Compare Arlington Heights High School with Texas Academy Of Biomedical

Arlington Heights High 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 74 in student achievement, 75 in school progress and 63 in closing performance gaps. It scored 71 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, Texas Academy Of Biomedical performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 94 in student achievement, 94 in school progress, 84 in closing performance gaps and 91 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. Arlington Heights High School’s only distinction designation is in Science. Texas Academy Of Biomedical's three out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, Science and post-secondary.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Arlington Heights High School. They make up for 52.67% of student population, followed by African Americans (22.76%), Whites or Caucasians (20.78%), Two or More Races (2.19%), Asians (1.34%) and Native Americans (0.16%).

At Texas Academy Of Biomedical, Hispanics make up 68.60% of student population, followed by African Americans (17.41%), Whites or Caucasians (9.50%), Asians (3.17%), Two or More Races (1.06%) and Native Americans (0.26%).

Based on household incomes, the Arlington Heights High School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly lower at 71.74% compared to 74.93% at Texas Academy Of Biomedical.

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, Arlington Heights High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 18.64% of its student population compared to 15.30% at Texas Academy Of Biomedical.

In addition, Arlington Heights High School has 18.00% bilingual students, 16.72% are in the gifted and talented program, while 9.62% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Texas Academy Of Biomedical with 14.78% bilingual students, 37.73% gifted and talented students and 1.32% students in the special education program.

Arlington Heights High School's 123 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 8.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 12.5 years. Texas Academy Of Biomedical's 21 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 10.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 16.6 years.

Of its teaching staff, Arlington Heights High School has eight teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 19 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 35 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 26 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 29 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including six beginning teachers. Texas Academy Of Biomedical has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has five teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, seven teachers have worked for 11-20 years, seven teachers have worked for 6-10 years, no teacher serving the school for 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

Arlington Heights High School has eight special education teachers assisted by 12 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Texas Academy Of Biomedical has zero special education teachers and 0 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.