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 Lujan-Chavez Elementary School, which is a part of SOCORRO ISD, with Hueco Elementary School, which is a part of SOCORRO ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Lujan-Chavez Elementary School has a regular student population of 958 with a 16.3 students/teacher ratio while Hueco Elementary School has 492 students and a student-teacher ratio of 14.9 students/teacher ratio.
Lujan-Chavez Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A (90-100) 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, 94 in school progress and 87 in closing performance gaps. It scored 92 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, Hueco Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 69 in student achievement, 90 in school progress, 77 in closing performance gaps and 86 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.
Lujan-Chavez Elementary School's four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary and with 25% student progress. Hueco Elementary School did not earn any distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Lujan-Chavez Elementary School is Hispanics who make up nearly 85.49% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (5.53%), African Americans (4.28%), Two or More Races (2.51%) and Asians (1.88%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.
At Hueco Elementary School, Hispanics make up 98.78% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (1.22%). There is no African Americans, Asians, Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.
Based on household incomes, the Lujan-Chavez Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 66.60% compared to 86.59% at Hueco 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, Lujan-Chavez Elementary School has 248 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 25.89% of student population. Hueco Elementary School has slightly more ELLs at 259 or about 52.64% of student population.
In addition, Lujan-Chavez Elementary School has 30.90% bilingual students, 1.57% are in the gifted and talented program, while 9.71% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Hueco Elementary School with 60.98% bilingual students, 5.69% gifted and talented students and 11.38% students in the special education program.
58 teachers employed at Lujan-Chavez Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.3 years. The 33 teachers at Hueco Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 10.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 14.3 years.
Of its teaching staff, Lujan-Chavez Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has eight 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 17 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. Hueco Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 18 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, five teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while four teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Lujan-Chavez Elementary School there are 51 female teachers and seven male teachers. Of its teaching staff, six special education teachers are being assisted by 11 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 Hueco Elementary School there are 27 female teachers and six male teachers. Of its teaching staff, four special education teachers are being assisted by eight teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and three more working as school support staff.
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