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Buffalo Ridge Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7075 North Shoreham Dr

Castle Rock CO, 80108, Douglas County

Phone: 303-387-5575

Ranking:

(98 out of 1,246, top 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Douglas County School District RE-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:	28		26		26		26		29		30		32
Total Students:	511		501		488		505		543		558		542
Kindergarten:	60	11.7%	54	10.8%	59	12.1%	66	13.1%	63	11.6%	88	15.8%	85	15.7%
Grade 1:	62	12.1%	80	16.0%	68	13.9%	76	15.0%	99	18.2%	92	16.5%	85	15.7%
Grade 2:	91	17.8%	79	15.8%	78	16.0%	93	18.4%	85	15.7%	94	16.8%	71	13.1%
Grade 3:	90	17.6%	85	17.0%	91	18.6%	86	17.0%	96	17.7%	73	13.1%	115	21.2%
Grade 4:	101	19.8%	102	20.4%	89	18.2%	100	19.8%	80	14.7%	125	22.4%	86	15.9%
Grade 5:	107	20.9%	101	20.2%	103	21.1%	84	16.6%	120	22.1%	86	15.4%	100	18.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	278	54.4%	265	52.9%	251	51.4%	263	52.1%	285	52.5%	292	52.3%	278	51.3%
Female:	233	45.6%	236	47.1%	237	48.6%	242	47.9%	250	46.0%	258	46.2%	260	48.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%
Asian:	12	2.3%	11	2.2%	10	2.0%	9	1.8%	13	2.4%	18	3.2%	17	3.1%
Hispanic:	38	7.4%	35	7.0%	32	6.6%	30	5.9%	28	5.2%	22	3.9%	23	4.2%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	8	1.5%	7	1.3%	7	1.3%
White:	446	87.3%	443	88.4%	418	85.7%	447	88.5%	493	90.8%	509	91.2%	492	90.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	2.7%	12	2.4%	23	4.7%	15	3.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	25	4.9%	15	3.0%	19	3.9%	19	3.8%	9	1.7%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	6	1.2%	6	1.2%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.31		19.12		18.77		19.80		18.66		18.70		16.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	85	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	82	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	82	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	83	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	83	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	82	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	83	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	70	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	66	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	68	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	63	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	83	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	85	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	96	86	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	83	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	84	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	79	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	83	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	79	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	78	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	67	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	68	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	65	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	64	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	72	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	73	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	79	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	82	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	82	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	81	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	80	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	81	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	80	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	84	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	86	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	84	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	86	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	82	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	52	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	57	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	60	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	59	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	70	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	74	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	77	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	76	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	72	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	73	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	74	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	77	56
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	86	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	85	67
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	75	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	77	59
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94.7	81.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94.2	81.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88.2	82.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88.3	81.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84.9	62.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72.1	62.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.2	84.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92.9	83.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89.6	80.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89.9	79.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	81.4	64.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.8	66.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	89.2	78.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.7	79.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.1	84.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89.8	82.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	79.4	62.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.4	62.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80.3	72.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80.6	71.1	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	35.7%	57.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	64.3%	42.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	15.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	92.9%	84.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,204.0	$46,219.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	$37,037.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,322.0	$47,889.0

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