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La Jara Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

214 Poplar St

La Jara CO, 81140, Conejos County

Phone: 719-274-5791

Ranking:

(455 out of 1,246, top 37%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: North Conejos School District RE-1J

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:	15		14		15		15		16		18		18
Total Students:	211		202		198		214		217		224		245
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	2.0%
Kindergarten:	35	16.6%	32	15.8%	31	15.7%	39	18.2%	36	16.6%	35	15.6%	31	12.7%
Grade 1:	35	16.6%	33	16.3%	45	22.7%	31	14.5%	36	16.6%	31	13.8%	37	15.1%
Grade 2:	29	13.7%	44	21.8%	29	14.6%	34	15.9%	30	13.8%	37	16.5%	51	20.8%
Grade 3:	45	21.3%	33	16.3%	32	16.2%	28	13.1%	36	16.6%	47	21.0%	36	14.7%
Grade 4:	32	15.2%	32	15.8%	28	14.1%	33	15.4%	46	21.2%	35	15.6%	41	16.7%
Grade 5:	35	16.6%	28	13.9%	33	16.7%	49	22.9%	33	15.2%	39	17.4%	44	18.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	120	56.9%	114	56.4%	97	49.0%	99	46.3%	92	42.4%	97	43.3%	115	46.9%
Female:	91	43.1%	88	43.6%	101	51.0%	115	53.7%	117	53.9%	119	53.1%	126	51.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	120	56.9%	123	60.9%	122	61.6%	141	65.9%	137	63.1%	139	62.1%	154	62.9%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	3	1.2%
White:	90	42.7%	78	38.6%	75	37.9%	71	33.2%	80	36.9%	83	37.1%	88	35.9%
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:	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	2	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	95	45.0%	94	46.5%	99	50.0%	125	58.4%	123	56.7%	128	57.1%	131	53.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	17.1%	34	16.8%	31	15.7%	28	13.1%	29	13.4%	31	13.8%	40	16.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.70		14.21		13.01		14.03		14.00		12.80		14.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	71	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	78	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	76	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	96	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	87	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	79	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	87	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	80	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	80	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	85	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	95	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	95	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	82	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	65	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	58	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	79	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	63	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	66	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	79	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	77	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	79	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	79	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	85	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	91	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	84	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	86	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	81	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	78	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	69	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	75	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	85	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	77	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	71	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	72	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	62	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	52	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	59	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	72	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	72	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	70	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	70	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	80	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	82	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	70	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	64	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	77	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	74	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	72	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	80	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	81	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	73	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	70	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	69	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	78	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	55	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	47	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	55	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	59	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	63	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	67	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	68	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	78	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	60	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	69	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	76	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	60	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	72	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.3	86.4	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58.1	61.8	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.3	86.4	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64.6	64.8	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68.7	68.2	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38.8	42.7	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	95.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.8	73.6	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84.6	85.5	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75.1	66.7	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73.1	71.0	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65.6	65.3	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.7	69.2	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	48.1	69.7	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74.2	76.9	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	48.1	66.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	64.5	57.6	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	14.8	47.0	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	64.5	74.3	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	44.4	68.1	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	70.6%	64.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	29.4%	35.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.4%	17.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.6%	82.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,475.0	$40,057.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,795.0	$31,863.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,092.0	$41,813.0

* La Jara Elementary 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.