Compare Christie Elementary School with Liscano Elementary School

Christie 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 79 in student achievement, 89 in school progress and 89 in closing performance gaps. It scored 89 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, Liscano Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 95 in student achievement, 96 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 97 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. Christie Elementary School’s only distinction designation is in Science. Liscano Elementary School's five out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Christie Elementary School. They make up for 52.82% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (20.26%), African Americans (12.56%), Asians (9.23%), Two or More Races (4.87%) and Native Americans (0.26%).

At Liscano Elementary School, Asians make up 79.44% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (9.99%), African Americans (3.52%), Hispanics (2.50%), Two or More Races (2.50%) and Native Americans (2.06%).

Based on household incomes, Christie Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 42.31% compared to 1.32% at Liscano 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, Christie Elementary School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 47.69% of its student population compared to 15.27% at Liscano Elementary School.

In addition, Christie Elementary School has 48.72% bilingual students, 5.64% are in the gifted and talented program, while 15.90% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Liscano Elementary School with 15.27% bilingual students, 12.19% gifted and talented students and 7.05% students in the special education program.

40 teachers employed at Christie Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 6.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.2 years. The 40 teachers at Liscano Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 6.5 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11 years.

Of its teaching staff, Christie Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has seven 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 11 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Liscano Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 14 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, eight teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 16 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Christie Elementary School there are 37 female teachers and two male teachers. Of its teaching staff, five special education teachers are being assisted by 12 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and six more working as school support staff.

At Liscano Elementary School there are 38 female teachers and two male teachers. Of its teaching staff, two special education teachers are 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 five more working as school support staff.