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Northridge Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

555 South Park Rd

Littleton CO, 80126, Douglas County

Phone: 303-387-6525

Ranking:

(16 out of 1,246, top 1%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Douglas County School District RE-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:	37		36		33		33		36		37		33
Total Students:	733		756		722		713		741		682		684
Kindergarten:	82	11.2%	91	12.0%	78	10.8%	95	13.3%	108	14.6%	92	13.5%	93	13.6%
Grade 1:	92	12.6%	89	11.8%	108	15.0%	108	15.1%	112	15.1%	93	13.6%	97	14.2%
Grade 2:	100	13.6%	121	16.0%	111	15.4%	98	13.7%	104	14.0%	104	15.2%	99	14.5%
Grade 3:	126	17.2%	117	15.5%	108	15.0%	105	14.7%	118	15.9%	107	15.7%	92	13.5%
Grade 4:	115	15.7%	113	14.9%	114	15.8%	116	16.3%	102	13.8%	91	13.3%	114	16.7%
Grade 5:	116	15.8%	122	16.1%	108	15.0%	105	14.7%	96	13.0%	106	15.5%	95	13.9%
Grade 6:	102	13.9%	103	13.6%	95	13.2%	86	12.1%	101	13.6%	89	13.0%	94	13.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	388	52.9%	403	53.3%	367	50.8%	350	49.1%	377	50.9%	348	51.0%	355	51.9%
Female:	345	47.1%	353	46.7%	355	49.2%	363	50.9%	356	48.0%	326	47.8%	325	47.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	4	0.6%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%
Asian:	72	9.8%	84	11.1%	95	13.2%	84	11.8%	92	12.4%	79	11.6%	70	10.2%
Hispanic:	82	11.2%	86	11.4%	81	11.2%	65	9.1%	46	6.2%	54	7.9%	70	10.2%
Black:	5	0.7%	7	0.9%	7	1.0%	4	0.6%	9	1.2%	11	1.6%	12	1.8%
White:	532	72.6%	536	70.9%	509	70.5%	528	74.1%	591	79.8%	535	78.4%	530	77.5%
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:	42	5.7%	42	5.6%	26	3.6%	32	4.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	54	7.4%	54	7.1%	58	8.0%	62	8.7%	48	6.5%	31	4.5%	39	5.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	27	3.7%	33	4.4%	21	2.9%	17	2.4%	13	1.8%	15	2.2%	14	2.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.08		21.15		21.81		21.92		20.74		18.40		20.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	85	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	82	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	82	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	83	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	83	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	82	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	83	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	70	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	66	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	68	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	63	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	83	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	85	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	86	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	83	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	99	84	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	79	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	83	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	78	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	79	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	67	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	68	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	65	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	64	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	72	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	73	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	82	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	82	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	81	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	80	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	81	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	80	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	84	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	86	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	84	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	86	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	82	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	52	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	57	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	60	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	59	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	70	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	74	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	77	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	76	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	72	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	73	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	74	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	77	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	77	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	79	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	80	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	82	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	79	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	79	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	86	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	85	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	88	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	87	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	88	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	97	89	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	86	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	86	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	75	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	77	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	78	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	79	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	78	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	82	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	73	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	97	78	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98.0	81.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92.2	81.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96.2	82.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93.0	81.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89.3	62.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76.5	62.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	98.2	84.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	97.4	83.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	98.2	80.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	95.5	79.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	91.9	64.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	92.0	66.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	78.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.1	79.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	99.1	84.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	97.4	82.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	92.5	62.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	91.6	62.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	95.3	72.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	92.4	71.1	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91.3	77.9	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	92.2	76.8	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	97.8	87.2	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94.2	86.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	92.4	72.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	92.3	73.1	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	25.0%	31.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	75.0%	69.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	15.6%	17.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	84.4%	82.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$53,037.0	$53,244.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,761.0	$37,148.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,422.0	$56,597.0

* Northridge 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.