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 L O Donald Elementary School, which is a part of DALLAS ISD, with Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, which is a part of DALLAS ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
L O Donald Elementary School has a regular student population of 335 with a 12.4 students/teacher ratio while Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School has 592 students and a student-teacher ratio of 17.3 students/teacher ratio.
L O Donald Elementary 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 76 in student achievement, 85 in school progress and 74 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, Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 98 in student achievement, 98 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.
It is in this area where the two schools differ. L O Donald Elementary School’s two out of seven distinctions are in Science and post-secondary. Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School's six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary and 25% closing performance gaps.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in L O Donald Elementary School is Hispanics who make up nearly 96.42% of student population, followed by African Americans (2.09%), Two or More Races (0.90%) and Whites or Caucasians (0.60%). There is no Asians and Native Americansstudents in the school.
At Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, Hispanics make up 80.74% of student population, followed by African Americans (8.78%), Whites or Caucasians (7.09%), Asians (2.36%), Two or More Races (0.68%) and Native Americans (0.34%).
Based on household incomes, L O Donald Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 92.24% compared to 70.78% at Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership 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, L O Donald Elementary School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 64.48% of its student population compared to 30.24% at Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School.
Additionally, L O Donald Elementary School has 57.91% bilingual students, 18.21% are in the gifted and talented program, while 10.45% are in the special education program. Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School’s bilingual students comprise 29.39% of student population while 0.51% are in the special education program. Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School bested L O Donald Elementary School in one area, with nearly 75.00% of its student population in the gifted and talented program.
27 teachers employed at L O Donald Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8.5 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12 years. The 34 teachers at Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School have been serving the school for an average of 7.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.4 years.
Of its teaching staff, L O Donald Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 11 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 one beginning teacher only. Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has three teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, ten 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 five beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At L O Donald Elementary School there are 23 female teachers and four male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by ten teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and three more working as school support staff.
At Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School there are 27 female teachers and seven male teachers. Of its teaching staff, one special education teacher is being assisted by five 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.
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