Compare Alice D Contreras with Young Women's Leadership Academy

Alice D Contreras 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 75 in student achievement, 94 in school progress and 87 in closing performance gaps. It scored 92 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, Young Women's Leadership Academy also performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 96 in student achievement, 95 in school progress, 85 in closing performance gaps and 93 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.

It is in this area where the two schools differ. Alice D Contreras's four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Young Women's Leadership Academy’s three out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Social Studies and post-secondary.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Alice D Contreras is Hispanics who make up nearly 94.54% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (2.07%), African Americans (1.69%), Asians (0.75%), Two or More Races (0.75%) and Native Americans (0.19%).

At Young Women's Leadership Academy, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 61.67% of student population, followed by African Americans (19.70%), Whites or Caucasians (13.06%), Asians (3.43%) and Two or More Races (2.14%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

Based on household incomes, Alice D Contreras’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 91.15% compared to 73.02% at Young Women's Leadership Academy.

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, Alice D Contreras has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 56.87% of its student population compared to 19.49% at Young Women's Leadership Academy.

In addition, Alice D Contreras has 52.54% bilingual students, 6.78% are in the gifted and talented program, while 8.29% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Young Women's Leadership Academy with 18.63% bilingual students, 52.46% gifted and talented students and 1.28% students in the special education program.

33 teachers employed at Alice D Contreras have been teaching in the school for an average of about 10.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.6 years. The 33 teachers at Young Women's Leadership Academy have been serving the school for an average of 9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.9 years.

Of its teaching staff, Alice D Contreras no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, seven teachers have worked for 11-20 years, seven teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 11 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Young Women's Leadership Academy no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has one teacher only serving the school for 20-30 years, 17 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, nine teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while six 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 Alice D Contreras there are 27 female teachers and six male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by five teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and four more working as school support staff.

At Young Women's Leadership Academy there are 25 female teachers and eight male teachers. 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.