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Cactus Valley Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

222 Grand Ave

Silt CO, 81652, Garfield County

Phone: 970-665-7850

Ranking:

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

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Garfield School District RE-2

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:	22		23		25		24		25		27		24
Total Students:	413		396		409		411		442		431		456
Prekindergarten:	29	7.0%	29	7.3%	30	7.3%	27	6.6%	29	6.6%	28	6.5%	25	5.5%
Kindergarten:	85	20.6%	67	16.9%	80	19.6%	69	16.8%	75	17.0%	78	18.1%	74	16.2%
Grade 1:	71	17.2%	88	22.2%	70	17.1%	71	17.3%	85	19.2%	83	19.3%	68	14.9%
Grade 2:	88	21.3%	73	18.4%	70	17.1%	86	20.9%	80	18.1%	84	19.5%	81	17.8%
Grade 3:	71	17.2%	62	15.7%	81	19.8%	80	19.5%	81	18.3%	84	19.5%	71	15.6%
Grade 4:	69	16.7%	77	19.4%	78	19.1%	78	19.0%	92	20.8%	74	17.2%	71	15.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	221	53.5%	214	54.0%	218	53.3%	213	51.8%	226	51.1%	223	51.7%	228	50.0%
Female:	192	46.5%	182	46.0%	191	46.7%	198	48.2%	208	47.1%	200	46.4%	224	49.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	2.7%	10	2.5%	7	1.7%	9	2.2%	5	1.1%	10	2.3%	9	2.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	4	1.0%	2	0.5%	4	0.9%	6	1.4%	4	0.9%
Hispanic:	125	30.3%	119	30.1%	134	32.8%	135	32.8%	164	37.1%	162	37.6%	178	39.0%
Black:	4	1.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.7%	7	1.6%	3	0.7%	2	0.4%
White:	262	63.4%	252	63.6%	255	62.3%	257	62.5%	262	59.3%	250	58.0%	263	57.7%
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:	11	2.7%	13	3.3%	9	2.2%	5	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	170	41.2%	126	31.8%	157	38.4%	149	36.3%	141	31.9%	93	21.6%	119	26.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	45	10.9%	46	11.6%	36	8.8%	35	8.5%	44	10.0%	60	13.9%	48	10.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.59		17.01		16.13		17.00		17.62		16.10		19.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	63	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	66	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	60	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	62	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	65	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	67	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	68	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	63	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	59	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	61	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	68	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	61	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	73	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	47	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	56	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	47	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	41	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	39	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	40	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	38	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	48	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	65	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	66	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	67	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	64	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	58	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	71	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	69	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	58	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	59	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	64	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	57	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	57	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	56	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	64	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	62	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	46	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	52	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	44	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	42	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	41	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	35	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	41	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	50	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	56	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	64	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	63	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	64	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	60	65
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	63	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	54	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	61	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	60	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	61	70
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	29	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	37	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	30	44
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	43	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	44	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	48	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	50	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	43	59
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	69.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.5	71.1	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87.6	75.2	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79.7	71.8	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58.8	53.0	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54.7	47.6	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.3	77.5	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.2	75.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78.8	64.5	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71.8	70.7	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52.1	42.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	47.4	48.7	53.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	85.7%	82.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	14.3%	17.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	38.1%	30.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	61.9%	69.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,397.0	$37,079.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,790.0	$32,300.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,233.0	$39,170.0

* Cactus Valley 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.