Compare Brownsville Early College High School with Porter Early College High School

Brownsville 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 97 in student achievement, 97 in school progress and an impressive100 in closing performance gaps. It scored 98 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, Porter Early College High School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 87 in student achievement, 92 in school progress, 78 in closing performance gaps and 88 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 five distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. For Brownsville Early College High School these are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Social Studies, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps while Porter Early College High School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Brownsville Early College High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 96.02% of student population, followed by African Americans (1.42%), Asians (1.42%) and Whites or Caucasians (1.14%). There is no Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.

At Porter Early College High School, Hispanics make up 99.51% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (0.49%). There is no African Americans, Asians, Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.

Based on household incomes, the Brownsville Early College High School’s economically disadvantaged students is lower at 92.33% compared to 94.58% at Porter Early College 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, Brownsville Early College High School has 30 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 8.52% of student population. Porter Early College High School has significantly more ELLs at 806 or about 43.71% of student population.

Brownsville Early College High School’s bilingual students comprise 8.24%, gifted and talented students, 24.72%, while 0.85% are in the special education program. Porter Early College High School bilingual students comprise 43.49%, gifted and talented students, 11.28%, and 13.12% are in the special education program.

Brownsville Early College High School's 16 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 12.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 13.1 years. Porter Early College High School's 126 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 12.5 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 13.2 years.

Of its teaching staff, Brownsville Early College High School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, seven teachers have worked for 11-20 years, three teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while three teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. Porter Early College High School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 19 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 54 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 23 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 23 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers.

Brownsville Early College High School has zero special education teachers assisted by 0 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Porter Early College High School has eight special education teachers and 15 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.