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Castro Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

845 South Lowell Blvd

Denver CO, 80219, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-8990

Ranking:

(1,202 out of 1,246, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Denver County School District 1

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:	35		41		37		42		41		43		39
Total Students:	603		701		689		683		689		702		689
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	76	10.8%	66	9.6%	67	9.8%	66	9.6%	69	9.8%	66	9.6%
Kindergarten:	102	16.9%	105	15.0%	109	15.8%	107	15.7%	106	15.4%	122	17.4%	125	18.1%
Grade 1:	104	17.2%	107	15.3%	104	15.1%	112	16.4%	125	18.1%	127	18.1%	115	16.7%
Grade 2:	98	16.3%	101	14.4%	106	15.4%	121	17.7%	111	16.1%	103	14.7%	99	14.4%
Grade 3:	91	15.1%	105	15.0%	123	17.9%	103	15.1%	104	15.1%	96	13.7%	90	13.1%
Grade 4:	105	17.4%	121	17.3%	95	13.8%	104	15.2%	83	12.0%	97	13.8%	106	15.4%
Grade 5:	103	17.1%	86	12.3%	86	12.5%	69	10.1%	94	13.6%	88	12.5%	88	12.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	326	54.1%	371	52.9%	359	52.1%	346	50.7%	351	50.9%	347	49.4%	381	55.3%
Female:	277	45.9%	330	47.1%	330	47.9%	337	49.3%	330	47.9%	347	49.4%	304	44.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	6	0.9%	6	0.9%	13	1.9%	9	1.3%	8	1.2%
Asian:	25	4.1%	25	3.6%	23	3.3%	31	4.5%	36	5.2%	29	4.1%	30	4.4%
Hispanic:	546	90.5%	640	91.3%	626	90.9%	608	89.0%	596	86.5%	624	88.9%	606	88.0%
Black:	15	2.5%	11	1.6%	14	2.0%	12	1.8%	15	2.2%	8	1.1%	8	1.2%
White:	10	1.7%	16	2.3%	16	2.3%	21	3.1%	29	4.2%	32	4.6%	37	5.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.7%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	563	93.4%	653	93.2%	625	90.7%	606	88.7%	594	86.2%	589	83.9%	551	80.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	5.3%	18	2.6%	34	4.9%	55	8.1%	64	9.3%	68	9.7%	77	11.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.23		16.99		18.62		16.36		16.80		16.30		17.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	55	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22	32	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	8	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	7	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	16	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	54	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	29	38	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	22	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	35	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	44	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	28	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	11	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	28	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	22	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	22	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	8	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	38	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	36	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	51	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	46	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	49	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	10	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	5	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	5	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	14	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	25	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	33	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	22	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	46	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32.0	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50.0	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34.1	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47.7	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13.3	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	14.3	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	42.2	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	40.3	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	27.3	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	32.5	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	14.8	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16.7	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	22.6	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	29.3	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	26.2	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	21.7	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	7.2	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	10.9	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	21.4	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	18.5	44.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.3%	56.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	46.2%	43.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	33.3%	41.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	66.7%	59.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,797.0	$45,241.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,292.0	$37,012.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,049.0	$50,965.0

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