Compare Daiches Elementary School with Heights Elementary School

Daiches 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 64 in student achievement, 93 in school progress and 76 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, Heights Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 91 in student achievement, 94 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 96 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.

Heights Elementary School's six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Daiches Elementary School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Daiches Elementary School is Hispanics who make up nearly 100.00% of student population, followed by . There is no African Americans, Asians, Native Americans, Two or More Races and Whites or Caucasians students in the school.

At Heights Elementary School, Hispanics make up 99.79% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (0.21%). There is no African Americans, Asians, Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.

Based on household incomes, Daiches Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is higher at 98.26% compared to 97.48% at Heights 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, Daiches Elementary School has 272 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 78.84% of student population. Heights Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 334 or about 70.02% of student population.

Daiches Elementary School’s bilingual students comprise 78.84%, gifted and talented students, 11.30%, while 9.28% are in the special education program. Heights Elementary School bilingual students comprise 70.02%, gifted and talented students, 9.01%, and 7.13% are in the special education program.

30 teachers employed at Daiches Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 11.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging 13.4 years. The 31 teachers at Heights Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 11.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12.2 years.

Of its teaching staff, Daiches Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 14 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, five teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while seven teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. Heights Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has five teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 12 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, five 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 Daiches Elementary School there are 27 female teachers and three male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is 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 seven more working as school support staff.

At Heights Elementary School there are 28 female teachers and three male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by 13 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.