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 Pope Elementary School, which is a part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, with Kirk Elementary School, which is a part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, we noted a slight difference in ratings.
Pope Elementary School has a regular student population of 1,096 with a 16.6 students/teacher ratio while Kirk Elementary School has 890 students and a student-teacher ratio of 14 students/teacher ratio.
Pope 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 96 in student achievement, 95 in school progress and an impressive100 in closing performance gaps. It scored 97 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, Kirk Elementary School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 72 in student achievement, 86 in school progress, 77 in closing performance gaps and 83 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. Pope Elementary School's five out of seven distinctions are in Mathematics, Science, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Kirk Elementary School’s only distinction designation is in Science.
Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Whites or Caucasians comprise the biggest group at Pope Elementary School. They make up for 46.99% of student population, followed by Hispanics (20.07%), Asians (20.07%), African Americans (7.39%), Two or More Races (5.29%) and Native Americans (0.18%).
At Kirk Elementary School, Hispanics make up 66.97% of student population, followed by African Americans (11.46%), Whites or Caucasians (10.00%), Asians (6.74%), Two or More Races (2.47%) and Native Americans (2.25%).
Based on household incomes, the Pope Elementary School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 12.59% compared to 76.63% at Kirk 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, Pope Elementary School has 138 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 12.59% of student population. Kirk Elementary School has significantly more ELLs at 417 or about 46.85% of student population.
Pope Elementary School’s bilingual students comprise 12.14%, gifted and talented students, 15.69%, while 11.13% are in the special education program. Kirk Elementary School bilingual students comprise 45.84%, gifted and talented students, 2.70%, and 17.87% are in the special education program.
65 teachers employed at Pope Elementary School have been teaching in the school for an average of about 8 years with individual teaching experience averaging 10.5 years. The 63 teachers at Kirk Elementary School have been serving the school for an average of 4.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging 6.5 years.
Of its teaching staff, Pope Elementary School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 23 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 15 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 17 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including five beginning teachers. Kirk Elementary School has two teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has one teacher only serving the school for 20-30 years, ten teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 12 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 32 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including seven beginning teachers.
In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. At Pope Elementary School there are 63 female teachers and two male teachers. Of its teaching staff, nine special education teachers are being assisted by 25 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and seven more working as school support staff.
At Kirk Elementary School there are 58 female teachers and five male teachers. Of its teaching staff, 13 special education teachers are being assisted by 29 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. In addition to its teaching staff, the school has three staff members in the school administration department and ten more working as school support staff.
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