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Highline Academy Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2170 South Dahlia St

Denver CO, 80222, Denver County

Phone: 303-759-7808

Ranking:

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

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Denver County School District 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:	34		34		28		24		26		27		24
Total Students:	507		506		498		504		464		451		458
Kindergarten:	45	8.9%	46	9.1%	46	9.2%	46	9.1%	46	9.9%	46	10.2%	45	9.8%
Grade 1:	55	10.8%	54	10.7%	54	10.8%	80	15.9%	53	11.4%	56	12.4%	52	11.4%
Grade 2:	52	10.3%	54	10.7%	80	16.1%	55	10.9%	54	11.6%	54	12.0%	52	11.4%
Grade 3:	56	11.0%	81	16.0%	55	11.0%	54	10.7%	54	11.6%	54	12.0%	52	11.4%
Grade 4:	80	15.8%	56	11.1%	53	10.6%	54	10.7%	52	11.2%	54	12.0%	52	11.4%
Grade 5:	56	11.0%	56	11.1%	56	11.2%	54	10.7%	54	11.6%	54	12.0%	52	11.4%
Grade 6:	56	11.0%	56	11.1%	53	10.6%	54	10.7%	52	11.2%	50	11.1%	52	11.4%
Grade 7:	55	10.8%	55	10.9%	50	10.0%	54	10.7%	53	11.4%	47	10.4%	47	10.3%
Grade 8:	52	10.3%	48	9.5%	51	10.2%	53	10.5%	46	9.9%	36	8.0%	54	11.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	233	46.0%	228	45.1%	227	45.6%	217	43.1%	216	46.6%	212	47.0%	204	44.5%
Female:	274	54.0%	278	54.9%	271	54.4%	287	56.9%	240	51.7%	231	51.2%	250	54.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	7	1.6%	4	0.9%
Asian:	20	3.9%	20	4.0%	15	3.0%	14	2.8%	27	5.8%	24	5.3%	26	5.7%
Hispanic:	77	15.2%	72	14.2%	78	15.7%	71	14.1%	54	11.6%	55	12.2%	66	14.4%
Black:	142	28.0%	136	26.9%	134	26.9%	140	27.8%	125	26.9%	113	25.1%	112	24.5%
White:	252	49.7%	261	51.6%	254	51.0%	261	51.8%	255	55.0%	252	55.9%	250	54.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	2.8%	13	2.6%	15	3.0%	15	3.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	159	31.4%	118	23.3%	121	24.3%	116	23.0%	115	24.8%	94	20.8%	75	16.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	5.5%	22	4.3%	37	7.4%	37	7.3%	39	8.4%	41	9.1%	41	9.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.07		15.03		18.10		20.58		17.90		16.70		19.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	51	69
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	55	73
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	36	51
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	54	71
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	44	66
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	38	56
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	51	66
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	49	69
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	25	46
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	46	61
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	51	40	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	36	42	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	46	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	47	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	52	63
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	45	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	49	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	48	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	54	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	50	71
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	40	38	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	42	38	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	41	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	42	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	46	62
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	45	29	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	34	27	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	38	35	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	49	33	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	38	53
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	65	40	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	45	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	46	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	65	50	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	81	49	67
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	38	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	36	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	44	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	67	40	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	80	44	59
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	8	22	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	25	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	32	29	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	33	35	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	55	36	51
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	48	38	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	77	45	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	60	42	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	62	50	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	82	51	67
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	10	23	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	39	21	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	29	25	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	28	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	52	30	49
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	25	28	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	33	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	60	34	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	36	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	37	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.2	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80.2	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83.0	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.2	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58.5	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66.6	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84.9	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.2	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84.9	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78.6	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.9	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.8	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69.7	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82.1	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82.1	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89.3	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	53.5	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.9	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.4	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.0	44.9	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	63.3	50.1	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	55.3	51.7	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83.6	54.8	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83.9	57.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	71.4	45.4	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	66.1	47.5	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	73.5	39.8	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	64.8	45.7	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	87.8	50.1	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	83.4	51.8	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	89.8	47.8	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	79.7	49.4	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	58	36.9	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	78.7	39.3	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	80	47.4	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	87.3	47.0	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	48	32.6	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	70.2	34.3	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	82	41.7	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	82.9	41.7	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.7%	71.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.3%	23.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	40.9%	61.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	59.1%	38.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$35,475.0	$32,960.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,698.0	$31,155.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$37,398.0	$35,893.0

* Highline Academy Charter 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.