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 Cesar Chavez Learning Center, which is a part of DALLAS ISD, with Maple Lawn Elementary School, which is a part of DALLAS ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Cesar Chavez Learning Center has a regular student population of 579 with a 14.2 students/teacher ratio while Maple Lawn Elementary School has 552 students and a student-teacher ratio of 17.6 students/teacher ratio.
Cesar Chavez Learning Center earned a State accountability rating of C (70-79) 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 69 in student achievement, 80 in school progress and 78 in closing performance gaps. It scored 77 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, Maple Lawn Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 71 in student achievement, 88 in school progress, 77 in closing performance gaps and 81 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. Cesar Chavez Learning Center’s only distinction designation is in Science. Maple Lawn Elementary School's five out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, African Americans comprise the biggest group at Cesar Chavez Learning Center. They make up for 51.81% of student population, followed by Hispanics (42.14%), Whites or Caucasians (2.07%), Asians (2.07%), Two or More Races (1.38%) and Native Americans (0.52%).
The student population at Maple Lawn Elementary School is also predominantly by Hispanics at 53.44%, followed by African Americans (42.21%), Two or More Races (1.99%), Whites or Caucasians (1.09%), Asians (0.91%) and Native Americans (0.36%).
Based on household incomes, the Cesar Chavez Learning Center’s economically disadvantaged students is lower at 94.99% compared to 95.65% at Maple Lawn 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, Cesar Chavez Learning Center has 192 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 33.16% of student population. Maple Lawn Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 218 or about 39.49% of student population.
In addition, Cesar Chavez Learning Center has 30.57% bilingual students, 10.54% are in the gifted and talented program, while 12.61% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Maple Lawn Elementary School with 42.39% bilingual students, 14.49% gifted and talented students and 10.14% students in the special education program.
40 teachers employed at Cesar Chavez Learning Center have been teaching in the school for an average of about 11.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 13.2 years. The 31 teachers at Maple Lawn Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 6.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.1 years.
Of its teaching staff, Cesar Chavez Learning Center has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, nine teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 14 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while five teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Maple Lawn Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has two teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, ten teachers have worked for 11-20 years, ten teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while seven teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Cesar Chavez Learning Center there are 30 female teachers and ten male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by 15 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has five staff members in the school administration department and three more working as school support staff.
At Maple Lawn Elementary School there are 21 female teachers and nine male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by ten teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and four more working as school support staff.
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