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Pennington Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4645 Independence St

Wheat Ridge CO, 80033, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-2083

Ranking:

(1,100 out of 1,246, bottom 12%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Jefferson County School District R-1

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:	17		15		17		17		19		17		14
Total Students:	275		276		282		266		287		277		259
Prekindergarten:	28	10.2%	30	10.9%	29	10.3%	29	10.9%	48	16.7%	57	20.6%	46	17.8%
Kindergarten:	33	12.0%	40	14.5%	37	13.1%	47	17.7%	43	15.0%	48	17.3%	39	15.1%
Grade 1:	34	12.4%	34	12.3%	39	13.8%	38	14.3%	37	12.9%	36	13.0%	39	15.1%
Grade 2:	30	10.9%	35	12.7%	36	12.8%	36	13.5%	30	10.5%	36	13.0%	27	10.4%
Grade 3:	36	13.1%	34	12.3%	37	13.1%	30	11.3%	43	15.0%	28	10.1%	22	8.5%
Grade 4:	39	14.2%	42	15.2%	28	9.9%	41	15.4%	26	9.1%	20	7.2%	39	15.1%
Grade 5:	41	14.9%	22	8.0%	46	16.3%	24	9.0%	25	8.7%	33	11.9%	22	8.5%
Grade 6:	34	12.4%	39	14.1%	30	10.6%	21	7.9%	35	12.2%	19	6.9%	25	9.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	141	51.3%	143	51.8%	141	50.0%	129	48.5%	129	44.9%	132	47.7%	130	50.2%
Female:	134	48.7%	133	48.2%	141	50.0%	137	51.5%	150	52.3%	137	49.5%	125	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	2.2%	5	1.8%	6	2.1%	7	2.6%	6	2.1%	7	2.5%	7	2.7%
Asian:	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.3%	3	1.1%	3	1.2%
Hispanic:	139	50.5%	134	48.6%	137	48.6%	124	46.6%	119	41.5%	118	42.6%	123	47.5%
Black:	2	0.7%	3	1.1%	5	1.8%	6	2.3%	8	2.8%	12	4.3%	10	3.9%
White:	125	45.5%	130	47.1%	128	45.4%	123	46.2%	153	53.3%	137	49.5%	116	44.8%
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:	2	0.7%	3	1.1%	5	1.8%	5	1.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	191	69.5%	178	64.5%	177	62.8%	181	68.0%	175	61.0%	153	55.2%	140	54.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	13.1%	35	12.7%	38	13.5%	25	9.4%	25	8.7%	23	8.3%	26	10.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.33		18.59		17.09		15.65		15.11		16.10		18.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	18	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	25	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	26	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	26	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	14	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	10	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	27	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	11	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	5	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	13	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	9	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	11	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	14	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	45	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	27	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	20	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	42	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	32	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	55	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	36	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	26	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	35	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	55	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	8	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	20	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	30	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	32	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69.2	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41.7	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38.9	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	30.8	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13.9	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	23.4	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	42.5	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33.3	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16.7	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	15.0	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	48.9	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	12.5	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	48.9	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	20.8	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	17.8	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	8.4	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	35.6	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	8.3	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	53.3	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	38.1	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73.3	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	52.4	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	36.6	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	31.0	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	41.7%	40.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	58.3%	60.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.0%	40.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.0%	60.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,460.0	$45,384.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,339.0	$33,966.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,834.0	$52,996.0

* Pennington 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.