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.
We are making this task easier for you by comparing two excellent elementary schools: Memorial Elementary School and De Zavala Elementary School. We compiled relevant data for you to be able to make an informed decision. Both schools are under the jurisdiction of the HOUSTON ISD.
Memorial Elementary School has a regular student population of 368 with a 16.4 students/teacher ratio while De Zavala Elementary School has 453 students and a student-teacher ratio of 15 students/teacher ratio.
Memorial 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 90 in student achievement, 92 in school progress and an impressive100 in closing performance gaps. It scored 94 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, De Zavala Elementary School also performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 77 in student achievement, 94 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 96 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 four distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. For Memorial Elementary School these are in Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps while De Zavala Elementary School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Memorial Elementary School. They make up for 60.60% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (19.57%), African Americans (8.15%), Two or More Races (5.98%), Asians (5.16%) and Native Americans (0.54%).
At De Zavala Elementary School, Hispanics make up 98.01% of student population, followed by African Americans (1.32%), Asians (0.44%) and Whites or Caucasians (0.22%). There is no Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.
Based on household incomes, the Memorial Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 54.89% compared to 96.03% at De Zavala 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, Memorial Elementary School has 110 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 29.89% of student population. De Zavala Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 218 or about 48.12% of student population.
In addition, Memorial Elementary School has 56.52% bilingual students, 8.70% are in the gifted and talented program, while 11.96% are in the special education program. This stacks up against De Zavala Elementary School with 46.58% bilingual students, 16.11% gifted and talented students and 7.28% students in the special education program.
22 teachers employed at Memorial Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.5 years. The 30 teachers at De Zavala Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 12.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging 14.8 years.
Of its teaching staff, Memorial Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, six teachers have worked for 11-20 years, three teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 12 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only. De Zavala Elementary School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has eight teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, eight teachers have worked for 11-20 years, eight teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while three 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 Memorial Elementary School there are 18 female teachers and four male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by six teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has one staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.
At De Zavala Elementary School there are 24 female teachers and six male teachers. Of its teaching staff, two 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 two more working as school support staff.
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