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 Beverly Elementary School, which is a part of PLANO ISD, with Huffman Elementary School, which is a part of PLANO ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Beverly Elementary School has a regular student population of 360 with a 12 students/teacher ratio while Huffman Elementary School has 557 students and a student-teacher ratio of 13 students/teacher ratio.
Beverly 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, Huffman Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 77 in student achievement, 90 in school progress, 81 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.
Beverly Elementary School's six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Huffman Elementary School did not earn any distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Whites or Caucasians comprise the biggest group at Beverly Elementary School. They make up for 37.78% of student population, followed by Asians (32.78%), Hispanics (11.94%), African Americans (10.28%) and Two or More Races (7.22%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.
The student population at Huffman Elementary School is also predominantly by African Americans at 36.09%, followed by Hispanics (27.29%), Whites or Caucasians (19.57%), Asians (8.98%), Two or More Races (7.36%) and Native Americans (0.36%).
Based on household incomes, the Beverly Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 24.72% compared to 56.73% at Huffman 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, Beverly Elementary School has 55 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 15.28% of student population. Huffman Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 97 or about 17.41% of student population.
Beverly Elementary School’s bilingual students comprise 15.28%, gifted and talented students, 16.39%, while 11.39% are in the special education program. Huffman Elementary School bilingual students comprise 17.06%, gifted and talented students, 10.05%, and 12.21% are in the special education program.
30 teachers employed at Beverly Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 13.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging 15.4 years. The 43 teachers at Huffman Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 5.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.1 years.
Of its teaching staff, Beverly Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has 11 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 11 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, four teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while four teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. Huffman Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 11 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 11 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 13 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 Beverly Elementary School there are 26 female teachers and three male teachers. Of its teaching staff, six special education teachers are being assisted by six 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 Huffman Elementary School there are 42 female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, five special education teachers are being assisted by nine teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.
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