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American Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6971 Mira Vista Ln

Castle Rock CO, 80108, Douglas County

Phone: 720-292-5200

Ranking:

(56 out of 1,246, top 4%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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:	88		53		50		43		47		33		32
Total Students:	1,549		921		892		885		817		533		518
Kindergarten:	217	14.0%	115	12.5%	115	12.9%	115	13.0%	113	13.8%	52	9.8%	55	10.6%
Grade 1:	216	13.9%	112	12.2%	111	12.4%	108	12.2%	104	12.7%	69	12.9%	69	13.3%
Grade 2:	218	14.1%	113	12.3%	110	12.3%	108	12.2%	104	12.7%	69	12.9%	91	17.6%
Grade 3:	218	14.1%	113	12.3%	111	12.4%	109	12.3%	105	12.9%	88	16.5%	89	17.2%
Grade 4:	211	13.6%	112	12.2%	108	12.1%	107	12.1%	109	13.3%	84	15.8%	71	13.7%
Grade 5:	168	10.8%	104	11.3%	104	11.7%	104	11.8%	100	12.2%	75	14.1%	51	9.8%
Grade 6:	143	9.2%	92	10.0%	89	10.0%	90	10.2%	84	10.3%	46	8.6%	44	8.5%
Grade 7:	87	5.6%	82	8.9%	84	9.4%	82	9.3%	68	8.3%	29	5.4%	31	6.0%
Grade 8:	71	4.6%	78	8.5%	60	6.7%	62	7.0%	30	3.7%	21	3.9%	17	3.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	759	49.0%	443	48.1%	429	48.1%	431	48.7%	399	48.8%	264	49.5%	271	52.3%
Female:	790	51.0%	478	51.9%	463	51.9%	454	51.3%	410	50.2%	261	49.0%	243	46.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	5	0.6%	6	1.1%	0	0.0%
Asian:	131	8.5%	52	5.6%	51	5.7%	60	6.8%	74	9.1%	56	10.5%	42	8.1%
Hispanic:	117	7.6%	65	7.1%	68	7.6%	58	6.6%	26	3.2%	19	3.6%	21	4.1%
Black:	12	0.8%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	4	0.5%	5	0.9%	5	1.0%
White:	1,225	79.1%	768	83.4%	736	82.5%	737	83.3%	708	86.7%	447	83.9%	450	86.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.1%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	4	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	60	3.9%	30	3.3%	32	3.6%	21	2.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	22	1.4%	19	2.1%	9	1.0%	13	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	1.0%	3	0.3%	6	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.52		17.46		17.89		20.40		17.46		16.20		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	82	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	82	69
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	82	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	83	73
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	68	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	63	51
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	86	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	83	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	84	71
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	79	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	78	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	79	66
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	64	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	72	56
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	82	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	81	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	80	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	81	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	80	66
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	84	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	86	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	82	69
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	57	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	60	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	59	46
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	76	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	72	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	73	61
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	79	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	80	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	82	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	79	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	79	63
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	87	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	88	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	89	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	86	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	86	71
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	79	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	78	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	82	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	73	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	78	62
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	94	69	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	79	65	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	96	75	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	68	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	88	70	53
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	95	81	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	93	80	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	100	82	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	82	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	94	79	67
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	89	75	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	82	72	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	100	77	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	85	74	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	73	59
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	66	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	89	66	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	90	68	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	92	67	51
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	82	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	95	77	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	80	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	95	79	67
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	94	59	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	95	62	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	80	60	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	60	49
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	67	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	94	66	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	90	68	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	91	69	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89.1	81.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91.1	81.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96.4	82.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87.5	81.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79.1	62.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70.5	62.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92.5	84.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92.0	83.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	92.5	80.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	91.1	79.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	83.2	64.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	84.8	66.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	92.4	78.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91.3	79.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95.2	84.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92.3	82.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	89.4	62.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	87.5	62.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	90.4	72.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77.9	71.1	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	87.2	77.9	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	93.5	76.8	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	96.5	87.2	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98.9	86.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87.3	72.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	92.4	73.1	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	86.8	70.3	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	86.3	68.3	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	96.4	81.3	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	98.8	79.0	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	91.6	75.9	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	96.3	74.4	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	93.0	67.5	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	84.6	66.5	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	98.2	78.2	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	93.6	80.0	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	93.0	59.5	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	84.4	63.0	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	89.4	67.3	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	89.7	68.7	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	77.8%	62.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	22.2%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	2.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	37.0%	100.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	63.0%	0.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$31,180.0	$34,625.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,080.0	$34,625.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$32,415.0	NA

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