Choosing the best possible elementary school is critical to a child’s foundational development. In Texas, public school districts adopt curriculum standards set by the State Board of Education. The current standards, called Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, outline what students should be able to learn and do in each course or grade. The curriculum is structured around the fundamentals of mathematics, science, social studies, language arts, music and reading.
We are making this task easier for you by comparing two excellent elementary schools: Memorial Drive Elementary School and Valley Oaks Elementary School. We compiled relevant data for you to be able to make an informed decision. Both schools are under the jurisdiction of the SPRING BRANCH ISD.
Memorial Drive Elementary School has a regular student population of 391 with a 15 students/teacher ratio while Valley Oaks Elementary School has 809 students and a student-teacher ratio of 17.7 students/teacher ratio.
Memorial Drive Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A (90-100) 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 95 in student achievement, 94 in school progress and an impressive100 in closing performance gaps. It scored 97 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, Valley Oaks Elementary School also performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 94 in student achievement, 93 in school progress, 100 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.
Both schools garnered only four distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. For Memorial Drive Elementary School these are in Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps while Valley Oaks Elementary School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Memorial Drive Elementary School is Whites or Caucasians who make up nearly 66.75% of student population, followed by Hispanics (14.07%), Asians (10.23%), Two or More Races (8.18%) and African Americans (0.77%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.
At Valley Oaks Elementary School, Whites or Caucasians are the biggest group, comprising 60.20% of student population, followed by Hispanics (22.37%), Asians (11.00%), Two or More Races (5.07%), African Americans (1.24%) and Native Americans (0.12%).
Based on household incomes, the Memorial Drive Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is lower at 9.21% compared to 9.89% at Valley Oaks Elementary 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, Memorial Drive Elementary School has 23 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 5.88% of student population. Valley Oaks Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 60 or about 7.42% of student population.
In addition, Memorial Drive Elementary School has 5.88% bilingual students, 14.32% are in the gifted and talented program, while 9.97% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Valley Oaks Elementary School with 7.05% bilingual students, 16.56% gifted and talented students and 8.03% students in the special education program.
26 teachers employed at Memorial Drive Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 9.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12.5 years. The 45 teachers at Valley Oaks Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 8.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.9 years.
Of its teaching staff, Memorial Drive Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, eight teachers have worked for 11-20 years, five teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while five teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. Valley Oaks Elementary School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 11 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 15 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Memorial Drive Elementary School there are 25 female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, five teachers are aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and six more working as school support staff.
At Valley Oaks Elementary School there are 44 female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, eight teachers are aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and seven more working as school support staff.
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