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 Comstock Elementary School, which is a part of FRISCO ISD, with Mooneyham Elementary School, which is a part of FRISCO ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Comstock Elementary School has a regular student population of 667 with a 15.6 students/teacher ratio while Mooneyham Elementary School has 659 students and a student-teacher ratio of 16.9 students/teacher ratio.
Comstock 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 92 in student achievement, 90 in school progress and 79 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, Mooneyham Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 92 in student achievement, 93 in school progress, 88 in closing performance gaps and 92 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 Comstock Elementary School this is in Science while Mooneyham Elementary School secured one for Reading/English Language Arts (ELA).
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Whites or Caucasians comprise the biggest group at Comstock Elementary School. They make up for 39.13% of student population, followed by Asians (33.28%), African Americans (10.94%), Hispanics (9.15%), Two or More Races (6.90%) and Native Americans (0.60%).
The student population at Mooneyham Elementary School is also predominantly by Asians at 45.07%, followed by Whites or Caucasians (26.25%), African Americans (12.90%), Hispanics (7.89%), Two or More Races (6.53%) and Native Americans (1.06%).
Based on household incomes, the Comstock Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is lower at 8.70% compared to 9.41% at Mooneyham 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, Comstock Elementary School has 63 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 9.45% of student population. Mooneyham Elementary School has slightly more ELLs at 82 or about 12.44% of student population.
In addition, Comstock Elementary School has 9.00% bilingual students, 5.55% are in the gifted and talented program, while 10.49% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Mooneyham Elementary School with 12.29% bilingual students, 6.68% gifted and talented students and 11.23% students in the special education program.
42 teachers employed at Comstock Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 7 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.7 years. The 39 teachers at Mooneyham Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 6.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.4 years.
Of its teaching staff, Comstock Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, ten teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 14 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. Mooneyham Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, nine teachers have worked for 11-20 years, nine teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 13 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Comstock Elementary School there are 40 female teachers and two male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by three 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.
At Mooneyham Elementary School there are 37 female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, five special education teachers are being assisted by five 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.
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