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Buena Vista Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

924 West Pikes Peak Ave

Colorado Springs CO, 80905, El Paso County

Phone: 719-328-4100

Ranking:

(721 out of 1,246, bottom 42%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Colorado Springs School District 11

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:	14		14		14		13		12		13		14
Total Students:	265		257		221		201		174		213		218
Prekindergarten:	49	18.5%	47	18.3%	46	20.8%	38	18.9%	23	13.2%	24	11.3%	22	10.1%
Kindergarten:	50	18.9%	51	19.8%	50	22.6%	41	20.4%	33	19.0%	43	20.2%	42	19.3%
Grade 1:	41	15.5%	46	17.9%	31	14.0%	30	14.9%	34	19.5%	27	12.7%	29	13.3%
Grade 2:	41	15.5%	32	12.5%	34	15.4%	28	13.9%	21	12.1%	25	11.7%	35	16.1%
Grade 3:	29	10.9%	33	12.8%	25	11.3%	22	10.9%	20	11.5%	33	15.5%	35	16.1%
Grade 4:	29	10.9%	22	8.6%	17	7.7%	18	9.0%	25	14.4%	35	16.4%	32	14.7%
Grade 5:	19	7.2%	22	8.6%	18	8.1%	24	11.9%	18	10.3%	26	12.2%	23	10.6%
Grade 6:	7	2.6%	4	1.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	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:	132	49.8%	117	45.5%	107	48.4%	105	52.2%	92	52.9%	105	49.3%	121	55.5%
Female:	133	50.2%	140	54.5%	114	51.6%	96	47.8%	74	42.5%	100	46.9%	93	42.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	1.1%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%
Asian:	4	1.5%	4	1.6%	5	2.3%	4	2.0%	5	2.9%	6	2.8%	6	2.8%
Hispanic:	34	12.8%	30	11.7%	28	12.7%	27	13.4%	18	10.3%	28	13.1%	40	18.3%
Black:	6	2.3%	1	0.4%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	7	4.0%	14	6.6%	11	5.0%
White:	199	75.1%	202	78.6%	169	76.5%	154	76.6%	142	81.6%	164	77.0%	160	73.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.4%	2	0.8%	2	0.9%	2	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	7.5%	17	6.6%	16	7.2%	13	6.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	37	14.0%	40	15.6%	32	14.5%	38	18.9%	36	20.7%	84	39.4%	77	35.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	6.0%	15	5.8%	13	5.9%	9	4.5%	7	4.0%	9	4.2%	18	8.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.40		18.49		15.63		15.70		14.62		15.90		15.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	73	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	73	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	70	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	73	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	73	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	70	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	70	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	70	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	71	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	72	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	75	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	69	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	74	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	49	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	58	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	56	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	56	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	54	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	56	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	54	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	50	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	67	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	71	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	72	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	68	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	70	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	71	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	61	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	64	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	69	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	67	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	67	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	68	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	65	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	65	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	52	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	23	52	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	50	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	50	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	54	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	55	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	52	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	55	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	56	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	63	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	65	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	65	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	66	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	64	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	64	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	65	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	68	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	69	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	70	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	74	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	71	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	72	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	67	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	35	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	41	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	42	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	41	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	45	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	43	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	54	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	59	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	59	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	57	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	64	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	61	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	59	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	59	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.0	74.0	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74.2	75.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87.5	73.5	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93.5	72.2	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58.4	52.8	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48.4	47.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	73.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	77.3	72.7	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	66.8	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.7	67.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	44.4	48.1	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	51.2	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	41.2	65.8	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.4	65.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70.6	68.9	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.5	70.8	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.1	43.5	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.7	44.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.8	57.0	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61.9	55.5	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	26.7%	40.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	73.3%	60.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	73.3%	53.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	26.7%	46.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,967.0	$46,468.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$47,750.0	$46,959.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,564.0	$45,908.0

* Buena Vista Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.