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Altura Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1650 Altura Blvd

Aurora CO, 80011, Adams County

Phone: 303-340-3500

Ranking:

(1,212 out of 1,246, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	33		32		24		26		25		25		26
Total Students:	578		586		507		493		492		470		445
Prekindergarten:	21	3.6%	27	4.6%	24	4.7%	31	6.3%	29	5.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	71	12.3%	86	14.7%	99	19.5%	97	19.7%	83	16.9%	77	16.4%	72	16.2%
Grade 1:	90	15.6%	94	16.0%	87	17.2%	80	16.2%	84	17.1%	71	15.1%	72	16.2%
Grade 2:	103	17.8%	120	20.5%	78	15.4%	84	17.0%	65	13.2%	81	17.2%	93	20.9%
Grade 3:	115	19.9%	85	14.5%	79	15.6%	68	13.8%	70	14.2%	95	20.2%	76	17.1%
Grade 4:	84	14.5%	93	15.9%	78	15.4%	62	12.6%	86	17.5%	70	14.9%	69	15.5%
Grade 5:	94	16.3%	81	13.8%	62	12.2%	71	14.4%	75	15.2%	76	16.2%	63	14.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	294	50.9%	294	50.2%	264	52.1%	250	50.7%	237	48.2%	217	46.2%	207	46.5%
Female:	284	49.1%	292	49.8%	243	47.9%	243	49.3%	247	50.2%	245	52.1%	234	52.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.9%	6	1.0%	5	1.0%	5	1.0%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%
Asian:	10	1.7%	10	1.7%	7	1.4%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%
Hispanic:	439	76.0%	442	75.4%	378	74.6%	367	74.4%	365	74.2%	341	72.6%	314	70.6%
Black:	54	9.3%	56	9.6%	41	8.1%	56	11.4%	62	12.6%	66	14.0%	74	16.6%
White:	55	9.5%	48	8.2%	60	11.8%	47	9.5%	59	12.0%	58	12.3%	53	11.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	2.4%	23	3.9%	15	3.0%	12	2.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	468	81.0%	495	84.5%	441	87.0%	419	85.0%	407	82.7%	368	78.3%	338	76.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	53	9.2%	49	8.4%	32	6.3%	39	7.9%	31	6.3%	42	8.9%	36	8.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.41		18.16		21.11		18.81		19.88		19.20		17.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	41	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	51	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	48	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	23	48	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22	46	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	17	45	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	43	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	16	47	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	46	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	45	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40	46	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	49	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	30	46	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	49	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13	30	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	5	28	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	16	26	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	18	27	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	28	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	29	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	16	29	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13	28	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	29	42	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	48	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	52	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	49	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	35	51	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	51	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	51	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	43	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	40	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	44	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	26	39	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	40	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	25	40	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	28	43	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	41	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	12	31	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	15	24	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	9	24	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	13	23	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	15	30	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	23	31	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	5	35	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	39	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	47	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	43	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	46	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	51	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	27	48	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	52	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	46	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	51	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	49	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	48	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	51	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	46	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	15	14	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	8	19	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	9	22	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	5	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	8	23	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	13	20	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	36	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	37	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	32	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	34	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	39	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	42	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	41	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	40	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40.1	47.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44.5	48.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33.3	51.5	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29.8	48.7	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	34.9	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	16.5	30.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	42.5	49.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	39.1	51.5	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	31.3	43.7	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	29.7	43.5	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	13.8	30.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16.5	33.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	37.2	47.6	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	40.3	42.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	33.8	47.9	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	41.4	47.8	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	15.5	25.5	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	19.5	23.6	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	29.4	42.6	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30.5	37.6	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	68.0%	65.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.0%	35.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	40.0%	50.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	60.0%	50.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,036.0	$43,355.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,063.0	$35,988.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,018.0	$50,722.0

* Altura Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.