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Boston K-8 School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1365 Jamaica St

Aurora CO, 80010, Arapahoe County

Phone: 303-364-6878

Ranking:

(1,169 out of 1,246, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J

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:	29		30		26		23		21		17		11
Total Students:	474		489		504		447		375		321		163
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	1.6%	8	1.8%	13	3.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	55	11.6%	66	13.5%	65	12.9%	54	12.1%	43	11.5%	48	15.0%	36	22.1%
Grade 1:	55	11.6%	70	14.3%	56	11.1%	55	12.3%	58	15.5%	55	17.1%	42	25.8%
Grade 2:	70	14.8%	51	10.4%	60	11.9%	72	16.1%	48	12.8%	44	13.7%	22	13.5%
Grade 3:	45	9.5%	60	12.3%	73	14.5%	49	11.0%	49	13.1%	37	11.5%	31	19.0%
Grade 4:	55	11.6%	61	12.5%	51	10.1%	47	10.5%	46	12.3%	47	14.6%	32	19.6%
Grade 5:	49	10.3%	49	10.0%	58	11.5%	43	9.6%	46	12.3%	50	15.6%	NA	NA
Grade 6:	56	11.8%	53	10.8%	48	9.5%	45	10.1%	37	9.9%	40	12.5%	NA	NA
Grade 7:	51	10.8%	41	8.4%	51	10.1%	38	8.5%	35	9.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	38	8.0%	38	7.8%	34	6.7%	36	8.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	232	48.9%	246	50.3%	257	51.0%	224	50.1%	180	48.0%	160	49.8%	82	50.3%
Female:	242	51.1%	243	49.7%	247	49.0%	223	49.9%	187	49.9%	153	47.7%	77	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	2	0.6%	1	0.6%
Asian:	73	15.4%	71	14.5%	66	13.1%	37	8.3%	21	5.6%	9	2.8%	1	0.6%
Hispanic:	310	65.4%	321	65.6%	356	70.6%	332	74.3%	289	77.1%	267	83.2%	139	85.3%
Black:	63	13.3%	67	13.7%	54	10.7%	62	13.9%	45	12.0%	29	9.0%	8	4.9%
White:	15	3.2%	16	3.3%	14	2.8%	12	2.7%	18	4.8%	14	4.4%	14	8.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	9	1.9%	9	1.8%	11	2.2%	4	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	386	81.4%	410	83.8%	361	71.6%	384	85.9%	318	84.8%	286	89.1%	144	88.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	13	2.7%	11	2.2%	25	5.0%	24	5.4%	18	4.8%	16	5.0%	8	4.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.49		16.19		19.70		19.35		17.87		19.00		14.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	41	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	51	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	48	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	48	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	46	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	45	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	43	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	47	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	46	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	45	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	46	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	49	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	46	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	49	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25	30	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35	28	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24	26	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13	27	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	28	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	14	29	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28	29	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	23	28	51
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	49	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	51	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	51	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	51	71
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	40	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	40	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	43	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	41	66
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	30	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	9	31	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	35	56
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	48	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	52	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	46	66
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	27	46	69
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	6	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	9	23	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	2	20	46
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	42	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	41	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	18	40	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	35	49	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	23	47	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	49	46	63
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	30	50	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	26	50	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	45	52	71
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	30	40	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	21	36	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	33	46	62
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	8	33	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	13	33	53
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	23	48	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	21	47	67
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	13	36	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	13	38	59
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	11	35	51
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	26	48	67
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	11	27	49
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	11	30	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57.0	47.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35.2	48.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54.2	51.5	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35.8	48.7	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24.7	34.9	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	14.9	30.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	49.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48.3	51.5	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	27.5	43.7	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	30.4	43.5	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	11.8	30.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	21.4	33.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	32.7	47.6	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	23.4	42.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	23.6	47.9	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	31.9	47.8	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	7.3	25.5	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	8.5	23.6	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	23.6	42.6	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25.5	37.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	30.7	42.3	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	31.5	41.4	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	30.8	50.0	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	44.4	54.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	21.2	38.5	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	27.8	40.3	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	28	32.7	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	12.2	31.3	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	30	49.9	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	19.5	45.6	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	28	45.5	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	19.5	42.5	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	5.3	33.2	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	17.9	32.7	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	26.3	44.0	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	25.6	47.1	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	5.3	29.2	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	12.9	31.3	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	10.5	33.9	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	25.6	39.7	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%	63.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.0%	36.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.0%	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.0%	81.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,964.0	$55,042.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,096.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,254.0	$58,762.0

* Boston K-8 School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.