Compare Price Elementary School with McKenzie Elementary School

Price 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 74 in student achievement, 91 in school progress and 87 in closing performance gaps. It scored 90 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, McKenzie Elementary School also performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 80 in student achievement, 91 in school progress, 88 in closing performance gaps and 90 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 Price Elementary School these are in Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps while McKenzie Elementary School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, African Americans comprise the biggest group at Price Elementary School. They make up for 46.46% of student population, followed by Hispanics (34.15%), Whites or Caucasians (7.69%), Asians (6.15%), Two or More Races (5.23%) and Native Americans (0.31%).

At McKenzie Elementary School, Hispanics are the biggest group, comprising 63.39% of student population, followed by African Americans (23.10%), Whites or Caucasians (10.07%), Two or More Races (2.21%), Native Americans (0.74%) and Asians (0.49%).

Based on household incomes, the Price Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly lower at 78.77% compared to 88.45% at McKenzie 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, Price Elementary School has 52 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 16.00% of student population. McKenzie Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 154 or about 37.84% of student population.

Price Elementary School’s bilingual students comprise 15.08%, gifted and talented students, 4.00%, while 20.00% are in the special education program. McKenzie Elementary School bilingual students comprise 38.33%, gifted and talented students, 2.70%, and 11.55% are in the special education program.

24 teachers employed at Price Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.8 years. The 29 teachers at McKenzie Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 9.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11 years.

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

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Price Elementary School there are 21 female teachers and three male teachers. Of its teaching staff, five 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 six more working as school support staff.

At McKenzie Elementary School there are 27 female teachers and two male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by nine teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.