School Information
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GreatSchools Rating:
8
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Educational Climate:
High
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Technology Measure:
Medium
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Type:
Public
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Grades:
6th Grade - 8th Grade
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District:
Orange County Public School District
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Students/Teacher:
17
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Students/Grade:
426.7
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Number Students:
1280
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Number Teachers:
77
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Number Classrooms:
65
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Expense/Pupil:
$4,600.00 - 4,899.99
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Poverty Level:
16 - 29.9 PERCENT
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Number Computers:
305
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Number PCs:
110
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Number Macs:
195
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Principal:
Mr Matthew Arnold
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CHARTER SCHOOL
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GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
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ESL
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SPECIAL EDUCATION
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT
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BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
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ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
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YEAR ROUND CLASSES
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VOC-TECH
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ADULT EDUCATION
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NCLB SCHOOL
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BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
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COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
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AYP SCHOOL
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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
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MAGNET SCHOOL
School Ratings & Reviews
School Ratings (43 ratings)
Parent Review |
Rating:
Posted 2007-09-25
"This is the 5th year of our horrible experience w/SW middle. i am so dissapointed. My older child used to get into trouble for the craziest things. last year my son barely passed and i did not recv a response till the 3rd week before school ended"
Student Review |
Rating:
Posted 2007-06-06
"I am a student at Southwest. This school has definitely brought out the best in me and I have enjoyed my years here by far! Good job!"
Parent Review |
Rating:
Posted 2007-05-23
"Administration is weak and for the most part young. Discipline is inconsistent throughout all grades and classes. Safety of students should be a concern with harassment by other students and the gang issues. SRO can be rarely found on campus. The things my son tells me that happen under the stairs and in the stair well. Administrators are rarely on campus providing supervision. Personally, I can't wait for my son's time in this school to be over and he's a gifted student plus I've had 3 other children go through this school. Art, music and gifted programs are quite good. Sixth grade appears to be the strongest of the grade levels, with the seventh grade being the weakness. Counselors are so so. Don't let the A grade fool you into thinking this school is exceptional. Once upon a time it was. Not anymore."
Parent Review |
Rating:
Posted 2007-04-26
"I agree that discipline is not good. The discipline at Southwest is punitive rather than instructive. Administrators at Southwest just don't want to bother. We moved out of the area, partly because of this. The A rating, largely based on test scores, is commendable; however, there are other schools with good test scores and yet with greater commitment to children. Our gifted child did well on tests but was very unhappy. He is doing much better at his current school, which offers both a more established gifted program and a kind and nurturing environment. While many individual teachers were talented and nice, the system was bureaucratic. It was difficult to get timely responses to inquiries, and there wasn't any patience for meeting individual needs. Teachers were fine, but administration was very disappointing."
Parent Review |
Rating:
Posted 2006-12-01
"In my experience as a parent of students at Southwest Middle School, I can't say enough good things about this school and the faculty. They are wonderful!"