Compare Sammons Elementary School with Thompson Elementary School

Sammons Elementary 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 64 in student achievement, 88 in school progress and 75 in closing performance gaps. It scored 84 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, Thompson Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 75 in student achievement, 97 in school progress, 83 in closing performance gaps and 93 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.

Thompson Elementary School's six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Sammons Elementary School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Sammons Elementary School is Hispanics who make up nearly 75.89% of student population, followed by African Americans (15.23%), Asians (4.57%), Whites or Caucasians (3.05%) and Two or More Races (1.27%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

At Thompson Elementary School, Hispanics make up 94.61% of student population, followed by African Americans (2.49%), Whites or Caucasians (1.87%), Two or More Races (0.62%), Asians (0.21%) and Native Americans (0.21%).

Based on household incomes, the Sammons Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is lower at 88.83% compared to 91.70% at Thompson 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, Sammons Elementary School has 219 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 55.58% of student population. Thompson Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 358 or about 74.27% of student population.

In addition, Sammons Elementary School has 54.06% bilingual students, 2.54% are in the gifted and talented program, while 14.72% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Thompson Elementary School with 73.86% bilingual students, 4.98% gifted and talented students and 8.71% students in the special education program.

28 teachers employed at Sammons Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.6 years. The 33 teachers at Thompson Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 7.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.1 years.

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

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Sammons Elementary School there are 24 female teachers and three male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by ten 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 Thompson Elementary School there are 28 female teachers and five male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by 13 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and seven more working as school support staff.