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 Bruce Elementary School, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, with Memorial Elementary School, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Bruce Elementary School has a regular student population of 348 with a 13.4 students/teacher ratio while Memorial Elementary School has 368 students and a student-teacher ratio of 16.4 students/teacher ratio.
Bruce 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 59 in student achievement, 89 in school progress and 72 in closing performance gaps. It scored 84 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, Memorial Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 90 in student achievement, 92 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 94 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.
It is in this area where the two schools differ. Bruce Elementary School’s only distinction designation is in Science. Memorial Elementary School's four out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Bruce Elementary School is African Americans who make up nearly 71.84% of student population, followed by Hispanics (26.72%), Asians (0.57%), Two or More Races (0.57%) and Whites or Caucasians (0.29%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.
At Memorial Elementary School, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 60.60% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (19.57%), African Americans (8.15%), Two or More Races (5.98%), Asians (5.16%) and Native Americans (0.54%).
Based on household incomes, Bruce Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 98.28% compared to 54.89% at Memorial 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, Bruce Elementary School has 40 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 11.49% of student population. Memorial Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 110 or about 29.89% of student population.
In addition, Bruce Elementary School has 10.92% bilingual students, 4.31% are in the gifted and talented program, while 8.33% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Memorial Elementary School with 56.52% bilingual students, 8.70% gifted and talented students and 11.96% students in the special education program.
26 teachers employed at Bruce Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 4.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 7 years. The 22 teachers at Memorial Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.5 years.
Of its teaching staff, Bruce Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, two teachers have worked for 11-20 years, six teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 12 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers. Memorial Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, six teachers have worked for 11-20 years, three teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 12 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Bruce Elementary School there are 23 female teachers and three male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by four teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and seven more working as school support staff.
At Memorial Elementary School there are 18 female teachers and four male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by six teachers 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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