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 Hines-Caldwell, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, with De Chaumes Elementary School, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Hines-Caldwell has a regular student population of 721 with a 18 students/teacher ratio while De Chaumes Elementary School has 736 students and a student-teacher ratio of 15.8 students/teacher ratio.
Hines-Caldwell 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 74 in student achievement, 91 in school progress and 84 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, De Chaumes Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 77 in student achievement, 96 in school progress, 89 in closing performance gaps and 94 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.
De Chaumes Elementary School's four out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Hines-Caldwell has no distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Hines-Caldwell is Hispanics who make up nearly 80.31% of student population, followed by African Americans (18.03%), Whites or Caucasians (0.83%), Asians (0.55%) and Two or More Races (0.28%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.
At De Chaumes Elementary School, Hispanics make up 98.78% of student population, followed by African Americans (0.68%) and Whites or Caucasians (0.54%). There is no Asians, Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.
Based on household incomes, the Hines-Caldwell’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly lower at 92.79% compared to 97.28% at De Chaumes 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, Hines-Caldwell has a slightly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 59.78% of its student population compared to 56.79% at De Chaumes Elementary School.
In addition, Hines-Caldwell has 58.39% bilingual students, 3.88% are in the gifted and talented program, while 7.49% are in the special education program. This stacks up against De Chaumes Elementary School with 54.35% bilingual students, 5.30% gifted and talented students and 7.74% students in the special education program.
40 teachers employed at Hines-Caldwell have been teaching in the school for an average of about 9.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.7 years. The 46 teachers at De Chaumes Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 7.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.3 years.
Of its teaching staff, Hines-Caldwell no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, seven teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 11 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. De Chaumes Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 11 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, ten teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 18 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Hines-Caldwell there are 34 female teachers and six male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by four teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has zero staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.
At De Chaumes Elementary School there are 37 female teachers and nine male teachers. Of its teaching staff, two special education teachers are being assisted by six teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has one staff members in the school administration department and four more working as school support staff.
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