Compare Wisdom High School with Eastwood Academy

Wisdom 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 66 in student achievement, 75 in school progress and 73 in closing performance gaps. It scored 74 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, Eastwood Academy performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 98 in student achievement, 96 in school progress, 88 in closing performance gaps and 95 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. Wisdom High School’s only distinction designation is in Social Studies. Eastwood Academy's five out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Social Studies, post-secondary and with 25% student progress.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Wisdom High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 75.73% of student population, followed by African Americans (13.49%), Whites or Caucasians (5.22%), Asians (4.68%), Two or More Races (0.54%) and Native Americans (0.25%).

At Eastwood Academy, Hispanics make up 94.21% of student population, followed by Asians (2.52%), Whites or Caucasians (1.76%), African Americans (0.76%), Two or More Races (0.50%) and Native Americans (0.25%).

Based on household incomes, Wisdom High School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 98.28% compared to 70.78% at Eastwood 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, Wisdom High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 66.22% of its student population compared to 8.06% at Eastwood Academy.

In addition, Wisdom High School has 65.63% bilingual students, 2.46% are in the gifted and talented program, while 7.58% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Eastwood Academy with 7.30% bilingual students, 49.87% gifted and talented students and 1.26% students in the special education program.

Wisdom High School's 93 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 5.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 9.4 years. Eastwood Academy's 22 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 9 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 12.7 years.

Of its teaching staff, Wisdom High School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has nine teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 24 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 24 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 25 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including 11 beginning teachers. Eastwood Academy has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has two teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, eight teachers have worked for 11-20 years, six teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while six teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

Wisdom High School has two special education teachers assisted by 0 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Eastwood Academy has zero special education teachers and 0 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.