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Bessemer Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1125 East Routt Ave

Pueblo CO, 81004, Pueblo County

Phone: 719-549-7505

Ranking:

(986 out of 1,246, bottom 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Pueblo City School District 60

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:	33		31		33		29		27		33		32
Total Students:	452		465		439		431		421		402		473
Prekindergarten:	28	6.2%	28	6.0%	24	5.5%	24	5.6%	30	7.1%	32	8.0%	31	6.6%
Kindergarten:	62	13.7%	42	9.0%	60	13.7%	61	14.2%	47	11.2%	45	11.2%	53	11.2%
Grade 1:	45	10.0%	62	13.3%	60	13.7%	55	12.8%	46	10.9%	59	14.7%	66	14.0%
Grade 2:	65	14.4%	69	14.8%	58	13.2%	50	11.6%	63	15.0%	64	15.9%	61	12.9%
Grade 3:	53	11.7%	50	10.8%	43	9.8%	62	14.4%	57	13.5%	57	14.2%	69	14.6%
Grade 4:	41	9.1%	48	10.3%	61	13.9%	56	13.0%	46	10.9%	48	11.9%	51	10.8%
Grade 5:	52	11.5%	57	12.3%	62	14.1%	44	10.2%	49	11.6%	44	10.9%	47	9.9%
Grade 6:	47	10.4%	51	11.0%	26	5.9%	29	6.7%	29	6.9%	18	4.5%	43	9.1%
Grade 7:	30	6.6%	29	6.2%	24	5.5%	24	5.6%	25	5.9%	18	4.5%	27	5.7%
Grade 8:	29	6.4%	29	6.2%	21	4.8%	26	6.0%	29	6.9%	17	4.2%	25	5.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	226	50.0%	221	47.5%	211	48.1%	216	50.1%	196	46.6%	193	48.0%	229	48.4%
Female:	226	50.0%	244	52.5%	228	51.9%	215	49.9%	217	51.5%	201	50.0%	240	50.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.7%	6	1.3%	4	0.9%	5	1.2%	5	1.2%	9	2.2%	13	2.7%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	360	79.6%	374	80.4%	368	83.8%	341	79.1%	330	78.4%	322	80.1%	378	79.9%
Black:	17	3.8%	11	2.4%	9	2.1%	18	4.2%	20	4.8%	15	3.7%	21	4.4%
White:	65	14.4%	72	15.5%	56	12.8%	66	15.3%	66	15.7%	56	13.9%	61	12.9%
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:	7	1.5%	2	0.4%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	399	88.3%	390	83.9%	358	81.5%	361	83.8%	320	76.0%	312	77.6%	376	79.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	2.7%	26	5.6%	29	6.6%	15	3.5%	49	11.6%	51	12.7%	43	9.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.79		15.00		13.38		14.98		15.85		12.20		14.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	76	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	73	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	76	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	75	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	72	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	65	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	84	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	78	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	80	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	76	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	78	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	72	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	76	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	59	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	61	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	52	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	56	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38	48	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	54	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	48	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	48	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	77	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	76	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	77	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	69	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	76	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	68	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	67	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	67	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	69	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	73	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	67	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	66	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	67	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	65	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	63	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	55	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	59	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	52	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	49	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	49	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	51	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	23	45	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	35	50	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	63	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	68	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	69	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	60	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	55	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	59	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	58	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	69	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	69	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	73	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	69	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	68	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	66	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	62	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	14	30	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	38	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	27	31	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	13	32	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	18	33	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	9	32	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	53	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	56	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	64	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	59	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	59	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	53	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	53	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	53	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	48	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	54	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	49	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	46	46	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	45	48	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	46	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	30	43	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	20	47	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	63	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	60	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	64	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	63	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	45	62	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	63	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	43	63	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	44	59	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	51	48	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	51	52	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	47	51	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	38	51	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	40	50	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	49	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	33	45	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	16	49	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	42	39	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	39	33	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	48	32	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	60	35	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	20	28	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	45	36	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	21	24	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	4	30	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	67	55	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	52	52	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	62	55	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	60	53	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	62	53	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	65	59	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	61	59	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	17	53	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	55	46	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	43	46	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	45	47	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	55	48	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	38	47	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	45	54	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	47	44	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	22	46	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	34	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	36	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	33	25	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	28	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	32	25	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	59	32	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	24	29	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	51	27	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	60	55	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	55	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	72	54	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	52	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	55	54	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	88	57	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	36	60	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	52	52	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	37	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	33	39	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	28	36	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	39	35	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	23	24	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	34	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	12	33	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	19	30	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	40	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	48	44	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	38	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	30	39	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	23	40	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	44	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	24	47	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	48	41	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40.0	70.4	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55.8	67.8	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57.8	77.5	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65.4	74.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24.4	52.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25.0	46.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	35.2	66.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	28.8	61.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	65.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	44.2	63.6	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33.3	43.1	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	28.8	47.2	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	22.9	54.9	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.6	55.5	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	36.1	65.0	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	66.5	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	14.7	33.1	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	12.5	31.8	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	29.5	51.5	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.6	49.3	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	26.9	38.6	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	22.4	47.3	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	60.9	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	38.8	66.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	34.6	39.1	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	24.5	47.0	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	16.7	28.7	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	18.5	31.9	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	37.5	57.8	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	37.0	55.6	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	41.7	49.1	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	37.0	48.0	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	9.0	26.9	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	14.8	28.5	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	58.7	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	29.6	56.5	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	13.6	26.8	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	14.8	33.3	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	27.3	42.8	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	29.6	43.2	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	35.5%	32.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	64.5%	64.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	16.1%	22.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	83.9%	77.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,387.0	$45,690.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,883.0	$36,316.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,215.0	$48,424.0

* Bessemer 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.