Compare Landis Elementary School with Holmquist Elementary School

Landis Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of C (70-79) 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 60 in student achievement, 80 in school progress and 71 in closing performance gaps. It scored 77 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, Holmquist Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 77 in student achievement, 88 in school progress, 86 in closing performance gaps and 87 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.

Holmquist Elementary School's four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps. Landis Elementary School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Landis Elementary School is Hispanics who make up nearly 79.04% of student population, followed by African Americans (15.84%), Whites or Caucasians (2.81%), Asians (1.82%) and Native Americans (0.50%). There is no Two or More Races student in the school.

The student population at Holmquist Elementary School is also predominantly by African Americans at 50.33%, followed by Hispanics (39.47%), Asians (5.65%), Whites or Caucasians (3.88%), Native Americans (0.33%) and Two or More Races (0.33%).

Based on household incomes, Landis Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 90.76% compared to 87.47% at Holmquist 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, Landis Elementary School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 75.58% of its student population compared to 35.48% at Holmquist Elementary School.

In addition, Landis Elementary School has 76.07% bilingual students, 0.50% are in the gifted and talented program, while 11.06% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Holmquist Elementary School with 41.46% bilingual students, 1.55% gifted and talented students and 8.20% students in the special education program.

51 teachers employed at Landis Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 10.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging 14.8 years. The 69 teachers at Holmquist Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 9.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.8 years.

Of its teaching staff, Landis Elementary School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 11 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 20 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 12 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while six teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. Holmquist Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 29 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 16 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 16 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 Landis Elementary School there are 43 female teachers and seven male teachers. Of its teaching staff, 11 teachers are aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.

At Holmquist Elementary School there are 60 female teachers and nine male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by 13 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and seven more working as school support staff.