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 Colony Bend Elementary School, which is a part of FORT BEND ISD, with Settlers Way Elementary School, which is a part of FORT BEND ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Colony Bend Elementary School has a regular student population of 519 with a 13.6 students/teacher ratio while Settlers Way Elementary School has 783 students and a student-teacher ratio of 13.6 students/teacher ratio.
Colony Bend 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 90 in student achievement, 86 in school progress and 84 in closing performance gaps. It scored 88 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, Settlers Way Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 91 in student achievement, 92 in school progress, 89 in closing performance gaps and 91 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 one distinction designation or award for performance. For Colony Bend Elementary School this is in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA) while Settlers Way Elementary School secured one for with 25% student progress.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Asians comprise the biggest group at Colony Bend Elementary School. They make up for 40.27% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (21.00%), Hispanics (18.69%), African Americans (10.79%), Two or More Races (8.67%) and Native Americans (0.58%).
The student population at Settlers Way Elementary School is also predominantly by Asians at 40.74%, followed by Whites or Caucasians (20.56%), Hispanics (18.01%), African Americans (12.90%), Two or More Races (7.28%) and Native Americans (0.51%).
Based on household incomes, Colony Bend Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 39.88% compared to 34.23% at Settlers Way 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, Colony Bend Elementary School has 191 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 36.80% of student population. Settlers Way Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 216 or about 27.59% of student population.
In addition, Colony Bend Elementary School has 35.84% bilingual students, 3.47% are in the gifted and talented program, while 10.79% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Settlers Way Elementary School with 26.44% bilingual students, 6.26% gifted and talented students and 16.22% students in the special education program.
38 teachers employed at Colony Bend Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 9.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 13.7 years. The 57 teachers at Settlers Way Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 7.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.2 years.
Of its teaching staff, Colony Bend Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, six teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while nine teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. Settlers Way Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 21 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, nine teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 19 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 Colony Bend Elementary School there are 37 female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, eight special education teachers are being assisted by 18 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 Settlers Way Elementary School there are 56 female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, seven special education teachers are being assisted by 15 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and six more working as school support staff.
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