Compare Heights High School with Hcc Life Skills Program

Heights 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 85 in student achievement, 84 in school progress and 78 in closing performance gaps. It scored 83 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, the performance indicators not applicable for Hcc Life Skills Program due to the on-going impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 High School's three out of seven distinctions are in Science, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Hcc Life Skills Program did not earn any distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Heights High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 74.08% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (12.14%), African Americans (10.95%), Two or More Races (1.48%), Asians (1.15%) and Native Americans (0.12%).

At Hcc Life Skills Program, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 55.41% of student population, followed by African Americans (33.78%), Whites or Caucasians (9.46%) and Asians (1.35%). There is no Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.

Based on household incomes, Heights High School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 61.20% compared to 45.95% at Hcc Life Skills Program.

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, Heights High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 11.24% of its student population compared to 5.41% at Hcc Life Skills Program.

Heights High School 7.34% are in the special education program, 36.14% are in the gifted and talented program, and bilingual students comprise 10.50% students. Hcc Life Skills Program has no gifted and talented student, while 100.00% are in the special education program, and bilingual students comprise 2.70% students.

Heights High School's 127 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 9.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 13.4 years. Hcc Life Skills Program's 18 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 12.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 17.6 years.

Of its teaching staff, Heights High School has 13 teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 20 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 31 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 26 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 31 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including seven beginning teachers. Hcc Life Skills Program has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has five teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, four teachers have worked for 11-20 years, six teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while one teacher only has been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

Heights High School has one special education teachers assisted by 5 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Hcc Life Skills Program has 16 special education teachers and 2 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.