Compare The Panda Path School with Valley Oaks Elementary School

The Panda Path School earned a State accountability rating of B (80-89). It scored 87 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 only.

On the other hand, Valley Oaks Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 94 in student achievement, 93 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 96 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.

Valley Oaks Elementary School's four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps. The Panda Path School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in The Panda Path School is Hispanics who make up nearly 95.00% of student population, followed by African Americans (1.88%), Whites or Caucasians (1.25%), Native Americans (1.25%) and Two or More Races (0.63%). There is no Asians student in the school.

At Valley Oaks Elementary School, Whites or Caucasians are the biggest group, comprising 60.20% of student population, followed by Hispanics (22.37%), Asians (11.00%), Two or More Races (5.07%), African Americans (1.24%) and Native Americans (0.12%).

Based on household incomes, The Panda Path School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 96.88% compared to 9.89% at Valley Oaks 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, The Panda Path School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 86.88% of its student population compared to 7.42% at Valley Oaks Elementary School.

The Panda Path School has no gifted and talented student, while 7.50% are in the special education program, and bilingual students comprise 86.88% students. Valley Oaks Elementary School 8.03% are in the special education program, 16.56% are in the gifted and talented program, and bilingual students comprise 7.05% students.

ten teachers employed at The Panda Path School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging 14.2 years. The 45 teachers at Valley Oaks Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 8.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.9 years.

Of its teaching staff, The Panda Path School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, six teachers have worked for 11-20 years, school has no teacher serving 6-10 years, while three teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. Valley Oaks Elementary School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 15 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 11 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 15 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At The Panda Path School there are nine female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, 12 teachers are aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has one staff members in the school administration department and two more working as school support staff.

At Valley Oaks Elementary School there are 44 female teachers and one male teacher only. Of its teaching staff, eight teachers are aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and seven more working as school support staff.