Compare W T White High School with Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy

W T White High School earned a State accountability rating of C (70-79) 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 67 in student achievement, 79 in school progress and 67 in closing performance gaps. It scored 73 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, Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 81 in student achievement, 85 in school progress, 77 in closing performance gaps and 81 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. W T White High School’s only distinction designation is in Social Studies. Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy's six out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in W T White High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 80.37% of student population, followed by African Americans (12.25%), Whites or Caucasians (4.98%), Asians (0.91%), Two or More Races (0.91%) and Native Americans (0.48%).

At Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy, Hispanics make up 80.84% of student population, followed by African Americans (10.64%), Whites or Caucasians (5.84%), Asians (1.59%), Two or More Races (0.86%) and Native Americans (0.14%).

Based on household incomes, the W T White High School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly lower at 73.72% compared to 82.20% at Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy.

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, W T White High School has 1139 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 54.52% of student population. Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy has significantly more ELLs at 1168 or about 52.90% of student population.

In addition, W T White High School has 49.59% bilingual students, 12.88% are in the gifted and talented program, while 7.56% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy with 48.64% bilingual students, 14.40% gifted and talented students and 8.70% students in the special education program.

W T White High School's 128 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 9.7 years. Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy's 138 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.4 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 8.3 years.

Of its teaching staff, W T White High School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 12 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 32 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 27 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 39 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including 14 beginning teachers. Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy has three teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has eight teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 27 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 32 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 59 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including nine beginning teachers.

W T White High School has 16 special education teachers assisted by 14 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy has 16 special education teachers and 14 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.