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Table 33. Staff Ratios for Middle Schools <br />Source: *CHCCS and OCS District Data, December LUU4 <br />While not anyone of the differences appears to be critical in and of itself, the <br />aggregate of the personnel disparities may diminish the individualized attention 005 <br />students receive and add stress and distraction to the work experiences of 005 teachers <br />and administrators. <br />Literacy Achievement in the Middle Schools <br />Despite comparable proficiency reading scores in the CHCCS and OCS elementary <br />schools, in middle schools the district scores dip and diverge. As shown in Figure 6, greater <br />than 95% of CHCCS 5th grade students and 91.6% of OCS students are at or above grade <br />level in reading on the EOG. By the end of 6th grade, that number has dipped to 89.3% for <br />CHCC5 students and 83.3% for OCS students. This pattern of scores dipping at the <br />transition from elementary to middle school and then rebounding is typical nationally. <br />Nevertheless, it is interesting to note that the dip is greater for OCS than CHCCS and that <br />the rebound remains considerably lower as well. <br />CHCCS/OCS Final Report 54 <br />