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 Metzler Elementary School, which is a part of KLEIN ISD, with Nitsch Elementary School, which is a part of KLEIN ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Metzler Elementary School has a regular student population of 888 with a 15.3 students/teacher ratio while Nitsch Elementary School has 629 students and a student-teacher ratio of 10.9 students/teacher ratio.
Metzler 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 89 in student achievement, 88 in school progress and 88 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, Nitsch Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 86 in student achievement, 93 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 95 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.
Nitsch 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. Metzler Elementary School has no distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Whites or Caucasians comprise the biggest group at Metzler Elementary School. They make up for 42.91% of student population, followed by Hispanics (32.77%), African Americans (11.71%), Asians (6.53%), Two or More Races (5.97%) and Native Americans (0.11%).
At Nitsch Elementary School, Hispanics make up 66.14% of student population, followed by African Americans (26.07%), Two or More Races (3.66%), Asians (2.54%), Whites or Caucasians (1.27%) and Native Americans (0.32%).
Based on household incomes, the Metzler Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 37.95% compared to 86.17% at Nitsch 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, Metzler Elementary School has 99 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 11.15% of student population. Nitsch Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 300 or about 47.69% of student population.
Metzler Elementary School’s bilingual students comprise 10.02%, gifted and talented students, 5.86%, while 13.51% are in the special education program. Nitsch Elementary School bilingual students comprise 47.38%, gifted and talented students, 0.64%, and 13.20% are in the special education program.
57 teachers employed at Metzler Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 6.5 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.6 years. The 57 teachers at Nitsch Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 6.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11 years.
Of its teaching staff, Metzler Elementary School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has eight teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 14 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 14 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including five beginning teachers. Nitsch Elementary School has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 24 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 12 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 12 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Metzler Elementary School there are 56 female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, nine special education teachers are being assisted by 14 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.
At Nitsch Elementary School there are 50 female teachers and seven male teachers. Of its teaching staff, eight special education teachers are being assisted by seven 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.
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