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 Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical High School, which is a part of PASADENA ISD, with Jessup Elementary School, which is a part of PASADENA ISD, we noted a big difference in ratings.
Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical High School has a regular student population of 1,458 with a 15.6 students/teacher ratio while Jessup Elementary School has 560 students and a student-teacher ratio of 11.8 students/teacher ratio.
Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical 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 91 in student achievement, 91 in school progress and 86 in closing performance gaps. It scored 90 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, Jessup Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of C. The school posted 59 in student achievement, 77 in school progress, 69 in closing performance gaps and 75 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.
Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical High School's six out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Jessup Elementary School did not earn any distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 87.52% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (7.34%), African Americans (2.81%), Asians (1.92%), Two or More Races (0.27%) and Native Americans (0.07%).
At Jessup Elementary School, Hispanics make up 73.04% of student population, followed by African Americans (21.96%), Whites or Caucasians (3.75%), Two or More Races (0.71%), Asians (0.18%) and Native Americans (0.18%).
Based on household incomes, the Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical High School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 69.14% compared to 96.07% at Jessup 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, Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical High School has 240 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 16.46% of student population. Jessup Elementary School has more ELLs at 242 or about 43.21% of student population.
Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical High School’s bilingual students comprise 15.36%, gifted and talented students, 7.13%, while 5.83% are in the special education program. Jessup Elementary School bilingual students comprise 40.36%, gifted and talented students, 2.50%, and 12.68% are in the special education program.
93 teachers employed at Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical High School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.8 years. The 47 teachers at Jessup Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 7.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 11.3 years.
Of its teaching staff, Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical High School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has nine teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 25 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 38 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 19 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Jessup Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has seven teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 13 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 three beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Dr Kirk Lewis Career And Technical High School there are 52 female teachers and 41 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, six special education teachers are being assisted by eight teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has five staff members in the school administration department and 16 more working as school support staff.
At Jessup Elementary School there are 39 female teachers and eight male teachers. Of its teaching staff, seven special education teachers are being assisted by 24 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and six more working as school support staff.
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