Compare Willow Wood Junior High School with Tomball Intermediate

Willow Wood Junior High School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A (90-100) 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 93 in student achievement, 93 in school progress and an impressive100 in closing performance gaps. It scored 95 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, Tomball Intermediate also performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 87 in student achievement, 87 in school progress, 97 in closing performance gaps and 90 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.

Both schools garnered only five distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. For Willow Wood Junior High School these are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps while Tomball Intermediate secured in Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Whites or Caucasians comprise the biggest group at Willow Wood Junior High School. They make up for 49.10% of student population, followed by Hispanics (28.95%), Asians (11.46%), African Americans (6.15%), Two or More Races (3.98%) and Native Americans (0.24%).

The student population at Tomball Intermediate is also predominantly by Whites or Caucasians at 53.37%, followed by Hispanics (34.94%), African Americans (5.84%), Two or More Races (3.60%) and Asians (1.91%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

Based on household incomes, the Willow Wood Junior High School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 27.74% compared to 46.52% at Tomball Intermediate.

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, Willow Wood Junior High School has 71 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 8.56% of student population. Tomball Intermediate has significantly more ELLs at 152 or about 17.08% of student population.

Willow Wood Junior High School’s bilingual students comprise 7.96%, gifted and talented students, 11.46%, while 7.72% are in the special education program. Tomball Intermediate bilingual students comprise 16.85%, gifted and talented students, 10.34%, and 15.73% are in the special education program.

Willow Wood Junior High School's 50 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 7.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12.6 years. Teachers at Tomball Intermediate, numbering 67 teachers, have been serving the school for an average of 4.5 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.4 years.

Of its teaching staff, Willow Wood Junior High School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has eight teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 16 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 16 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while six teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Tomball Intermediate no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 21 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 24 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 15 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including five beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Willow Wood Junior High School there are 33 female teachers and 17 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by eight teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and eight more working as school support staff.

At Tomball Intermediate there are 61 female teachers and six male teachers. Of its teaching staff, five special education teachers are being assisted by 11 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and six more working as school support staff.