Compare Heflin Elementary School with Hearne Elementary School

Heflin 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 73 in student achievement, 93 in school progress and 79 in closing performance gaps. It scored 89 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, Hearne Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of C. The school posted 69 in student achievement, 77 in school progress, 77 in closing performance gaps and 77 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. Heflin Elementary School's three out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Hearne Elementary School’s only distinction designation is in Post-Secondary.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, African Americans comprise the biggest group at Heflin Elementary School. They make up for 65.79% of student population, followed by Hispanics (22.45%), Whites or Caucasians (5.88%), Asians (5.26%) and Native Americans (0.31%). There is no Two or More Races student in the school.

At Hearne Elementary School, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 54.98% of student population, followed by African Americans (27.79%), Asians (11.53%), Whites or Caucasians (5.58%) and Two or More Races (0.12%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

Based on household incomes, Heflin Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 90.40% compared to 85.32% at Hearne 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, Heflin Elementary School has 136 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 21.05% of student population. Hearne Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 548 or about 66.50% of student population.

In addition, Heflin Elementary School has 21.05% bilingual students, 0.62% are in the gifted and talented program, while 11.92% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Hearne Elementary School with 66.26% bilingual students, 0.73% gifted and talented students and 11.41% students in the special education program.

56 teachers employed at Heflin Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 10.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12.2 years. The 66 teachers at Hearne Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 10.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12.3 years.

Of its teaching staff, Heflin Elementary School has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has ten teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 18 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, six teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 20 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. Hearne Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 28 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 13 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 17 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 Heflin Elementary School there are 49 female teachers and seven male teachers. Of its teaching staff, nine teachers are aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.

At Hearne Elementary School there are 57 female teachers and nine male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by 20 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and six more working as school support staff.