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 George E Kelly Elementary School, which is a part of SAN ANTONIO ISD, with Young Men's Leadership Academy, which is a part of SAN ANTONIO ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
George E Kelly Elementary School has a regular student population of 218 with a 11.5 students/teacher ratio while Young Men's Leadership Academy has 383 students and a student-teacher ratio of 12.6 students/teacher ratio.
George E Kelly Elementary 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 72 in student achievement, 94 in school progress and 79 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, Young Men's Leadership Academy earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 71 in student achievement, 83 in school progress, 73 in closing performance gaps and 80 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. George E Kelly 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. Young Men's Leadership Academy’s two out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics and post-secondary.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in George E Kelly Elementary School is Hispanics who make up nearly 97.25% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (2.75%). There is no African Americans, Asians, Native Americans and Two or More Racesstudents in the school.
At Young Men's Leadership Academy, Hispanics make up 77.02% of student population, followed by African Americans (15.93%), Whites or Caucasians (5.48%), Asians (0.78%), Native Americans (0.52%) and Two or More Races (0.26%).
Based on household incomes, George E Kelly Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 93.12% compared to 63.97% at Young Men's Leadership Academy.
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, George E Kelly Elementary School has 6 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 2.75% of student population. Young Men's Leadership Academy has more ELLs at 16 or about 4.18% of student population.
In addition, George E Kelly Elementary School has 1.83% bilingual students, 3.21% are in the gifted and talented program, while 13.76% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Young Men's Leadership Academy with 4.18% bilingual students, 25.07% gifted and talented students and 14.62% students in the special education program.
19 teachers employed at George E Kelly Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 7.1 years with individual teaching experience averaging 7.9 years. The 30 teachers at Young Men's Leadership Academy have been serving the school for an average of 5 years with individual teaching experience averaging 8.8 years.
Of its teaching staff, George E Kelly Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has one teacher only serving the school for 20-30 years, five teachers have worked for 11-20 years, four teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while seven teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers. Young Men's Leadership Academy no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has five teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, six teachers have worked for 11-20 years, seven teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while nine teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers.
George E Kelly Elementary School has three special education teachers assisted by 3 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Young Men's Leadership Academy has three special education teachers and 1 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.
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