As your children go through high school, choosing the right school is equally important as deciding on a perfect home. High school is when students are given the tools to figure out the paths they want to pursue as adults. There are more subjects and extra-curricular activities that students can choose from. Taking on their interests and passions help to shape the critical decisions they need to make as they plan their future.
When we compared Tarrant Youth Recovery, which is a part of FORT WORTH ISD, with Polytechnic High School, which is a part of FORT WORTH ISD, we noted a huge gap in ratings.
Tarrant Youth Recovery’s regular student population is eight with a student-teacher ratio of 8 students/teacher ratio. The student population at Polytechnic High School is 1,324 students and a student-teacher ratio of 15.1 students/teacher ratio.
Polytechnic High 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 65 in student achievement, 70 in school progress and 70 in closing performance gaps. It scored 70 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, the performance indicators not applicable for Tarrant Youth Recovery.
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.
Distinction Designations for Tarrant Youth Recovery and Polytechnic High School are not applicable as neither one earned a recognition for outstanding achievement in seven categories.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Tarrant Youth Recovery. They make up for 50.00% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (37.50%) and African Americans (12.50%). There is no Asians, Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.
At Polytechnic High School, Hispanics make up 77.49% of student population, followed by African Americans (19.11%), Whites or Caucasians (1.74%), Asians (0.91%), Two or More Races (0.68%) and Native Americans (0.08%).
Based on household incomes, the Tarrant Youth Recovery’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 37.50% compared to 96.00% at Polytechnic 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, Tarrant Youth Recovery has no English Language Learners or ELLS. Polytechnic High School has significantly more ELLs at 665 or about 50.23% of student population.
Tarrant Youth Recovery has no gifted and talented and bilingual students, while 25.00% are in the special education program. Polytechnic High School 10.50% are in the special education program, 12.31% are in the gifted and talented program, and bilingual students comprise 48.41% students.
Tarrant Youth Recovery's one teacher only has been working at the campus for an average of 12 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 12 years. Polytechnic High School's 87 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 9.4 years.
Of its teaching staff, Tarrant Youth Recovery no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, one teacher only has worked for 11-20 years, school has no teacher serving 6-10 years, no teacher serving the school for 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. Polytechnic High School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has ten teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 20 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 15 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 28 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including 12 beginning teachers.
In both schools, male teachers outnumber the female teachers. Tarrant Youth Recovery has an all-male teaching staff. .
On the other hand, Polytechnic High School employs 42 male teachers and 45 female teachers. Of its teaching staff, ten special education teachers are being assisted by eight teachers aides or paraprofessionals. The school also employs four staff members in the school administration department and 13 more working as school support staff.
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