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 Poe Elementary School, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, with Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Poe Elementary School has a regular student population of 784 with a 18.2 students/teacher ratio while Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men has 372 students and a student-teacher ratio of 16 students/teacher ratio.
Poe 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 91 in student achievement, 89 in school progress and 87 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, Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 82 in student achievement, 84 in school progress, 78 in closing performance gaps and 82 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.
Distinction Designations for Poe Elementary School and Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men are not applicable as neither one earned a recognition for outstanding achievement in seven categories.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Poe Elementary School. They make up for 35.84% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (34.57%), Asians (11.35%), African Americans (9.69%) and Two or More Races (8.29%). There is no Native Americans student in the school.
At Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men, African Americans are the biggest group, comprising 56.45% of student population, followed by Hispanics (40.32%), Whites or Caucasians (1.34%), Two or More Races (1.08%), Asians (0.54%) and Native Americans (0.27%).
Based on household incomes, the Poe Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 30.36% compared to 72.04% at Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men.
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, Poe Elementary School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 23.98% of its student population compared to 9.41% at Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men.
In addition, Poe Elementary School has 23.60% bilingual students, 16.45% are in the gifted and talented program, while 4.97% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men with 7.53% bilingual students, 22.58% gifted and talented students and 4.30% students in the special education program.
43 teachers employed at Poe Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 5.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 9.2 years. The 23 teachers at Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men have been serving the school for an average of 6.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10 years.
Of its teaching staff, Poe Elementary School no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, nine teachers have worked for 11-20 years, six teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 15 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including seven beginning teachers. Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has two teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, six teachers have worked for 11-20 years, five teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while eight teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including one beginning teacher only.
Poe Elementary School has zero special education teachers assisted by 5 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Mickey Leland College Prep Acad For Young Men has zero special education teachers and 0 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.
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