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Highland Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1500 East 7th St

Rifle CO, 81650, Garfield County

Phone: 970-665-6800

Ranking:

(1,016 out of 1,246, bottom 18%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Garfield School District RE-2

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:	24		26		26		25		25		31		28
Total Students:	414		394		396		395		369		534		530
Prekindergarten:	28	6.8%	30	7.6%	27	6.8%	28	7.1%	27	7.3%	26	4.9%	26	4.9%
Kindergarten:	79	19.1%	71	18.0%	64	16.2%	77	19.5%	75	20.3%	91	17.0%	92	17.4%
Grade 1:	78	18.8%	74	18.8%	83	21.0%	80	20.3%	69	18.7%	101	18.9%	104	19.6%
Grade 2:	78	18.8%	80	20.3%	72	18.2%	69	17.5%	65	17.6%	103	19.3%	111	20.9%
Grade 3:	81	19.6%	76	19.3%	66	16.7%	71	18.0%	66	17.9%	113	21.2%	106	20.0%
Grade 4:	70	16.9%	63	16.0%	84	21.2%	70	17.7%	67	18.2%	100	18.7%	91	17.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	200	48.3%	188	47.7%	199	50.3%	200	50.6%	179	48.5%	258	48.3%	252	47.5%
Female:	214	51.7%	206	52.3%	197	49.7%	195	49.4%	182	49.3%	268	50.2%	274	51.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.2%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	3	0.8%	1	0.3%	4	0.7%	3	0.6%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	5	0.9%
Hispanic:	206	49.8%	226	57.4%	226	57.1%	229	58.0%	203	55.0%	263	49.3%	266	50.2%
Black:	3	0.7%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	5	0.9%
White:	191	46.1%	159	40.4%	164	41.4%	160	40.5%	163	44.2%	263	49.3%	251	47.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	9	2.2%	6	1.5%	5	1.3%	3	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	226	54.6%	219	55.6%	216	54.5%	201	50.9%	177	48.0%	183	34.3%	175	33.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	9.9%	38	9.6%	39	9.8%	27	6.8%	28	7.6%	77	14.4%	55	10.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.07		14.94		15.52		16.00		14.75		17.10		19.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	63	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	66	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	60	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	62	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	65	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	67	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	68	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	63	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	59	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	61	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	68	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	61	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	73	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	47	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	56	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	30	47	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	41	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	23	39	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25	40	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	26	38	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	48	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	65	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	66	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	67	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	64	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	58	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	71	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	69	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	58	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	59	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	64	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	57	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	57	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	56	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	64	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	62	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	46	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	35	52	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	26	44	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	42	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	41	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	26	35	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	41	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	29	50	56
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46.1	69.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63.2	71.1	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58.5	75.2	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58.6	71.8	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32.3	53.0	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37.6	47.6	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	77.6	77.5	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60.3	75.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	57.6	64.5	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56.4	70.7	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32.6	42.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32.2	48.7	53.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	75.0%	67.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	25.0%	32.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	46.4%	35.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	53.6%	64.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,440.0	$40,511.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,759.0	$31,698.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,363.0	$45,407.0

* Highland Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.