Compare Hillcrest High School with Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy

Hillcrest High School earned a State accountability rating of B (80-89) 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 79 in student achievement, 87 in school progress and 76 in closing performance gaps. It scored 82 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, Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 97 in student achievement, 95 in school progress, 100 in closing performance gaps and 94 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.

Both schools garnered only four distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. For Hillcrest High School these are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Science, Social Studies and post-secondary while Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy secured in Mathematics, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Hillcrest High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 70.18% of student population, followed by African Americans (15.96%), Whites or Caucasians (10.78%), Asians (1.45%), Two or More Races (1.14%) and Native Americans (0.30%).

The student population at Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy is also predominantly by Hispanics at 52.12%, followed by African Americans (45.61%), Asians (1.13%), Whites or Caucasians (0.57%) and Two or More Races (0.57%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.

Based on household incomes, Hillcrest High School’s economically disadvantaged students is higher at 70.12% compared to 69.69% at Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate 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, Hillcrest High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 47.47% of its student population compared to 28.33% at Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy.

In addition, Hillcrest High School has 44.82% bilingual students, 16.45% are in the gifted and talented program, while 7.95% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy with 26.91% bilingual students, 31.16% gifted and talented students and 1.42% students in the special education program.

Hillcrest High School's 97 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 5.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 9.2 years. Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy's 19 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 9.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 11.7 years.

Of its teaching staff, Hillcrest High School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has eight teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 25 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 23 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 33 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including seven beginning teachers. Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, five teachers have worked for 11-20 years, five teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while four teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers.

Hillcrest High School has ten special education teachers assisted by 11 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy has one special education teachers and 1 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.