Compare El Dorado High School with Montwood 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, Montwood High School also earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 86 in student achievement, 88 in school progress, 74 in closing performance gaps and 84 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 six distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. These are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary and with 25% student progress.

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 Montwood High School, Hispanics make up 94.86% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (2.57%), African Americans (1.05%), Asians (0.93%), Two or More Races (0.27%) and Native Americans (0.08%).

Based on household incomes, El Dorado High School’s economically disadvantaged students is higher at 69.46% compared to 67.20% at Montwood 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 428 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 18.95% of student population. Montwood High School has slightly more ELLs at 439 or about 17.10% of student population.

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 Montwood High School with 14.65% bilingual students, 8.53% gifted and talented students and 8.26% 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. Montwood High School's 144 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 9.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 12.8 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. Montwood High School has eight teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 20 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 49 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 31 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 29 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including eight beginning teachers.

El Dorado High School has eight special education teachers assisted by 21 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Montwood High School has four special education teachers and 12 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.