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Big Thompson Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7702 West Hwy 34

Loveland CO, 80538, Larimer County

Phone: 970-613-5600

Ranking:

(509 out of 1,246, top 41%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Thompson School District R-2J

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:	11		10		11		11		12		12		13
Total Students:	184		171		185		206		183		178		192
Kindergarten:	28	15.2%	21	12.3%	28	15.1%	25	12.1%	33	18.0%	21	11.8%	21	10.9%
Grade 1:	29	15.8%	30	17.5%	32	17.3%	44	21.4%	23	12.6%	24	13.5%	35	18.2%
Grade 2:	30	16.3%	32	18.7%	39	21.1%	33	16.0%	26	14.2%	31	17.4%	34	17.7%
Grade 3:	33	17.9%	35	20.5%	30	16.2%	31	15.0%	31	16.9%	33	18.5%	35	18.2%
Grade 4:	38	20.7%	29	17.0%	27	14.6%	32	15.5%	34	18.6%	36	20.2%	33	17.2%
Grade 5:	26	14.1%	24	14.0%	29	15.7%	41	19.9%	36	19.7%	33	18.5%	34	17.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	102	55.4%	96	56.1%	99	53.5%	102	49.5%	90	49.2%	87	48.9%	95	49.5%
Female:	82	44.6%	75	43.9%	86	46.5%	104	50.5%	85	46.4%	83	46.6%	93	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	1	0.5%
Asian:	7	3.8%	6	3.5%	8	4.3%	3	1.5%	5	2.7%	3	1.7%	3	1.6%
Hispanic:	7	3.8%	9	5.3%	5	2.7%	11	5.3%	8	4.4%	7	3.9%	4	2.1%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	169	91.8%	156	91.2%	171	92.4%	191	92.7%	170	92.9%	167	93.8%	184	95.8%
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:	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	62	33.7%	33	19.3%	35	18.9%	44	21.4%	27	14.8%	24	13.5%	29	15.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	6	3.3%	9	5.3%	5	2.7%	8	3.9%	1	0.5%	7	3.9%	13	6.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.46		16.75		17.16		18.26		15.79		14.70		15.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	69	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	74	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	71	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	71	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	77	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	76	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	79	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	76	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	78	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	73	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	74	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	76	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	78	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	57	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	63	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	59	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	53	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	52	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	56	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	59	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	67	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	71	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	68	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	76	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	74	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	73	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	73	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	76	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	76	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	70	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	71	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	59	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	59	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	59	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	51	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	58	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	50	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	54	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	60	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	65	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	63	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	67	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	63	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	64	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	64	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	68	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	69	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	75	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	73	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	77	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	75	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	77	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	73	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	75	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	46	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	51	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	57	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	55	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	52	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	61	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	62	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	69	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	61	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	63	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	64	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	57	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	64	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82.7	77.6	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86.1	74.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79.3	77.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77.8	74.2	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48.3	60.5	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66.7	56.6	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	79.2	76.3	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65.5	72.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	74.9	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.4	72.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45.8	54.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	48.3	56.7	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.1	65.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.3	67.8	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.8	77.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79.2	77.1	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51.6	52.6	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	70.8	54.1	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	54.9	62.8	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.0	60.5	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.7%	55.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA	44.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%	55.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%	44.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,583.0	$42,626.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,417.0	$36,790.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,748.0	$49,921.0

* Big Thompson Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.