Choosing the best possible elementary school is critical to a child’s foundational development. In Texas, public school districts adopt curriculum standards set by the State Board of Education. The current standards, called Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, outline what students should be able to learn and do in each course or grade. The curriculum is structured around the fundamentals of mathematics, science, social studies, language arts, music and reading.
When we compared William B Miller Elementary School, which is a part of DALLAS ISD, with Maple Lawn Elementary School, which is a part of DALLAS ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
William B Miller Elementary School has a regular student population of 254 with a 12 students/teacher ratio while Maple Lawn Elementary School has 552 students and a student-teacher ratio of 17.6 students/teacher ratio.
William B Miller 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 64 in student achievement, 72 in school progress and 70 in closing performance gaps. It scored 76 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, Maple Lawn Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 71 in student achievement, 88 in school progress, 77 in closing performance gaps and 81 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. William B Miller Elementary School’s only distinction designation is in Science. Maple Lawn Elementary School's five out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at William B Miller Elementary School. They make up for 63.78% of student population, followed by African Americans (33.07%), Whites or Caucasians (1.57%), Two or More Races (1.18%) and Native Americans (0.39%). There is no Asians student in the school.
The student population at Maple Lawn Elementary School is also predominantly by Hispanics at 53.44%, followed by African Americans (42.21%), Two or More Races (1.99%), Whites or Caucasians (1.09%), Asians (0.91%) and Native Americans (0.36%).
Based on household incomes, William B Miller Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is higher at 97.64% compared to 95.65% at Maple Lawn 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, William B Miller Elementary School has 139 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 54.72% of student population. Maple Lawn Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 218 or about 39.49% of student population.
William B Miller Elementary School’s bilingual students comprise 54.33%, gifted and talented students, 22.83%, while 6.30% are in the special education program. Maple Lawn Elementary School bilingual students comprise 42.39%, gifted and talented students, 14.49%, and 10.14% are in the special education program.
21 teachers employed at William B Miller Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 9.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.8 years. The 31 teachers at Maple Lawn Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 6.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.1 years.
Of its teaching staff, William B Miller Elementary School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, four teachers have worked for 11-20 years, five teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while six teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Maple Lawn Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has two teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, ten teachers have worked for 11-20 years, ten teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while seven teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At William B Miller Elementary School there are 11 female teachers and nine male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by five teachers 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 Maple Lawn Elementary School there are 21 female teachers and nine male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by ten teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and four more working as school support staff.
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