Compare Robert King Elementary School with Memorial Parkway Elementary School

Robert King Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of C (70-79) 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 76 in student achievement, 80 in school progress and 75 in closing performance gaps. It scored 79 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, Memorial Parkway Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 79 in student achievement, 86 in school progress, 89 in closing performance gaps and 87 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.

Memorial Parkway Elementary School's four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Science, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps. Robert King Elementary School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Robert King Elementary School. They make up for 54.44% of student population, followed by African Americans (17.65%), Whites or Caucasians (17.07%), Asians (5.54%), Two or More Races (4.96%) and Native Americans (0.35%).

At Memorial Parkway Elementary School, Hispanics make up 74.06% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (14.68%), African Americans (4.86%), Two or More Races (3.31%), Asians (2.98%) and Native Americans (0.11%).

Based on household incomes, the Robert King Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 62.86% compared to 75.83% at Memorial Parkway 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, Robert King Elementary School has 314 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 36.22% of student population. Memorial Parkway Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 599 or about 66.11% of student population.

In addition, Robert King Elementary School has 35.76% bilingual students, 0.58% are in the gifted and talented program, while 17.65% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Memorial Parkway Elementary School with 67.11% bilingual students, 3.20% gifted and talented students and 15.23% students in the special education program.

76 teachers employed at Robert King Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 6.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.2 years. The 70 teachers at Memorial Parkway Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 5.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.5 years.

Of its teaching staff, Robert King Elementary School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 25 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 21 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 19 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers. Memorial Parkway Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 21 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 16 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 22 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including six beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Robert King Elementary School there are 70 female teachers and six male teachers. Of its teaching staff, nine special education teachers are being assisted by 24 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and nine more working as school support staff.

At Memorial Parkway Elementary School there are 63 female teachers and seven male teachers. Of its teaching staff, six special education teachers are being assisted by 24 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and 11 more working as school support staff.