Compare New Directions with Seguin Elementary School

New Directions 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 86 in student achievement, 88 in school progress and 88 in closing performance gaps. It scored 91 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, Seguin Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of C. The school posted 64 in student achievement, 83 in school progress, 70 in closing performance gaps and 79 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.

Seguin Elementary School's one out of seven distinction is in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA). New Directions has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in New Directions is Hispanics who make up nearly 68.18% of student population, followed by African Americans (21.21%), Whites or Caucasians (6.06%), Asians (3.03%) and Two or More Races (1.52%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

The student population at Seguin Elementary School is also predominantly by Hispanics at 52.03%, followed by Whites or Caucasians (43.50%), African Americans (2.44%) and Two or More Races (2.03%). There is no Asians and Native Americansstudents in the school.

Based on household incomes, New Directions’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 86.36% compared to 69.92% at Seguin 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, New Directions has a higher number of English Language Learners comprising 10.61% of its student population compared to 1.22% at Seguin Elementary School.

In addition, New Directions has 9.09% bilingual students, 4.55% are in the gifted and talented program, while 22.73% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Seguin Elementary School with 1.22% bilingual students, 8.54% gifted and talented students and 12.60% students in the special education program.

seven teachers employed at New Directions have been teaching in the school for an average of about 6.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 7.4 years. The 17 teachers at Seguin Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 3.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 5.6 years.

Of its teaching staff, New Directions no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, three teachers have worked for 11-20 years, two teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while one teacher only has been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers. Seguin Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, three teachers have worked for 11-20 years, school has no teacher serving 6-10 years, while 14 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

New Directions has zero special education teachers assisted by 2 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Seguin Elementary School has zero special education teachers and 3 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.