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Carlson Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1300 Miner St

Idaho Springs CO, 80452, Clear Creek County

Phone: 303-567-4431

Ranking:

(680 out of 1,246, bottom 45%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Clear Creek School District RE-1

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:	18		18		15		16		17		17		17
Total Students:	223		235		261		231		253		273		273
Prekindergarten:	30	13.5%	35	14.9%	31	11.9%	34	14.7%	37	14.6%	47	17.2%	43	15.8%
Kindergarten:	32	14.3%	18	7.7%	29	11.1%	32	13.9%	37	14.6%	31	11.4%	33	12.1%
Grade 1:	18	8.1%	23	9.8%	35	13.4%	29	12.6%	21	8.3%	33	12.1%	35	12.8%
Grade 2:	21	9.4%	33	14.0%	33	12.6%	25	10.8%	35	13.8%	36	13.2%	37	13.6%
Grade 3:	30	13.5%	28	11.9%	22	8.4%	34	14.7%	31	12.3%	36	13.2%	27	9.9%
Grade 4:	29	13.0%	27	11.5%	41	15.7%	30	13.0%	33	13.0%	27	9.9%	44	16.1%
Grade 5:	25	11.2%	40	17.0%	33	12.6%	33	14.3%	21	8.3%	39	14.3%	32	11.7%
Grade 6:	38	17.0%	31	13.2%	37	14.2%	14	6.1%	38	15.0%	24	8.8%	22	8.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	121	54.3%	128	54.5%	131	50.2%	116	50.2%	127	50.2%	136	49.8%	136	49.8%
Female:	102	45.7%	107	45.5%	130	49.8%	115	49.8%	118	46.6%	129	47.3%	133	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	2.2%	6	2.6%	7	2.7%	7	3.0%	8	3.2%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%
Asian:	2	0.9%	4	1.7%	6	2.3%	5	2.2%	5	2.0%	1	0.4%	6	2.2%
Hispanic:	20	9.0%	25	10.6%	42	16.1%	32	13.9%	29	11.5%	24	8.8%	27	9.9%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	4	1.6%	8	2.9%	6	2.2%
White:	185	83.0%	192	81.7%	199	76.2%	181	78.4%	207	81.8%	239	87.5%	233	85.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	4.9%	7	3.0%	6	2.3%	4	1.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	93	41.7%	85	36.2%	109	41.8%	95	41.1%	96	37.9%	93	34.1%	59	21.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	6.7%	8	3.4%	15	5.7%	25	10.8%	21	8.3%	23	8.4%	16	5.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.29		13.15		16.95		14.53		14.54		16.20		16.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	86	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	84	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	76	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	85	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	78	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	83	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	89	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	81	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	69	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	84	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	86	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	84	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	82	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	74	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	72	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	64	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	70	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	77	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	64	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	64	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	77	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	83	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	79	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	68	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	80	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	84	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	82	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	86	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	74	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	72	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	74	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	81	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	70	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	77	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	70	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	64	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	63	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	55	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	65	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	71	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	62	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	76	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	66	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	78	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	72	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	69	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	85	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	87	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	73	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	92	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	73	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	86	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	76	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	91	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	87	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	45	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	62	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	65	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	56	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	76	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	65	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	63	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	76	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	71	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	68	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	67	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	58	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	83	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	79	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	62	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	69	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	80	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	59	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	42	72	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	71	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	57	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	75	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	73	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	91	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	84	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	89	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	89	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	78	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	55	81	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	61	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	65	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	79	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	45	66	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	81	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	39	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	72	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	83	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	78.4	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82.1	82.0	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	79.7	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78.6	85.9	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	53.8	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60.7	46.1	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74.5	76.1	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	76.5	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65.1	71.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	72.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	39.5	46.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	29.2	50.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	53.6	67.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.4	73.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	60.7	69.3	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80.0	84.8	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	35.7	50.8	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	54.3	58.3	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.6	47.7	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.1	70.9	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	74.2	76.4	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	70.0	75.0	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82.8	88.9	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90.0	89.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	65.8	76.4	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	40.0	59.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%	41.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.0%	58.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.6%	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.4%	83.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,595.0	$45,183.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,775.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,524.0	$47,365.0

* Carlson Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.