Compare Alief Early College High School with Taylor High School

Alief Early College High 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 98 in student achievement, 97 in school progress and an impressive100 in closing performance gaps. It scored 99 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, Taylor High School earned a State accountability rating of C. The school posted 69 in student achievement, 73 in school progress, 65 in closing performance gaps and 71 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.

Alief Early College High School's four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps. Taylor High School did not earn any distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Alief Early College High School. They make up for 51.70% of student population, followed by African Americans (25.73%), Asians (16.02%), Whites or Caucasians (4.13%), Two or More Races (1.21%) and Native Americans (0.97%).

At Taylor High School, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 56.49% of student population, followed by African Americans (28.37%), Asians (10.38%), Whites or Caucasians (3.09%), Native Americans (1.16%) and Two or More Races (0.35%).

Based on household incomes, Alief Early College High School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 81.31% compared to 76.37% at Taylor High 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, Alief Early College High School has 16 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 3.88% of student population. Taylor High School has significantly more ELLs at 890 or about 31.21% of student population.

Alief Early College High School’s bilingual students comprise 3.88%, gifted and talented students, 20.15%, while 0.49% are in the special education program. Taylor High School bilingual students comprise 30.15%, gifted and talented students, 4.14%, and 9.36% are in the special education program.

Alief Early College High School's 21 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 14.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 16.6 years. Taylor High School's 186 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 7.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 11.1 years.

Of its teaching staff, Alief Early College High School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 16 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, two teachers have worked for 6-10 years, no teacher serving the school for 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. Taylor High School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 23 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 58 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 48 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 44 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including 11 beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. Alief Early College High School employs 12 female teachers and nine male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one teacher is aides or paraprofessionals. The school also employs one staff members in the school administration department and two more working as school support staff.

On the other hand, Taylor High School employs 114 female teachers and 72 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, 16 special education teachers are being assisted by 29 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. The school also employs 12 staff members in the school administration department and 23 more working as school support staff.