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 The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center, which is a part of KLEIN ISD, with Nitsch Elementary School, which is a part of KLEIN ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center has a regular student population of 336 with a 17.7 students/teacher ratio while Nitsch Elementary School has 629 students and a student-teacher ratio of 10.9 students/teacher ratio.
The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center earned a State accountability rating of B (80-89). It scored 89 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, Nitsch Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 86 in student achievement, 93 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 95 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.
Nitsch Elementary School's six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center has no distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center is Hispanics who make up nearly 67.26% of student population, followed by African Americans (21.43%), Asians (5.95%), Two or More Races (2.98%) and Whites or Caucasians (2.38%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.
At Nitsch Elementary School, Hispanics make up 66.14% of student population, followed by African Americans (26.07%), Two or More Races (3.66%), Asians (2.54%), Whites or Caucasians (1.27%) and Native Americans (0.32%).
Based on household incomes, The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly higher at 94.05% compared to 86.17% at Nitsch 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 Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center has 178 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 52.98% of student population. Nitsch Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 300 or about 47.69% of student population.
The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center has no gifted and talented student, while 10.12% are in the special education program, and bilingual students comprise 52.98% students. Nitsch Elementary School 13.20% are in the special education program, 0.64% are in the gifted and talented program, and bilingual students comprise 47.38% students.
19 teachers employed at The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center have been teaching in the school for an average of about 5.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.8 years. The 57 teachers at Nitsch Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 6.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11 years.
Of its teaching staff, The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, seven teachers have worked for 11-20 years, one teacher only has worked for 6-10 years, while six teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Nitsch Elementary School has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 24 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 12 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 12 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including four beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. The Grace England Early Childhood/Pre-K Center has an all-female teaching staff. Of its teaching staff, four special education teachers are being assisted by 22 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and five more working as school support staff.
At Nitsch Elementary School there are 50 female teachers and seven male teachers. Of its teaching staff, eight special education teachers are being assisted by seven teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has four staff members in the school administration department and seven more working as school support staff.
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