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Dennison Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

401 Independence St

Denver CO, 80226, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-6382

Ranking:

(4 out of 1,246, top 0%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Jefferson County School District R-1

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:	30		29		34		32		36		36		36
Total Students:	622		626		625		624		626		626		624
Kindergarten:	86	13.8%	87	13.9%	89	14.2%	88	14.1%	88	14.1%	88	14.1%	88	14.1%
Grade 1:	88	14.1%	89	14.2%	88	14.1%	88	14.1%	88	14.1%	88	14.1%	88	14.1%
Grade 2:	88	14.1%	89	14.2%	88	14.1%	88	14.1%	88	14.1%	89	14.2%	88	14.1%
Grade 3:	89	14.3%	91	14.5%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	92	14.7%	91	14.5%	90	14.4%
Grade 4:	91	14.6%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%
Grade 5:	90	14.5%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%
Grade 6:	90	14.5%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%	90	14.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	323	51.9%	311	49.7%	305	48.8%	310	49.7%	305	48.7%	309	49.4%	299	47.9%
Female:	299	48.1%	315	50.3%	320	51.2%	314	50.3%	313	50.0%	309	49.4%	321	51.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.8%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	13	2.1%	8	1.3%	8	1.3%
Asian:	27	4.3%	33	5.3%	37	5.9%	34	5.4%	48	7.7%	44	7.0%	38	6.1%
Hispanic:	98	15.8%	104	16.6%	95	15.2%	96	15.4%	72	11.5%	62	9.9%	49	7.9%
Black:	5	0.8%	5	0.8%	4	0.6%	3	0.5%	5	0.8%	4	0.6%	3	0.5%
White:	460	74.0%	449	71.7%	455	72.8%	463	74.2%	488	78.0%	508	81.2%	526	84.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	27	4.3%	32	5.1%	31	5.0%	23	3.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	17	2.7%	32	5.1%	29	4.6%	36	5.8%	25	4.0%	16	2.6%	15	2.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	25	4.0%	25	4.0%	24	3.8%	15	2.4%	17	2.7%	18	2.9%	15	2.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.73		21.74		18.60		19.26		17.29		17.20		17.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	99	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	99	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	99	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	99	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	99	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	99	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	99	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	96	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	99	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	99	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	96	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	96	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	98	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	96	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	98	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	96	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	99	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	99	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	97	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	99	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	99	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	99	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97.8	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97.7	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98.9	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95.5	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92.2	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89.7	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	98.9	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	94.5	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	97.7	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	93.3	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	95.4	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.4	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	98.9	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95.6	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	90.0	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	96.5	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	92.3	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	95.4	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	97.8	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	94.2	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98.9	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	96.5	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	35.7%	37.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	64.3%	63.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	10.7%	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	89.3%	92.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$54,723.0	$54,412.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$28,663.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$57,850.0	$56,424.0

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