Compare Ray High School with Harold T Branch Academy For Career & Technical Ed

Ray 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 80 in student achievement, 85 in school progress and 76 in closing performance gaps. It scored 82 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, Harold T Branch Academy For Career & Technical Ed performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 96 in student achievement, 94 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 97 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. Ray High School's four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. Harold T Branch Academy For Career & Technical Ed’s only distinction designation is in Comparative Closing the Gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Ray High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 78.82% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (14.44%), Asians (2.84%), African Americans (2.78%), Two or More Races (0.65%) and Native Americans (0.47%).

At Harold T Branch Academy For Career & Technical Ed, Hispanics make up 80.83% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (14.66%), African Americans (2.26%), Asians (1.13%), Two or More Races (0.75%) and Native Americans (0.38%).

Based on household incomes, the Ray High School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly lower at 68.93% compared to 72.18% at Harold T Branch Academy For Career & Technical Ed.

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, Ray High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 4.20% of its student population compared to 6.77% at Harold T Branch Academy For Career & Technical Ed.

Ray High School 9.17% are in the special education program, 13.49% are in the gifted and talented program, and bilingual students comprise 4.08% students. Harold T Branch Academy For Career & Technical Ed has no gifted and talented student, while 1.88% are in the special education program, and bilingual students comprise 6.77% students.

Ray High School's 108 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 10.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 13.5 years. Harold T Branch Academy For Career & Technical Ed's 12 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 8.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 13.9 years.

Of its teaching staff, Ray High School has six teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 18 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 38 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 23 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 19 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including five beginning teachers. Harold T Branch Academy For Career & Technical Ed has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has two teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, four teachers have worked for 11-20 years, four teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while one teacher only has been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. Ray High School employs 56 female teachers and 51 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, nine special education teachers are being assisted by 12 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. The school also employs five staff members in the school administration department and 13 more working as school support staff.

On the other hand, Harold T Branch Academy For Career & Technical Ed employs eight female teachers and four male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one teacher is aides or paraprofessionals. The school also employs zero staff members in the school administration department and one more working as school support staff.