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Challenge School

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9659 East Mississippi Ave

Denver CO, 80231, Denver County

Phone: 720-747-2100

Ranking:

(2 out of 1,246, top 0%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Cherry Creek School District 5

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:	30		30		29		30		31		31		31
Total Students:	533		536		534		535		538		536		534
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	23	4.3%	23	4.3%	23	4.3%	23	4.3%	24	4.5%	22	4.1%	22	4.1%
Grade 1:	40	7.5%	42	7.8%	45	8.4%	40	7.5%	41	7.6%	42	7.8%	41	7.7%
Grade 2:	52	9.8%	51	9.5%	47	8.8%	52	9.7%	51	9.5%	50	9.3%	51	9.6%
Grade 3:	60	11.3%	59	11.0%	60	11.2%	60	11.2%	61	11.3%	58	10.8%	61	11.4%
Grade 4:	65	12.2%	66	12.3%	65	12.2%	65	12.1%	64	11.9%	67	12.5%	62	11.6%
Grade 5:	76	14.3%	73	13.6%	74	13.9%	70	13.1%	74	13.8%	73	13.6%	74	13.9%
Grade 6:	71	13.3%	76	14.2%	71	13.3%	80	15.0%	76	14.1%	77	14.4%	77	14.4%
Grade 7:	77	14.4%	70	13.1%	80	15.0%	71	13.3%	75	13.9%	75	14.0%	77	14.4%
Grade 8:	69	12.9%	76	14.2%	69	12.9%	74	13.8%	72	13.4%	72	13.4%	69	12.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	264	49.5%	260	48.5%	252	47.2%	250	46.7%	253	47.0%	248	46.3%	249	46.6%
Female:	269	50.5%	276	51.5%	282	52.8%	285	53.3%	277	51.5%	280	52.2%	281	52.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	122	22.9%	113	21.1%	114	21.3%	111	20.7%	118	21.9%	104	19.4%	109	20.4%
Hispanic:	69	12.9%	69	12.9%	66	12.4%	64	12.0%	31	5.8%	31	5.8%	22	4.1%
Black:	40	7.5%	38	7.1%	38	7.1%	38	7.1%	36	6.7%	39	7.3%	33	6.2%
White:	258	48.4%	274	51.1%	278	52.1%	285	53.3%	351	65.2%	361	67.4%	370	69.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	41	7.7%	39	7.3%	35	6.6%	34	6.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	14	2.6%	18	3.4%	12	2.2%	19	3.6%	9	1.7%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	2.3%	10	1.9%	7	1.3%	5	0.9%	10	1.9%	5	0.9%	6	1.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.87		17.90		18.19		17.86		17.63		17.60		17.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	80	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	80	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	99	76	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	78	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	78	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	79	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	79	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	77	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	78	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	76	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	77	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	63	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	67	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	63	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	57	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	61	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	59	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	62	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	77	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	99	78	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	78	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	98	77	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	80	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	80	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	80	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	98	74	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	99	75	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	75	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	72	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	74	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	73	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	75	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	75	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	68	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	62	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	63	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	59	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	98	61	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	60	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	62	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	66	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	99	72	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	99	76	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	77	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	99	75	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	99	76	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	73	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	77	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	77	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	99	79	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	78	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	80	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	76	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	78	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	76	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	79	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	46	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	50	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	51	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	54	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	56	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	69	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	72	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	71	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	99	69	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	69	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	67	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	69	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	71	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	97	67	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	68	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	72	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	70	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	71	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	99	71	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	99	74	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	99	79	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	75	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	78	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	78	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	79	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	78	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	99	77	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	67	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	68	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	66	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	69	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	69	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	69	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	65	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	69	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	96	53	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	57	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	98	54	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	94	61	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	100	56	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	96	63	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	58	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	94	63	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	99	73	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	100	74	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	100	74	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	97	73	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	98	72	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	100	73	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	95	75	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	97	75	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	95	65	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	100	69	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	97	65	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	98	68	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	98	69	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	97	70	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	97	68	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	99	69	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	98	53	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	98	54	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	88	55	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	99	54	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	95	56	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	59	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	59	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	94	59	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	72	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	73	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	98	76	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	71	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	99	74	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	72	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	99	73	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	72	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	62	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	99	61	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	95	60	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	58	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	53	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	101	56	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	56	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	56	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	98	62	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	65	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	64	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	96	62	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	63	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	96	63	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	65	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	99	63	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98.4	80.3	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100.0	81.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	80.8	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100.0	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93.4	59.5	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93.3	58.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	80.5	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	81.0	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	74.9	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	77.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	59.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	98.5	62.5	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	98.7	75.1	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	76.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	78.2	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98.6	78.9	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.5	59.2	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	97.2	60.5	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.6	68.0	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	95.9	65.8	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	67.6	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	73.2	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	78.6	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	70.2	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	97.2	62.7	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	97.4	65.1	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	97.5	65.2	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	66.4	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	98.8	75.8	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	74.4	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	94.9	70.6	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	68.5	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	97.1	59.5	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	97.3	61.1	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	98.5	72.3	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	98.6	73.8	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	94.2	58.0	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	97.3	61.1	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	63.0	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	65.2	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	22.2%	44.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	77.8%	55.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	0.0%	33.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	100.0%	66.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$54,939.0	$49,380.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	$33,505.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,939.0	$57,317.0

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