Compare Pace Early College High School with Veterans Memorial Early College High School

Pace Early College High 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, 93 in school progress and 80 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, Veterans Memorial Early College High School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 93 in student achievement, 94 in school progress, 86 in closing performance gaps and 92 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.

It is in this area where the two schools differ. Pace Early College High School’s six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Veterans Memorial Early College High School's seven out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Pace Early College High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 99.43% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (0.52%). There is no African Americans, Asians, Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.

At Veterans Memorial Early College High School, Hispanics make up 97.37% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (1.79%), Asians (0.50%), African Americans (0.15%) and Two or More Races (0.10%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

Based on household incomes, Pace Early College High School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 90.61% compared to 64.73% at Veterans Memorial Early College High 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, Pace Early College High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 24.81% of its student population compared to 14.43% at Veterans Memorial Early College High School.

In addition, Pace Early College High School has 24.24% bilingual students, 17.33% are in the gifted and talented program, while 13.20% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Veterans Memorial Early College High School with 13.59% bilingual students, 18.85% gifted and talented students and 10.96% students in the special education program.

Pace Early College High School's 132 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 13.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 14.2 years. Veterans Memorial Early College High School's 135 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 13.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 14.8 years.

Of its teaching staff, Pace Early College High School has 12 teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 20 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 48 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 17 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 33 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Veterans Memorial Early College High School has nine teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 31 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 47 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 20 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 21 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including eight beginning teachers.

Pace Early College High School has ten special education teachers assisted by 24 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Veterans Memorial Early College High School has five special education teachers and 25 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.