Compare El Dorado High School with Mission Early College High School

El Dorado High 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 80 in student achievement, 88 in school progress and 75 in closing performance gaps. It scored 84 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, Mission Early College High School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 96 in student achievement, 95 in school progress, 80 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.

It is in this area where the two schools differ. El Dorado High School's six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary and with 25% student progress. Mission Early College High School’s four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Science, Social Studies and post-secondary.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in El Dorado High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 90.75% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (4.47%), African Americans (2.74%), Asians (0.97%), Two or More Races (0.66%) and Native Americans (0.13%).

At Mission Early College High School, Hispanics make up 92.95% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (3.08%), Asians (1.54%), African Americans (1.32%), Two or More Races (0.66%) and Native Americans (0.22%).

Based on household incomes, El Dorado High School’s economically disadvantaged students is higher at 69.46% compared to 69.38% at Mission Early College High 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, El Dorado High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 18.95% of its student population compared to 6.61% at Mission Early College High School.

In addition, El Dorado High School has 16.82% bilingual students, 6.02% are in the gifted and talented program, while 10.67% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Mission Early College High School with 6.17% bilingual students, 14.10% gifted and talented students and 3.30% students in the special education program.

El Dorado High School's 128 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 9.5 years. Mission Early College High School's 24 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 8 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 11.4 years.

Of its teaching staff, El Dorado High School has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 12 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 35 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 24 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 40 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including 16 beginning teachers. Mission Early College High School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, ten teachers have worked for 11-20 years, three teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while six teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers.

El Dorado High School has eight special education teachers assisted by 21 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Mission Early College High School has zero special education teachers and 1 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.