Compare Western Hills High School with Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School

Western Hills 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 74 in student achievement, 85 in school progress and 72 in closing performance gaps. It scored 81 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, Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 92 in student achievement, 94 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.

It is in this area where the two schools differ. Western Hills High School's five out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and post-secondary. Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School’s four out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Western Hills High School. They make up for 47.98% of student population, followed by African Americans (35.88%), Whites or Caucasians (12.32%), Two or More Races (2.29%), Asians (1.09%) and Native Americans (0.11%).

At Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School, Hispanics make up 68.58% of student population, followed by African Americans (21.31%), Whites or Caucasians (6.01%), Asians (3.83%) and Two or More Races (0.27%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

Based on household incomes, Western Hills High School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 87.02% compared to 77.05% at Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate 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, Western Hills High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 23.88% of its student population compared to 22.68% at Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School.

In addition, Western Hills High School has 23.56% bilingual students, 7.63% are in the gifted and talented program, while 11.89% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School with 21.58% bilingual students, 28.96% gifted and talented students and 2.19% students in the special education program.

Western Hills High School's 70 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 9 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 12.9 years. Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School's 17 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 5.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 14.5 years.

Of its teaching staff, Western Hills High School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 12 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 22 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 18 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 13 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers. Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, seven teachers have worked for 11-20 years, school has no teacher serving 6-10 years, while five teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

Western Hills High School has five special education teachers assisted by 7 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School has zero special education teachers and 0 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.