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Vassar Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

18101 East Vassar Ave

Aurora CO, 80013, Arapahoe County

Phone: 303-752-3772

Ranking:

(931 out of 1,246, bottom 25%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J

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:	29		27		29		29		29		29		28
Total Students:	570		547		556		550		524		564		552
Prekindergarten:	32	5.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	92	16.1%	92	16.8%	106	19.1%	82	14.9%	71	13.5%	93	16.5%	90	16.3%
Grade 1:	99	17.4%	111	20.3%	79	14.2%	85	15.5%	88	16.8%	102	18.1%	98	17.8%
Grade 2:	107	18.8%	80	14.6%	95	17.1%	91	16.5%	95	18.1%	108	19.1%	100	18.1%
Grade 3:	75	13.2%	86	15.7%	88	15.8%	97	17.6%	90	17.2%	101	17.9%	96	17.4%
Grade 4:	77	13.5%	86	15.7%	89	16.0%	96	17.5%	92	17.6%	82	14.5%	86	15.6%
Grade 5:	88	15.4%	92	16.8%	99	17.8%	99	18.0%	88	16.8%	78	13.8%	82	14.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	295	51.8%	294	53.7%	312	56.1%	315	57.3%	306	58.4%	304	53.9%	298	54.0%
Female:	275	48.2%	253	46.3%	244	43.9%	235	42.7%	210	40.1%	252	44.7%	250	45.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%
Asian:	28	4.9%	29	5.3%	28	5.0%	25	4.5%	34	6.5%	37	6.6%	36	6.5%
Hispanic:	255	44.7%	227	41.5%	230	41.4%	210	38.2%	177	33.8%	224	39.7%	192	34.8%
Black:	101	17.7%	106	19.4%	101	18.2%	125	22.7%	142	27.1%	116	20.6%	125	22.6%
White:	138	24.2%	140	25.6%	152	27.3%	163	29.6%	168	32.1%	185	32.8%	197	35.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.7%	5	0.9%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	42	7.4%	39	7.1%	40	7.2%	24	4.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	309	54.2%	308	56.3%	295	53.1%	289	52.5%	221	42.2%	222	39.4%	183	33.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	37	6.5%	48	8.8%	46	8.3%	37	6.7%	45	8.6%	64	11.3%	47	8.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.55		20.00		19.27		18.97		18.13		19.70		20.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	41	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	51	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	48	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	48	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	46	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	45	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	43	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	47	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	46	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	45	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	46	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	49	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	46	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	49	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	30	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35	28	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	26	26	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	27	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	28	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	29	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	29	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	28	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	42	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	48	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	52	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	49	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	51	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	51	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	51	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	43	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	40	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	44	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	39	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	40	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	40	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	43	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	41	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	31	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	24	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	24	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	23	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	30	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	31	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	35	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	39	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	47	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	43	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	46	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	51	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	48	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	52	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	46	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	51	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	49	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	48	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	51	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	46	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	14	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	22	19	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	22	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	27	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	15	23	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	20	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	36	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	37	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	32	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	34	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	39	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	42	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	41	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	40	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48.7	47.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55.1	48.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52.6	51.5	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59.1	48.7	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37.2	34.9	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44.8	30.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63.9	49.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	51.7	51.5	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	54.9	43.7	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	46.6	43.5	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40.2	30.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36.3	33.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.3	47.6	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	60.9	42.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.1	47.9	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64.4	47.8	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.5	25.5	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30.3	23.6	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	42.6	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.6	37.6	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.3%	60.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.7%	40.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.1%	36.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.9%	63.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,309.0	$51,461.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,071.0	$38,816.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,579.0	$58,781.0

* Vassar Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.