Blue Heron Elementary School
5987 West Dorado Dr Littleton CO, 80123, Jefferson County Phone: 303-982-2770 Ranking: (353 out of 1,246, top 28%)* Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6 School District: Jefferson County School District R-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: | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | |||||||
Total Students: | 545 | 556 | 514 | 515 | 496 | 528 | 517 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 50 | 9.2% | 55 | 9.9% | 59 | 11.5% | 61 | 11.8% | 55 | 11.1% | 58 | 11.0% | 81 | 15.7% |
Kindergarten: | 79 | 14.5% | 94 | 16.9% | 66 | 12.8% | 77 | 15.0% | 72 | 14.5% | 65 | 12.3% | 61 | 11.8% |
Grade 1: | 90 | 16.5% | 63 | 11.3% | 82 | 16.0% | 69 | 13.4% | 64 | 12.9% | 72 | 13.6% | 78 | 15.1% |
Grade 2: | 60 | 11.0% | 83 | 14.9% | 66 | 12.8% | 62 | 12.0% | 69 | 13.9% | 76 | 14.4% | 51 | 9.9% |
Grade 3: | 74 | 13.6% | 71 | 12.8% | 62 | 12.1% | 61 | 11.8% | 70 | 14.1% | 52 | 9.8% | 70 | 13.5% |
Grade 4: | 68 | 12.5% | 58 | 10.4% | 59 | 11.5% | 68 | 13.2% | 52 | 10.5% | 73 | 13.8% | 56 | 10.8% |
Grade 5: | 58 | 10.6% | 66 | 11.9% | 68 | 13.2% | 52 | 10.1% | 64 | 12.9% | 53 | 10.0% | 76 | 14.7% |
Grade 6: | 66 | 12.1% | 66 | 11.9% | 52 | 10.1% | 65 | 12.6% | 50 | 10.1% | 79 | 15.0% | 44 | 8.5% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 286 | 52.5% | 277 | 49.8% | 243 | 47.3% | 253 | 49.1% | 245 | 49.4% | 253 | 47.9% | 262 | 50.7% |
Female: | 259 | 47.5% | 279 | 50.2% | 271 | 52.7% | 262 | 50.9% | 243 | 49.0% | 267 | 50.6% | 251 | 48.5% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.6% |
Asian: | 80 | 14.7% | 73 | 13.1% | 64 | 12.5% | 70 | 13.6% | 69 | 13.9% | 74 | 14.0% | 69 | 13.3% |
Hispanic: | 91 | 16.7% | 104 | 18.7% | 98 | 19.1% | 98 | 19.0% | 80 | 16.1% | 79 | 15.0% | 76 | 14.7% |
Black: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.8% | 7 | 1.4% |
White: | 354 | 65.0% | 360 | 64.7% | 337 | 65.6% | 333 | 64.7% | 340 | 68.5% | 371 | 70.3% | 362 | 70.0% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 16 | 2.9% | 18 | 3.2% | 12 | 2.3% | 11 | 2.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 75 | 13.8% | 71 | 12.8% | 51 | 9.9% | 57 | 11.1% | 39 | 7.9% | 30 | 5.7% | 32 | 6.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 20 | 3.7% | 16 | 2.9% | 14 | 2.7% | 15 | 2.9% | 17 | 3.4% | 25 | 4.7% | 19 | 3.7% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.79 | 20.98 | 19.77 | 19.94 | 18.37 | 19.30 | 18.90 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CSAP | ||||||
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 84 | 74 | 68 |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 87 | 75 | 71 |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 78 | 72 | 68 |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 70 | 74 | 70 |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 83 | 76 | 69 |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 85 | 74 | 71 |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 95 | 75 | 69 |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 80 | 76 | 72 |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 82 | 75 | 71 |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 76 | 77 | 71 |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 76 | 77 | 71 |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 87 | 79 | 73 |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 86 | 77 | 70 |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 89 | 80 | 73 |
2004 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 56 | 62 | 52 |
2005 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 55 | 66 | 56 |
2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 67 | 61 | 52 |
2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 71 | 63 | 55 |
2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 60 | 59 | 50 |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 68 | 63 | 53 |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 73 | 57 | 51 |
2011 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 75 | 60 | 51 |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 78 | 73 | 66 |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 79 | 73 | 69 |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 77 | 74 | 70 |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 80 | 72 | 68 |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 79 | 72 | 71 |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 88 | 75 | 70 |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 95 | 75 | 71 |
2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 72 | 71 | 63 |
2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 79 | 71 | 64 |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 69 | 74 | 67 |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 74 | 71 | 64 |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 71 | 73 | 66 |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 69 | 71 | 65 |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 73 | 76 | 65 |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 84 | 73 | 66 |
2004 | Writing | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 57 | 63 | 53 |
2005 | Writing | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 67 | 63 | 52 |
2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 70 | 60 | 50 |
2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 64 | 58 | 49 |
2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 73 | 60 | 52 |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 55 | 58 | 51 |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 64 | 58 | 51 |
