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.
When we compared Allen Elementary School, which is a part of NORTHSIDE ISD, with Esparza Elementary School, which is a part of NORTHSIDE ISD, we noted a wide disparity in ratings.
Allen Elementary School has a regular student population of 464 with a 12 students/teacher ratio while Esparza Elementary School has 437 students and a student-teacher ratio of 12.1 students/teacher ratio.
Allen Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of B (80-89) 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 72 in student achievement, 92 in school progress and 78 in closing performance gaps. It scored 88 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, Esparza Elementary School not rated a State accountability rating of Not Rated: SB 1365. The school posted 58 in student achievement, 69 in school progress, 65 in closing performance gaps and 68 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.
Allen Elementary School's four out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Esparza Elementary School did not earn any distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Allen Elementary School is Hispanics who make up nearly 95.47% of student population, followed by African Americans (1.94%), Whites or Caucasians (1.94%) and Two or More Races (0.65%). There is no Asians and Native Americansstudents in the school.
At Esparza Elementary School, Hispanics make up 93.82% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (3.20%), African Americans (1.60%), Two or More Races (0.69%), Native Americans (0.46%) and Asians (0.23%).
Based on household incomes, Allen Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 91.16% compared to 83.30% at Esparza 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, Allen Elementary School has 120 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 25.86% of student population. Esparza Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 167 or about 38.22% of student population.
In addition, Allen Elementary School has 27.16% bilingual students, 3.88% are in the gifted and talented program, while 15.95% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Esparza Elementary School with 60.41% bilingual students, 9.38% gifted and talented students and 8.47% students in the special education program.
38 teachers employed at Allen Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 10 years with individual teaching experience averaging 14 years. The 36 teachers at Esparza Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 5.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.1 years.
Of its teaching staff, Allen Elementary School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 18 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, ten teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while two teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. Esparza Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, ten 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 five beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Allen Elementary School there are 32 female teachers and six male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by ten teachers 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 Esparza Elementary School there are 31 female teachers and five male teachers. Of its teaching staff, five teachers are aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has one staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.
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