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 Texas Connections Academy At Houston, which is a part of HOUSTON ISD, we noted a big difference in ratings.
Poe Elementary School has a regular student population of 784 with a 18.2 students/teacher ratio while Texas Connections Academy At Houston has 10,126 students and a student-teacher ratio of 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, Texas Connections Academy At Houston earned a State accountability rating of C. The school posted 67 in student achievement, 75 in school progress, 75 in closing performance gaps and 75 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.
Texas Connections Academy At Houston's one out of seven distinction is in Social Studies. Poe Elementary School has no distinction.
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.
The student population at Texas Connections Academy At Houston is also predominantly by Whites or Caucasians at 35.92%, followed by Hispanics (34.97%), African Americans (15.81%), Asians (7.47%), Two or More Races (4.86%) and Native Americans (0.58%).
Based on household incomes, the Poe Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 30.36% compared to 42.40% at Texas Connections Academy At Houston.
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 188 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 23.98% of student population. Texas Connections Academy At Houston has significantly more ELLs at 412 or about 4.07% of student population.
Poe Elementary School’s bilingual students comprise 23.60%, gifted and talented students, 16.45%, while 4.97% are in the special education program. Texas Connections Academy At Houston bilingual students comprise 4.09%, gifted and talented students, 0.80%, and 5.52% are 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 zero teacher at Texas Connections Academy At Houston have been serving the school for an average of years with individual teaching experience averaging 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. Texas Connections Academy At Houston no teacher serving the school for over 30 years, no teacher serving the school for 20-30 years, no teacher serving the school for 11-20 years, school has no teacher serving 6-10 years, no teacher serving the school for 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.
Poe Elementary School has zero special education teachers assisted by 5 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Texas Connections Academy At Houston has zero special education teachers and 0 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.
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