2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 77 | 63 | 56 |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 73 | 67 | 58 |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 57 | 69 | 63 |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 62 | 70 | 65 |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 50 | 66 | 65 |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 59 | 70 | 65 |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 70 | 67 | 63 |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 65 | 70 | 65 |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 74 | 71 | 66 |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 86 | 76 | 69 |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 81 | 75 | 69 |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 78 | 75 | 69 |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 65 | 74 | 68 |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 82 | 77 | 70 |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 73 | 74 | 69 |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 68 | 75 | 70 |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 74 | 77 | 69 |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 49 | 42 | 37 |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 49 | 48 | 41 |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 39 | 52 | 44 |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 41 | 51 | 45 |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 43 | 57 | 47 |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 56 | 58 | 46 |
2004 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 69 | 64 | 55 |
2005 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 57 | 65 | 58 |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 70 | 68 | 60 |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 51 | 62 | 57 |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 74 | 66 | 59 |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 66 | 63 | 58 |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 50 | 62 | 58 |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 68 | 66 | 61 |
2004 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 78 | 66 | 53 |
2005 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 63 | 67 | 56 |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 58 | 66 | 56 |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 59 | 68 | 60 |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 62 | 67 | 61 |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 82 | 70 | 63 |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 82 | 69 | 62 |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 77 | 71 | 63 |
2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 96 | 77 | 67 |
2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 83 | 78 | 67 |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 90 | 77 | 69 |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 81 | 79 | 71 |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 80 | 80 | 71 |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 92 | 81 | 72 |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 87 | 81 | 72 |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 78 | 82 | 71 |
2004 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 92 | 68 | 56 |
2005 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 74 | 70 | 59 |
2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 85 | 69 | 59 |
2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 72 | 67 | 60 |
2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 73 | 68 | 59 |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 78 | 70 | 60 |
2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 75 | 66 | 57 |
2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 76 | 71 | 62 |
TCAP | ||||||
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 72.6 | 74.9 | 71.0 |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 81.7 | 73.7 | 72.3 |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 74.2 | 80.3 | 73.9 |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 78.8 | 79.6 | 73.3 |
2012 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 54.9 | 58.4 | 52.5 |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % Proficient | 50.7 | 56.4 | 50.9 |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 93.2 | 76.8 | 71.5 |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 79.3 | 76.8 | 71.7 |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 81.4 | 75.2 | 67.0 |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 75.9 | 76.0 | 67.9 |
2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 64.4 | 55.6 | 49.3 |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % Proficient | 53.5 | 58.0 | 53.1 |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 77.3 | 68.3 | 64.5 |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 78.5 | 70.4 | 65.3 |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 86.3 | 76.7 | 69.4 |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 78.4 | 77.7 | 70.3 |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 60.6 | 58.9 | 48.5 |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 58.5 | 59.2 | 48.5 |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 80.4 | 63.4 | 58.4 |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 69.2 | 62.6 | 57.2 |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 90.2 | 71.2 | 61.3 |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 77.2 | 69.6 | 62.0 |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 96.0 | 84.4 | 73.1 |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 87.8 | 83.1 | 72.9 |
2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 84.3 | 64.9 | 56.1 |
2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 69.7 | 67.4 | 57.6 |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | 2006 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 52.2% | 55.0% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 47.8% | 45.0% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 8.0 years | 9.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 43.5% | 35.0% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 56.5% | 65.0% |
Mean Base Salary: | $43,176.0 | $43,828.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $34,396.0 | $32,254.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $49,930.0 | $50,061.0 |
* Blue Heron Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.