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 McDougle Elementary School, which is a part of KLEIN ISD, with Kuehnle Elementary School, which is a part of KLEIN ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
McDougle Elementary School has a regular student population of 516 with a 11 students/teacher ratio while Kuehnle Elementary School has 753 students and a student-teacher ratio of 15.3 students/teacher ratio.
McDougle 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 72 in student achievement, 90 in school progress and 79 in closing performance gaps. It scored 87 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, Kuehnle Elementary School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 91 in student achievement, 92 in school progress, 98 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.
Kuehnle Elementary School's five out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. McDougle Elementary School has no distinction.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in McDougle Elementary School is Hispanics who make up nearly 78.49% of student population, followed by African Americans (11.82%), Asians (6.78%), Whites or Caucasians (1.36%), Two or More Races (0.97%) and Native Americans (0.58%).
The student population at Kuehnle Elementary School is also predominantly by Whites or Caucasians at 35.99%, followed by Hispanics (26.29%), African Americans (19.26%), Asians (12.22%), Two or More Races (6.11%) and Native Americans (0.13%).
Based on household incomes, McDougle Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 87.21% compared to 33.33% at Kuehnle 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, McDougle Elementary School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 58.91% of its student population compared to 10.49% at Kuehnle Elementary School.
In addition, McDougle Elementary School has 61.24% bilingual students, 1.74% are in the gifted and talented program, while 13.76% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Kuehnle Elementary School with 10.23% bilingual students, 6.11% gifted and talented students and 12.08% students in the special education program.
46 teachers employed at McDougle Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8.9 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12.7 years. The 49 teachers at Kuehnle Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 8.2 years with individual teaching experience averaging 12.1 years.
Of its teaching staff, McDougle Elementary School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has nine teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 14 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, seven teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while eight teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including seven beginning teachers. Kuehnle Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has nine teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 19 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 11 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while nine teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At McDougle Elementary School there are 44 female teachers and two male teachers. Of its teaching staff, seven special education teachers are being assisted by ten teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and four more working as school support staff.
At Kuehnle Elementary School there are 46 female teachers and three male teachers. Of its teaching staff, six special education teachers are being assisted by nine teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has two staff members in the school administration department and four more working as school support staff.
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