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 Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School, which is a part of TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES, with Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen, which is a part of TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES, we noted that the two schools are on opposite ends of the ratings spectrum.
Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School has a regular student population of 164 with a 14 students/teacher ratio while Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen has 103 students and a student-teacher ratio of 7.9 students/teacher ratio.
Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School not rated a State accountability rating of Not Rated: SB 1365 (Not Rated per SB 1365) 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 43 in student achievement, 56 in school progress and 30 in closing performance gaps. It scored 48 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, Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 77 in student achievement, 94 in school progress, 92 in closing performance gaps and 93 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.
Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen'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. Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School has no distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School is Hispanics who make up nearly 71.34% of student population, followed by African Americans (26.83%), Two or More Races (1.22%) and Native Americans (0.61%). There is no Asians and Whites or Caucasians students in the school.
At Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen, Hispanics make up 89.32% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (5.83%), Two or More Races (2.91%) and Asians (1.94%). There is no African Americans and Native Americansstudents in the school.
Based on household incomes, Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 93.90% compared to 88.35% at Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen.
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, Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 37.20% of its student population compared to 19.42% at Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen.
Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School has no gifted and talented student, while 6.10% are in the special education program, and bilingual students comprise 34.15% students. Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen has no gifted and talented student, while 9.71% are in the special education program, and bilingual students comprise 18.45% students.
11 teachers employed at Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 0.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 2.8 years. The 13 teachers at Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen have been serving the school for an average of 4.5 years with individual teaching experience averaging 4.7 years.
Of its teaching staff, Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, one teacher only has worked for 11-20 years, school has no teacher serving 6-10 years, while six teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including five beginning teachers. Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, no teacher serving the school for 11-20 years, seven teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while five 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 Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School there are ten female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by two teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has zero staff members in the school administration department.
At Quest Collegiate Academy-McAllen there are ten female teachers and two male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by three teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has zero staff members in the school administration department and one more working as school support staff.
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