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 Jackson Elementary School, which is a part of PLANO ISD, with Beverly Elementary School, which is a part of PLANO ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Jackson Elementary School has a regular student population of 642 with a 12.2 students/teacher ratio while Beverly Elementary School has 360 students and a student-teacher ratio of 12 students/teacher ratio.
Jackson 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 67 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, Beverly Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 95 in student achievement, 94 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 97 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.
Beverly Elementary School's six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Jackson Elementary School has no distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Jackson Elementary School. They make up for 56.23% of student population, followed by African Americans (17.60%), Whites or Caucasians (15.73%), Asians (6.85%), Two or More Races (2.80%) and Native Americans (0.62%).
The student population at Beverly Elementary School is also predominantly by Whites or Caucasians at 37.78%, followed by Asians (32.78%), Hispanics (11.94%), African Americans (10.28%) and Two or More Races (7.22%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.
Based on household incomes, Jackson Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 56.07% compared to 24.72% at Beverly 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, Jackson Elementary School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 53.27% of its student population compared to 15.28% at Beverly Elementary School.
In addition, Jackson Elementary School has 52.80% bilingual students, 2.96% are in the gifted and talented program, while 13.71% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Beverly Elementary School with 15.28% bilingual students, 16.39% gifted and talented students and 11.39% students in the special education program.
52 teachers employed at Jackson Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.5 years. The 30 teachers at Beverly Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 13.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging 15.4 years.
Of its teaching staff, Jackson Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 18 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, nine teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 14 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers. Beverly Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has 11 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 11 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, four teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while four 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 Jackson Elementary School there are 45 female teachers and six male teachers. Of its teaching staff, six special education teachers are being assisted by nine teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and six more working as school support staff.
At Beverly Elementary School there are 26 female teachers and three male teachers. Of its teaching staff, six special education teachers are being assisted by six teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and four more working as school support staff.
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