Why is Margate Middle currently at 67% of its capacity? Is that because it’s a choice school and the parents choose not to send their students there?
Margate Middle is at 67% of its capacity due to the density of students living within that boundary. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is a completely separate calculation from FCAT school grades. Pioneer Middle is the only middle school in Broward County to make AYP. In other words, both Margate Middle and Lyons Creek Middle did not make AYP. Margate Middle is No Child Left Behind choice school because it receives federal dollars by way of Title 1. Lyons Creek Middle is not a Title 1 school and therefore is not an AYP choice school. Across all choice schools throughout the District, it is predominantly incoming 6th graders who elect to take choice when offered an alternate school. The transition from 5th grade to 6th grade can be traumatic; often sensitive parents react to the letter sent home offering choice. Data shows that Margate Middle 7th and 8th graders generally do not choose to leave. Only fourteen students within 7th and 8th grade chose to leave Margate Middle when they were of
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