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Academy Of Charter Schools

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11800 Lowell Blvd

Westminster CO, 80031, Adams County

Phone: 303-289-8088

Ranking:

High School:

(203 out of 304, bottom 33%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(440 out of 1,246, top 35%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 12

School District: Northglenn-Thornton School District 12

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	87		87		86		61		62		65		64
Total Students:	1,866		1,854		1,798		1,306		1,221		1,125		1,157
Prekindergarten:	58	3.1%	59	3.2%	60	3.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	140	7.5%	140	7.6%	134	7.5%	94	7.2%	78	6.4%	75	6.7%	81	7.0%
Grade 1:	140	7.5%	141	7.6%	137	7.6%	79	6.0%	87	7.1%	84	7.5%	81	7.0%
Grade 2:	140	7.5%	140	7.6%	136	7.6%	79	6.0%	87	7.1%	81	7.2%	81	7.0%
Grade 3:	145	7.8%	145	7.8%	143	8.0%	85	6.5%	88	7.2%	82	7.3%	82	7.1%
Grade 4:	145	7.8%	147	7.9%	147	8.2%	107	8.2%	87	7.1%	81	7.2%	81	7.0%
Grade 5:	145	7.8%	146	7.9%	141	7.8%	108	8.3%	86	7.0%	81	7.2%	80	6.9%
Grade 6:	145	7.8%	146	7.9%	147	8.2%	96	7.4%	87	7.1%	82	7.3%	81	7.0%
Grade 7:	145	7.8%	147	7.9%	144	8.0%	113	8.7%	113	9.3%	107	9.5%	100	8.6%
Grade 8:	146	7.8%	145	7.8%	139	7.7%	124	9.5%	113	9.3%	100	8.9%	110	9.5%
Grade 9:	143	7.7%	139	7.5%	131	7.3%	111	8.5%	124	10.2%	102	9.1%	106	9.2%
Grade 10:	145	7.8%	128	6.9%	117	6.5%	119	9.1%	97	7.9%	91	8.1%	102	8.8%
Grade 11:	119	6.4%	119	6.4%	128	7.1%	110	8.4%	95	7.8%	93	8.3%	84	7.3%
Grade 12:	110	5.9%	112	6.0%	94	5.2%	81	6.2%	79	6.5%	66	5.9%	88	7.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	875	46.9%	878	47.4%	821	45.7%	589	45.1%	541	44.3%	487	43.3%	498	43.0%
Female:	991	53.1%	976	52.6%	977	54.3%	717	54.9%	672	55.0%	630	56.0%	655	56.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	12	0.6%	12	0.6%	12	0.7%	4	0.3%	5	0.4%	8	0.7%	10	0.9%
Asian:	126	6.8%	121	6.5%	106	5.9%	33	2.5%	64	5.2%	51	4.5%	45	3.9%
Hispanic:	468	25.1%	484	26.1%	459	25.5%	327	25.0%	291	23.8%	285	25.3%	263	22.7%
Black:	27	1.4%	29	1.6%	29	1.6%	9	0.7%	30	2.5%	28	2.5%	32	2.8%
White:	1,185	63.5%	1,162	62.7%	1,155	64.2%	923	70.7%	831	68.1%	753	66.9%	807	69.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	47	2.5%	44	2.4%	35	1.9%	8	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	214	11.5%	277	14.9%	107	6.0%	137	10.5%	175	14.3%	116	10.3%	110	9.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	127	6.8%	97	5.2%	40	2.2%	66	5.1%	74	6.1%	71	6.3%	89	7.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.40		21.39		20.79		21.45		19.62		17.30		18.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	29	18	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	36	22	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	25	25	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	23	23	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	14	21	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	15	24	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	25	23	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	22	28	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	56	59	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	74	61	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	62	67	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	63	68	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	49	64	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	70	65	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	69	59	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	64	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	41	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	26	42	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	32	43	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	43	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	41	42	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	48	42	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	45	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	47	40	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	37	47	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	33	46	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	31	42	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	39	42	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	38	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	53	42	47
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	66	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	69	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	68	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	69	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	68	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	66	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	70	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	64	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	62	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	67	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	66	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	68	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	65	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	68	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	43	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	49	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47	43	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	47	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	43	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	48	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	40	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	44	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	67	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	69	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	71	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	69	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	73	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	65	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	73	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	58	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	59	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	63	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	59	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	64	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	63	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	57	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	60	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	45	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	45	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	43	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	42	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	48	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	46	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	45	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	52	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	54	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	61	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	65	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	67	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	65	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	63	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	62	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	65	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	65	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	66	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	66	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	67	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	67	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	62	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	65	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	32	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	37	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	38	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	42	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	45	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	43	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	49	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	51	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	55	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	54	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	55	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	53	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	50	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	56	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	45	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	62	50	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	53	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	60	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	60	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	65	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	59	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	64	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	61	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	62	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	66	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	68	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	68	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	69	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	65	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	67	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	50	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	54	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	54	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	57	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	56	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	50	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	49	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	56	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	48	30	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	51	36	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	34	38	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	45	45	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	47	43	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	60	52	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	55	44	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	54	50	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	57	54	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	60	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	60	61	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	60	63	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	63	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	75	65	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	57	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	67	63	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	46	44	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	49	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	52	51	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	47	57	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	60	55	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	56	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	64	47	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	57	55	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	38	32	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	34	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	45	36	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	31	36	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	40	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	46	44	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	49	42	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	46	48	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	56	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	58	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	59	62	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	63	57	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	61	62	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	66	59	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	73	54	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	73	62	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	41	44	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	34	45	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	37	47	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	33	49	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	18	44	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	28	47	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	47	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	46	48	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	29	39	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	32	43	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	46	46	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	44	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	45	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	47	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	55	41	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	58	49	55
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	28	24	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	15	26	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	27	32	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	31	28	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	22	30	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	25	31	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	34	34	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	36	35	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	64	62	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	52	62	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	59	64	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	49	62	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	72	62	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	63	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	73	59	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	61	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	45	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	39	45	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	36	44	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	47	43	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	38	39	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	53	43	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	46	40	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	61	47	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	27.8	28.8	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	27.8	29.6	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	78.2	63.1	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	77.1	65.7	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	52.2	42.9	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	45.9	49.0	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	53.0	40.9	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	41.9	48.8
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84.3	68.6	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88.2	70.2	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85.0	67.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86.0	66.7	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60.7	44.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51.8	41.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81.1	72.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	88.2	70.4	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.7	63.7	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77.8	63.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58.0	44.1	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.1	48.7	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.8	63.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77.8	64.7	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.7	65.2	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.2	67.1	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	56.9	44.7	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.4	45.7	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66.4	52.6	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65.9	51.7	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	73.1	60.4	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	70.4	60.0	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83.4	68.3	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.5	67.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	53.8	49.3	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	64.1	50.3	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	54.0	49.5	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	57.9	51.6	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	73.7	62.4	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	73.8	62.7	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	71.6	55.2	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	64.8	54.8	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	41.0	46.7	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	46.4	46.6	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	70.5	61.1	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	78.2	59.9	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	39.6	47.1	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	51.4	49.5	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	55.4	47.0	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	60.1	47.5	55.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	33.8	35.9	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	23.1	35.1	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	71.7	62.0	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	67.2	61.9	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	56.7	45.0	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	48.5	47.2	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	77.4%	76.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	22.6%	23.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	53.2%	57.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	46.8%	42.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$33,962.0	$32,649.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,896.0	$31,331.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$36,314.0	$34,442.0

* Academy Of Charter Schools was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.