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Dalton Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

17401 East Dartmouth Ave

Aurora CO, 80013, Arapahoe County

Phone: 303-693-7561

Ranking:

(785 out of 1,246, bottom 37%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J

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:	24		26		28		29		29		26		29
Total Students:	539		547		527		558		568		530		534
Prekindergarten:	28	5.2%	32	5.9%	29	5.5%	37	6.6%	43	7.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	95	17.6%	93	17.0%	88	16.7%	86	15.4%	89	15.7%	81	15.3%	92	17.2%
Grade 1:	92	17.1%	89	16.3%	79	15.0%	84	15.1%	86	15.1%	91	17.2%	88	16.5%
Grade 2:	80	14.8%	77	14.1%	85	16.1%	82	14.7%	90	15.8%	92	17.4%	89	16.7%
Grade 3:	76	14.1%	93	17.0%	81	15.4%	85	15.2%	81	14.3%	100	18.9%	82	15.4%
Grade 4:	89	16.5%	82	15.0%	78	14.8%	91	16.3%	99	17.4%	81	15.3%	95	17.8%
Grade 5:	79	14.7%	81	14.8%	87	16.5%	93	16.7%	80	14.1%	85	16.0%	88	16.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	280	51.9%	277	50.6%	269	51.0%	293	52.5%	293	51.6%	274	51.7%	270	50.6%
Female:	259	48.1%	270	49.4%	258	49.0%	265	47.5%	267	47.0%	248	46.8%	260	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.1%	4	0.7%	4	0.8%	7	1.3%	8	1.4%	8	1.5%	5	0.9%
Asian:	28	5.2%	24	4.4%	31	5.9%	35	6.3%	34	6.0%	38	7.2%	40	7.5%
Hispanic:	170	31.5%	182	33.3%	180	34.2%	187	33.5%	188	33.1%	168	31.7%	169	31.6%
Black:	108	20.0%	98	17.9%	87	16.5%	85	15.2%	88	15.5%	75	14.2%	78	14.6%
White:	197	36.5%	208	38.0%	198	37.6%	221	39.6%	250	44.0%	241	45.5%	242	45.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	30	5.6%	31	5.7%	26	4.9%	22	3.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	211	39.1%	207	37.8%	196	37.2%	227	40.7%	211	37.1%	163	30.8%	149	27.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	56	10.4%	50	9.1%	56	10.6%	57	10.2%	47	8.3%	52	9.8%	50	9.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.14		20.70		19.10		19.37		19.59		20.80		18.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	41	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	51	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	48	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	48	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	46	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	45	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	43	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	47	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	46	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	45	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	46	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	49	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	46	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	49	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	30	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	28	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	26	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	27	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	28	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	29	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	29	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	28	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	42	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	48	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	52	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	49	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	51	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	51	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	51	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	43	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	40	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	44	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	39	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	40	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	40	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	43	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	41	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	31	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	24	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	24	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	23	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	30	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	31	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	35	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	39	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	47	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	43	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	46	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	51	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	48	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	52	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	46	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	51	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	49	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	48	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	51	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	46	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	14	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	19	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	22	22	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	23	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	20	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	36	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	37	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	32	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	34	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	39	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	42	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	41	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	40	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64.6	47.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73.5	48.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69.1	51.5	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69.4	48.7	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56.1	34.9	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59.0	30.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76.9	49.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76.5	51.5	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.9	43.7	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70.3	43.5	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64.1	30.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60.5	33.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	61.3	47.6	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	70.7	42.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	61.7	47.9	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.0	47.8	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	38.8	25.5	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	38.7	23.6	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.0	42.6	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61.4	37.6	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%	52.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.0%	48.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	20.8%	28.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	79.2%	72.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$59,088.0	$54,751.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,645.0	$34,056.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$64,994.0	$62,799.0

* Dalton Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.