Compare Austin High School with Akins High School

Austin 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 94 in student achievement, 85 in school progress and 79 in closing performance gaps. It scored 90 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, Akins High School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 85 in student achievement, 90 in school progress, 79 in closing performance gaps and 87 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 three distinction designations or awards for performance. For Austin High School these are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), post-secondary and with 25% student progress while Akins High School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Whites or Caucasians comprise the biggest group at Austin High School. They make up for 53.89% of student population, followed by Hispanics (35.48%), Two or More Races (4.71%), African Americans (3.32%), Asians (2.31%) and Native Americans (0.17%).

At Akins High School, Hispanics make up 78.04% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (11.91%), African Americans (5.23%), Two or More Races (2.28%), Asians (2.16%) and Native Americans (0.27%).

Based on household incomes, the Austin High School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 22.19% compared to 60.07% at Akins 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, Austin High School has 177 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 7.44% of student population. Akins High School has significantly more ELLs at 674 or about 25.56% of student population.

Austin High School’s bilingual students comprise 7.02%, gifted and talented students, 17.23%, while 10.84% are in the special education program. Akins High School bilingual students comprise 25.29%, gifted and talented students, 9.67%, and 14.26% are in the special education program.

Austin High School's 132 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 8.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 11 years. Akins High School's 163 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 5.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 8.5 years.

Of its teaching staff, Austin High School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 17 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 42 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 22 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 39 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including eight beginning teachers. Akins High School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 11 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 32 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 40 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 57 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including 19 beginning teachers.

Austin High School has 16 special education teachers assisted by 16 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Akins High School has 23 special education teachers and 31 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.