Compare Rivera Early College High School with Brownsville Early College High School

Rivera 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 87 in student achievement, 92 in school progress and 78 in closing performance gaps. It scored 88 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, Brownsville Early College High School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 97 in student achievement, 97 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 98 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 five distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. For Rivera Early College High School these are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps while Brownsville Early College High School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Social Studies, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Rivera Early College High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 99.26% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (0.69%) and Asians (0.04%). There is no African Americans, Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.

At Brownsville Early College High School, Hispanics make up 96.02% of student population, followed by African Americans (1.42%), Asians (1.42%) and Whites or Caucasians (1.14%). There is no Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.

Based on household incomes, the Rivera Early College High School’s economically disadvantaged students is lower at 92.11% compared to 92.33% at Brownsville 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, Rivera Early College High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 28.36% of its student population compared to 8.52% at Brownsville Early College High School.

In addition, Rivera Early College High School has 27.84% bilingual students, 13.18% are in the gifted and talented program, while 13.27% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Brownsville Early College High School with 8.24% bilingual students, 24.72% gifted and talented students and 0.85% students in the special education program.

Rivera Early College High School's 148 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 14.5 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 15.4 years. Brownsville Early College High School's 16 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 12.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 13.1 years.

Of its teaching staff, Rivera Early College High School has 11 teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 37 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 48 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 27 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 19 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including seven beginning teachers. Brownsville Early College High School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, seven teachers have worked for 11-20 years, three teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while three teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

Rivera Early College High School has ten special education teachers assisted by 25 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Brownsville Early College High School has zero special education teachers and 0 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.