the state's grade-level academic standards.
Which Grades and Subjects?
Students are assessed in grades 3 through 10 in reading and math, in grades 5, 8 and 11 in science, and in grades 4, 8, and 10 in writing.
How is it Scored?
Students score at one of five levels, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest. The goal is for all students to score at or above level 3 (grade level).
The Education.com TestRating is a number (1-10) calculated by Education.com that provides an overview of a school’s test performance for a given year, by comparing the school’s state standardized test results to those of other schools in the same state. For Florida, the TestRating is calculated using a school's 2011 FCAT Results for all subjects tested.more...
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