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Altona Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4600 Clover Basin Dr

Longmont CO, 80503, Boulder County

Phone: 720-494-3980

Ranking:

(78 out of 1,246, top 6%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: St. Vrain Valley School District RE 1J

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		34		31		33		33		31		32
Total Students:	756		711		636		643		611		577		676
Grade 6:	252	33.3%	251	35.3%	203	31.9%	192	29.9%	199	32.6%	221	38.3%	177	26.2%
Grade 7:	261	34.5%	227	31.9%	206	32.4%	220	34.2%	233	38.1%	179	31.0%	167	24.7%
Grade 8:	243	32.1%	233	32.8%	227	35.7%	231	35.9%	179	29.3%	177	30.7%	178	26.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	380	50.3%	351	49.4%	323	50.8%	335	52.1%	323	52.9%	290	50.3%	337	49.9%
Female:	376	49.7%	360	50.6%	313	49.2%	308	47.9%	280	45.8%	279	48.4%	335	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	5	0.9%	4	0.6%
Asian:	70	9.3%	61	8.6%	50	7.9%	47	7.3%	57	9.3%	50	8.7%	47	7.0%
Hispanic:	120	15.9%	94	13.2%	81	12.7%	67	10.4%	67	11.0%	64	11.1%	76	11.2%
Black:	9	1.2%	10	1.4%	7	1.1%	11	1.7%	12	2.0%	14	2.4%	22	3.3%
White:	542	71.7%	530	74.5%	481	75.6%	498	77.4%	473	77.4%	444	76.9%	527	78.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	12	1.6%	13	1.8%	14	2.2%	17	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	161	21.3%	117	16.5%	99	15.6%	82	12.8%	75	12.3%	61	10.6%	85	12.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	2.1%	16	2.3%	18	2.8%	16	2.5%	13	2.1%	9	1.6%	17	2.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.71		20.81		20.41		19.26		18.52		18.90		21.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	69	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	68	65
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	70	70
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	47	44
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	57	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	59	59
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	67	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	65	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	65	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	61	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	63	63
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	73	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	72	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	73	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	75	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	74	71
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	63	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	62	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	61	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	57	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	65	62
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	79	60	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	52	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	77	60	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	77	53	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	81	59	53
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	69	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	72	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	89	70	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	71	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	91	73	67
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	87	65	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	78	63	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	85	66	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	60	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	87	65	59
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	72	52	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	57	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	73	57	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	58	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	79	59	51
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	85	69	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	91	71	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	79	70	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	87	73	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	89	72	67
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	77	58	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	75	53	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	62	52	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	74	54	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	75	58	49
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	75	57	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	89	60	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	75	60	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	77	60	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	60	55
TCAP
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	85.3	59.8	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	83.2	63.3	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94.9	75.3	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89.6	76.3	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78.8	56.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78.4	62.4	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	82.0	57.4	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	82.2	58.4	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	84.9	72.1	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	89.8	73.3	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	83.0	67.1	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	88.0	66.2	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	75.6	56.2	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	80.0	57.9	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	86.7	73.5	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	88.1	73.7	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	73.3	55.6	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	73.2	58.1	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	78.2	60.6	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	83.4	64.4	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	45.2%	55.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	54.8%	44.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	74.2%	77.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	25.8%	22.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,882.0	$39,333.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,315.0	$35,582.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,262.0	$52,463.0

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