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 Woodson School, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, with Rodriguez Elementary School, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, we noted a wide disparity in ratings.
Woodson School has a regular student population of 578 with a 16.4 students/teacher ratio while Rodriguez Elementary School has 934 students and a student-teacher ratio of 17.6 students/teacher ratio.
Woodson School not rated a State accountability rating of Not Rated: SB 1365 (Not Rated per SB 1365) 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 58 in student achievement, 70 in school progress and 64 in closing performance gaps. It scored 68 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, Rodriguez Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 64 in student achievement, 88 in school progress, 76 in closing performance gaps and 84 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.
Rodriguez Elementary School's one out of seven distinction is in Science. Woodson School has no distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Woodson School is African Americans who make up nearly 85.99% of student population, followed by Hispanics (11.42%), Two or More Races (1.21%), Native Americans (0.52%), Whites or Caucasians (0.35%) and Asians (0.35%).
At Rodriguez Elementary School, Hispanics make up 85.87% of student population, followed by African Americans (8.46%), Asians (4.82%), Whites or Caucasians (0.64%) and Native Americans (0.11%). There is no Two or More Races student in the school.
Based on household incomes, the Woodson School’s economically disadvantaged students is lower at 97.92% compared to 99.04% at Rodriguez 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, Woodson School has 31 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 5.36% of student population. Rodriguez Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 776 or about 83.08% of student population.
In addition, Woodson School has 5.54% bilingual students, 1.21% are in the gifted and talented program, while 10.03% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Rodriguez Elementary School with 82.66% bilingual students, 4.93% gifted and talented students and 7.28% students in the special education program.
35 teachers employed at Woodson School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.4 years. The 53 teachers at Rodriguez Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 7.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.9 years.
Of its teaching staff, Woodson School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, nine teachers have worked for 11-20 years, eight teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 11 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers. Rodriguez Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has ten teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, nine teachers have worked for 11-20 years, ten teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 21 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Woodson School there are 31 female teachers and four male teachers. Of its teaching staff, three special education teachers are being assisted by three teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has five more working as school support staff.
At Rodriguez Elementary School there are 40 female teachers and 13 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, two special education teachers are being assisted by ten teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has one staff members in the school administration department and six more working as school support staff.
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