Compare Meadows Elementary School with Hickey Elementary School

Meadows 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 72 in student achievement, 93 in school progress and 79 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, Hickey Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 89 in student achievement, 94 in school progress, 92 in closing performance gaps and 93 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.

Both schools garnered only three distinction designations or awards for performance. For Meadows Elementary School these are in post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps while Hickey Elementary School secured in Mathematics, Science and with 25% student progress.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Meadows Elementary School is Hispanics who make up nearly 74.10% of student population, followed by African Americans (11.29%), Whites or Caucasians (9.37%), Two or More Races (3.58%) and Asians (1.65%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

The student population at Hickey Elementary School is also predominantly by Hispanics at 36.93%, followed by Asians (26.95%), Whites or Caucasians (22.75%), African Americans (8.18%), Two or More Races (4.59%) and Native Americans (0.60%).

Based on household incomes, Meadows Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 79.61% compared to 35.93% at Hickey 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, Meadows Elementary School has a higher number of English Language Learners comprising 55.37% of its student population compared to 39.72% at Hickey Elementary School.

In addition, Meadows Elementary School has 55.10% bilingual students, 5.79% are in the gifted and talented program, while 21.76% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Hickey Elementary School with 39.32% bilingual students, 11.58% gifted and talented students and 16.57% students in the special education program.

42 teachers employed at Meadows Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12.8 years. The 45 teachers at Hickey Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 8.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.4 years.

Of its teaching staff, Meadows Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has nine teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 11 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while six teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. Hickey 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, eight teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 11 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Meadows Elementary School there are 40 female teachers and two male teachers. Of its teaching staff, five 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 six more working as school support staff.

At Hickey Elementary School there are 38 female teachers and seven male teachers. Of its teaching staff, seven 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.