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Appleton Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2358 H Rd

Grand Junction CO, 81505, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-6400

Ranking:

(528 out of 1,246, top 42%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Mesa County Valley School District 51

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:	22		20		21		21		21		20		19
Total Students:	380		418		399		422		403		412		387
Prekindergarten:	24	6.3%	23	5.5%	29	7.3%	22	5.2%	27	6.7%	27	6.6%	23	5.9%
Kindergarten:	52	13.7%	78	18.7%	60	15.0%	68	16.1%	61	15.1%	69	16.7%	65	16.8%
Grade 1:	69	18.2%	59	14.1%	61	15.3%	70	16.6%	68	16.9%	67	16.3%	60	15.5%
Grade 2:	66	17.4%	58	13.9%	59	14.8%	75	17.8%	63	15.6%	59	14.3%	52	13.4%
Grade 3:	38	10.0%	60	14.4%	69	17.3%	68	16.1%	57	14.1%	59	14.3%	56	14.5%
Grade 4:	60	15.8%	69	16.5%	66	16.5%	59	14.0%	55	13.6%	70	17.0%	63	16.3%
Grade 5:	71	18.7%	71	17.0%	55	13.8%	60	14.2%	72	17.9%	61	14.8%	68	17.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	204	53.7%	223	53.3%	220	55.1%	241	57.1%	221	54.8%	222	53.9%	205	53.0%
Female:	176	46.3%	195	46.7%	179	44.9%	181	42.9%	174	43.2%	182	44.2%	178	46.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	4	1.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	4	1.0%	4	1.0%
Asian:	11	2.9%	13	3.1%	13	3.3%	12	2.8%	17	4.2%	11	2.7%	7	1.8%
Hispanic:	51	13.4%	56	13.4%	55	13.8%	45	10.7%	38	9.4%	41	10.0%	29	7.5%
Black:	3	0.8%	5	1.2%	4	1.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%
White:	299	78.7%	324	77.5%	309	77.4%	345	81.8%	346	85.9%	354	85.9%	345	89.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	12	3.2%	16	3.8%	12	3.0%	16	3.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	90	23.7%	94	22.5%	95	23.8%	97	23.0%	93	23.1%	68	16.5%	55	14.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	25	6.6%	27	6.5%	26	6.5%	36	8.5%	25	6.2%	13	3.2%	20	5.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.27		21.05		19.46		19.88		18.91		20.20		20.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	69	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	70	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	68	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	64	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	66	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	65	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	64	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	72	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	71	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	71	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	65	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	71	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	67	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	70	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	46	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	56	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	48	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	50	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	39	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	47	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	40	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22	40	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	64	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	68	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	66	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	62	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	62	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	63	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	66	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	64	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	64	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	62	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	64	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	63	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	63	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	50	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	51	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	47	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	41	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	45	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	39	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	42	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	48	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	56	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	60	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	61	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	60	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	55	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	54	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	57	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	59	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	69	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	72	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	70	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	67	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	69	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	69	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	38	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	41	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	39	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	41	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	41	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	40	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	50	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	57	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	57	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	54	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	52	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	52	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	48	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	54	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65.7	65.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74.2	68.4	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68.6	72.1	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80.3	74.1	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35.8	41	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41.0	42.7	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.1	67.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	64.3	69.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	63.2	65.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65.8	66.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36.8	41.8	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	49.3	44.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.0	58.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.1	60.6	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86.8	68.5	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.6	67.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.7	42.8	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	60.0	44.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.0	54.3	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.1	53.8	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	62.5%	52.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	37.5%	47.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	87.5%	88.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,058.0	$45,408.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,000.0	$47,159.0

* Appleton Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.