Course Description:\u00a0Examines the sociological, historical, political, legal and economic concepts in education.<\/p>\n
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School Analysis Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n Esperanza High School is located in Anaheim California.\u00a0 The Esperazna Aztecs school mission statement is as followed, To encourage appreciation of cultural diversity, to foster democratic values, to prepare students for a productive work life, to promote a desire for life-long learning through standards based instruction and enrichment.\u00a0 Based on this mission statement, Esperanza values diversity throughout the school.\u00a0 They want to give each student an equal opportunity to succeed not only in the classroom, but in life.\u00a0 No matter what cultural background or race one comes from, they will be treated as one and everyone will work together to achieve their goals. As for the schools motto, \u201cwhere excellence is a tradition,\u201d it means that students are going to be treated the same as they were in the past.\u00a0 In fact, Esperanza does follow their mission statement based on student diversity.\u00a0 Based on the percent of total enrollment of Esperanza high school, 1.60% are African American, 0.13% are American Indian or Alaska Native, 10.65% are Asian, 1.02% are Filipino, 12.96% are Hispanic or Latino, 0.19% are Pacific Islander, 72.42% are white.\u00a0 As one can see, Esperanza enrolls many different ethnic groups and challenges each group and hopes that they all succeed.\u00a0 In comparison to the district and state, Esperanza\u2019s graduation rates are very high.\u00a0 There are 26,026 African Americans in the state that have graduated, of those 54 have come from the district and 18 have come from Esperanza.\u00a0 There are 3,074 American Indian or Alaska Natives in the sate of California, of those, six are from the district and three are from Esperazna.\u00a0 There are 39,409 Asian that have graduated, of those 227 are from the district, 111 are from Esperanza.\u00a0 The filipino graduation class consisted of 12,472 in the state, 22 are from the district and eight are from Esperanza.\u00a0 There are 143,476 Hispanic or Latino graduates in the state of California 418 are from the district and 58 are from Esperanza.\u00a0 The ethnic group of Pacific Islander consist of 2,504 in the graduation class of California, of those six are form he district and two are from Esperanza.\u00a0 Lastly, the white population of California’s graduation class consist of 141344, of those 1,215 are from the district and 534 are form Esperanza.\u00a0 What this tells me is that not only does Esperanza have a lot of diversity in its school, but they accept it.\u00a0 As one can see, Esperanza hosts a large percentage of each ethnic group in its school itself in comparison to the district as a whole.\u00a0 Going back to the mission statement, they value the appreciation of diversity, and based on the graduation rates in the survey, they are doing just that.\u00a0 They are giving each student an equal opportunity to succeed in life and become successful in the future.<\/p>\n Esperanza, of course, is following the No Child Left Behind standards.\u00a0 In order for that to happen, students are needed to be taught by teachers NCLB complaint. In fact, in Esperanza alone, 99.2% of the classes are taught by such teachers, and in the district, 98.5% of the classes are taught by NCLB complaint teachers.\u00a0 This shows that not only does Esperanza believe that students need to be taught with the very best instructors so they do not fall behind, but the district believes that as a whole. They could have hired teachers without this background for cheaper, but because they believe in their mission statement of making sure every student succeeds, they hire the best.\u00a0 They do not want anyone falling behind.<\/p>\n Esperanza\u2019s mission statement states that they want to promote a desire for life-long learning through standards based instruction and enrichment.\u00a0 In order to do so, they have to teach to the standards.\u00a0 Because Esperanza also puts a huge amount of emphasis on diversity, the standardized test scores are broken down based on each ethnic group that is in the school.\u00a0 The test was broken down into four sections, English-Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and History-Social Science.\u00a0 The following is the percent of students scoring in proficient of advanced.\u00a0 For English-Language Arts, African Americans scored 54%, American Indian or Alaska Native did not score proficient\u00a0 or advanced, Asian scored 81%, Filipino scored 73%, Hispanic or Latino scored 47%, Pacific Islander did not score proficient or advanced. Whites scored 71%.\u00a0 In the Mathematics section, African Americans scored 45%, American Indian or Alaska Native did not score in the proficient or advanced range.\u00a0 Asian scored 80%, Filipino scored 81%, Hispanic or Latino scored 45%, Pacific Islander did not score in either range, White scored 66%.\u00a0 For the science test, African Americans scored 62%, American Indian or Alaska Native did not score in this range, Asian scored 85%, Filipino did not score in this range, Hispanic or Latino scored 52%, Pacific Islander did not score in this range, and white scored 74%.\u00a0 For the last test, History- Historical Science, African Americans scored 55%,American Indian or Alaska Native did not score in this range, Asian scored 81%, Filipino did not score in this range, Hispanic or Latino scored 38%, Pacific Islander did not score in this range, and white scored 63%.\u00a0 One can interpret these results a number of different ways.\u00a0 The big question everyone might have is how come there are certain groups that did not meet the scoring range?\u00a0 The answer is because one, the groups that did not meet the range, American Indian or Alaska Native for example, has a very low population in the school.\u00a0 Only 0.13% of the school is in this group.\u00a0 Also, this chart shows the percent of people who are in the proficient range or advanced range.\u00a0 This does not mean that the percent of the others in the ethnic group did not pass, it just means they are not above everyone else.\u00a0 They could still meet the state standard, they just are not at the top.\u00a0 That goes for every group in this school.\u00a0 Just because there is a low percent in the proficient or advanced range, does not mean they did not pass.\u00a0 They could still meet the requirements.\u00a0 Also, it is interesting how the majority of the population, whites, did not score the highest.\u00a0 Maybe it is because there is such a high number of students, but it is still interesting how the minority students, such as the Asians are scoring very high on the test.\u00a0 This shows that the school is treating everyone the same way, and that diversity is playing a huge role in the curriculum.\u00a0 It is great to see such a high number of minority students scoring at a proficient or advanced level based on state standards.