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 Hobby Elementary School, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, with Lantrip Elementary School, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Hobby Elementary School has a regular student population of 569 with a 17.4 students/teacher ratio while Lantrip Elementary School has 530 students and a student-teacher ratio of 16.4 students/teacher ratio.
Hobby 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 54 in student achievement, 85 in school progress and 74 in closing performance gaps. It scored 82 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, Lantrip Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 78 in student achievement, 96 in school progress, 92 in closing performance gaps and 95 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.
Lantrip Elementary School's five out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Hobby Elementary School has no distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Hobby Elementary School. They make up for 61.86% of student population, followed by African Americans (36.03%), Two or More Races (0.88%), Whites or Caucasians (0.70%) and Asians (0.18%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.
At Lantrip Elementary School, Hispanics make up 86.23% of student population, followed by African Americans (8.49%), Whites or Caucasians (3.77%), Asians (0.57%), Two or More Races (0.57%) and Native Americans (0.38%).
Based on household incomes, Hobby Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 88.93% compared to 85.47% at Lantrip 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, Hobby Elementary School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 47.98% of its student population compared to 30.94% at Lantrip Elementary School.
In addition, Hobby Elementary School has 52.55% bilingual students, 3.16% are in the gifted and talented program, while 7.91% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Lantrip Elementary School with 26.79% bilingual students, 10.00% gifted and talented students and 10.00% students in the special education program.
32 teachers employed at Hobby Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 7.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.4 years. The 32 teachers at Lantrip 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, Hobby Elementary School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, five teachers have worked for 11-20 years, five teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 14 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers. Lantrip Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has two teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, seven teachers have worked for 11-20 years, five teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 13 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Hobby Elementary School there are 23 female teachers and nine male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by three teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.
At Lantrip Elementary School there are 27 female teachers and five male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by four 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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