Compare Burges High School with Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy

Burges High 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 86 in student achievement, 91 in school progress and 74 in closing performance gaps. It scored 86 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, Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy also earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 79 in student achievement, 83 in school progress, 81 in closing performance gaps and 82 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 Burges High School these are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Social Studies and post-secondary while Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics and Social Studies.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Burges High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 90.52% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (4.34%), African Americans (2.83%), Two or More Races (1.51%), Asians (0.46%) and Native Americans (0.07%).

At Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy, Hispanics make up 76.55% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (12.18%), African Americans (4.60%), Asians (3.45%), Two or More Races (2.76%) and Native Americans (0.23%).

Based on household incomes, Burges High School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 78.21% compared to 56.55% at Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy.

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, Burges High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 28.44% of its student population compared to 13.56% at Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy.

In addition, Burges High School has 25.15% bilingual students, 14.22% are in the gifted and talented program, while 9.15% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy with 13.33% bilingual students, 34.02% gifted and talented students and 4.83% students in the special education program.

Burges High School's 97 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 12.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 14.5 years. Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy's 22 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 9.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 10.5 years.

Of its teaching staff, Burges High School has five teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 23 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 27 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 22 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 17 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers. Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, ten teachers have worked for 11-20 years, four teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while five teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers.

Burges High School has nine special education teachers assisted by 8 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy has zero special education teachers and 1 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.