\u00a0 This chart also shows that the school is teaching to its mission statement as well.\u00a0 They want to teach to the standards and they are doing just that.\u00a0 To have a consistent amount of students in a number of different ethnic groups scoring in such a high range shows that the school is teaching its students right.<\/p>\n As for the school’s financial state, the current expenses per daily attendance is$8,040 for the school district of Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified.\u00a0 In comparison to other school districts throughout the state, it falls in what would be considered the lower range.\u00a0 The reason why it falls in this range is because the average throughout the state is in the $10,000 to $20,000 range.\u00a0 At the high end, some school districts are in the $30,000 range and the low end is just below $8,000.\u00a0 The reason why this school district might not have as much money as the other districts is because of where the school is located.\u00a0 Most of the schools are in the Anaheim city limits, so right away that is a down side.\u00a0 Any time a school is in the city, one knows the tax dollars are not going right to the school.\u00a0 One can also tell that they might not have a high spending for each student because of the diversity throughout the school.\u00a0 If you look at just Esperanza, the diversity is huge.\u00a0 That says that they might need to spend more money on other things, like security, especially since it is a city school.<\/p>\n Esperanza does however find ways to improve the faculties of the high school.\u00a0 In order for that to happen, they have to move around their budget to make ways to afford new faculties.\u00a0 This goes back to their mission statement and their motto because in order for a student to succeed in a classroom, they have to be able to feel safe and comfortable in it. In fact, they have spent, 12 million dollars in bonds to make the campus a more safe and comfortable environment.\u00a0 What they are in the process of building are, a new science and language arts building.\u00a0 They are going to renovate all the restrooms, the gymnasium, and the theatre.\u00a0 Lastly, they are going to be building a second gym, a new music room, and renewing administration offices.\u00a0 All of this is going in the process of being made to complete a safe learning environment for the students.<\/p>\n Esperanza High School prides itself with great curriculum.\u00a0 The mission statement says that they want to teach to the standards, and that is exactly what they do.\u00a0 The curriculum at Esperanza is divided into eight core subjects that each student must complete.\u00a0 Those subjects are, reading\/language arts, mathematics, science, history-social science, foreign language, health, visual and performing arts, and science lab.\u00a0 What is interesting about this curriculum, is that every teacher must follow the same guidelines and teach at the same pace.\u00a0 Unless, of course, for the accelerated program.\u00a0\u00a0 The reason why they all must follow the same pace is because for every core course, every student \u201chas standards aligned\u201d, and all are using the state regulated textbook.\u00a0 What this means is that every student knows and has access to all the standards. This show another way how Esperanza really follows their school mission statement of teaching to the standards.\u00a0 For the other part of the curriculum, they have physical education that is required and the students have to test to the national standards as well.\u00a0 There are also a lot of non core courses that a student has available to them.\u00a0 For example, there are many business, computer, and technology courses that are available for the students to take. This really plays a huge role in students life because these classes can help them steer in the right direction of where they want to go with their life.\u00a0 The mission statement states that they want the students to develop skills to live a great life after school, and having these classes available, on top of the core courses, is great for the students.<\/p>\n As for extra curriculum, Esperanza prides themselves on athletics.\u00a0 The offer a lot of sports to both men and women.\u00a0 The sports that are available for them to participate in are, men\u2019s- football, water polo, cross country, basketball, wrestling, soccer, baseball, diving swimming, track and field, volleyball, golf, tennis and lacrosse.\u00a0 As for women\u2019s, there is, cheer\/song, tennis, cross country, volleyball, golf, dance, soccer, basketball, water polo, softball, diving and lacrosse.\u00a0 There are many options for both sexes to play.\u00a0 They put a lot of money into the athletics and it pays off.\u00a0 They have been ranked nationally in football, and has been recognized by ESPN by the top 30 national programs for all of their sports combined.\u00a0 If students do not want to participate in varsity athletics, Esperanza has many other options one can take apart of.\u00a0 There are club sports programs offered for every sport, as well as leadership clubs, music and vocal clubs, foreign language clubs and theatre clubs.\u00a0 There are options for everyone to participate in extra curriculum.\u00a0 They believe that extra curriculum brings unity to their school and helps the students develop many skills that will help them become successful later on in their lifetime.<\/p>\n Esperanza is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School district in California.\u00a0 The district consist of twenty two elementary schools, six middle schools, and five high schools.\u00a0 This is very unique for a district to house so many schools, especially those of different grade levels.\u00a0 This is another reason why the district is not at the top in terms of money.\u00a0 There is not enough money to go around to every school, and since there is thirty three schools, how are they going to distribute the money?\u00a0 Does one school deserve more?\u00a0 There are many questions in terms of where the money should go.<\/p>\n Esperanza high school calls themselves the Aztecs.\u00a0 It is a public high school, therefore, the grades are 9-12.\u00a0 As we already know, the student population is very diverse, and the total enrollment is 3,126.\u00a0 There are 124 teachers currently teaching at Esperanza.\u00a0 Throughout the district, which has thirty three schools, there are 1,154 teachers.\u00a0 That is a very good student to teacher ratio at Esperanza.\u00a0 Going back to their mission statement of teaching to the standards and making sure every student is on the right track to a successful career, they are doing just that with the student teacher ratio.\u00a0 The students not only have access to great teachers, but the subject that they teach are great.\u00a0 There are a lot of technology based classes that requires great technology.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WORK CITED<\/p>\n