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Prospect Valley Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3400 Pierson St

Wheat Ridge CO, 80033, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-7535

Ranking:

(334 out of 1,246, top 27%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Jefferson County School District R-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:	25		25		26		26		25		25		25
Total Students:	515		473		476		503		495		476		481
Kindergarten:	69	13.4%	58	12.3%	58	12.2%	59	11.7%	70	14.1%	60	12.6%	67	13.9%
Grade 1:	75	14.6%	64	13.5%	65	13.7%	69	13.7%	66	13.3%	66	13.9%	66	13.7%
Grade 2:	77	15.0%	67	14.2%	67	14.1%	73	14.5%	66	13.3%	66	13.9%	65	13.5%
Grade 3:	66	12.8%	68	14.4%	72	15.1%	69	13.7%	66	13.3%	70	14.7%	70	14.6%
Grade 4:	77	15.0%	74	15.6%	71	14.9%	73	14.5%	71	14.3%	74	15.5%	71	14.8%
Grade 5:	80	15.5%	73	15.4%	66	13.9%	79	15.7%	77	15.6%	74	15.5%	63	13.1%
Grade 6:	71	13.8%	69	14.6%	77	16.2%	81	16.1%	79	16.0%	66	13.9%	79	16.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	261	50.7%	231	48.8%	226	47.5%	250	49.7%	251	50.7%	239	50.2%	240	49.9%
Female:	254	49.3%	242	51.2%	250	52.5%	253	50.3%	236	47.7%	229	48.1%	237	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.2%	5	1.1%	4	0.8%	5	1.0%	10	2.0%	14	2.9%	11	2.3%
Asian:	8	1.6%	7	1.5%	7	1.5%	10	2.0%	15	3.0%	12	2.5%	9	1.9%
Hispanic:	106	20.6%	97	20.5%	88	18.5%	106	21.1%	71	14.3%	68	14.3%	72	15.0%
Black:	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	5	1.1%	6	1.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%
White:	369	71.7%	337	71.2%	343	72.1%	356	70.8%	397	80.2%	379	79.6%	387	80.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	4.1%	22	4.7%	28	5.9%	18	3.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	104	20.2%	100	21.1%	108	22.7%	115	22.9%	80	16.2%	56	11.8%	57	11.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	6.2%	33	7.0%	21	4.4%	17	3.4%	17	3.4%	16	3.4%	16	3.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.02		18.67		18.31		19.73		19.54		19.00		19.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	57	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.8	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68.6	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82.8	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73.3	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57.1	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53.6	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85.9	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83.4	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86.0	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.0	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55.0	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	71.8	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.1	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.1	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79.7	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87.7	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	53.6	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	73.0	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65.2	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73.9	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	68.8	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	62.3	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90.0	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85.5	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	67.6	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	69.6	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	25.0%	36.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	75.0%	64.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.0%	28.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.0%	72.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$51,687.0	$49,629.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,866.0	$33,089.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,961.0	$56,061.0

* Prospect Valley Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.