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Challenge To Excellence Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

16995 East Carlson Dr

Parker CO, 80134, Douglas County

Phone: 303-841-9816

Ranking:

(190 out of 1,246, top 15%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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:	23		29		23		24		25		26		24
Total Students:	490		509		514		482		452		451		440
Kindergarten:	43	8.8%	47	9.2%	69	13.4%	70	14.5%	48	10.6%	49	10.9%	48	10.9%
Grade 1:	46	9.4%	72	14.1%	72	14.0%	50	10.4%	50	11.1%	46	10.2%	60	13.6%
Grade 2:	66	13.5%	69	13.6%	49	9.5%	50	10.4%	48	10.6%	70	15.5%	48	10.9%
Grade 3:	68	13.9%	48	9.4%	52	10.1%	49	10.2%	72	15.9%	47	10.4%	48	10.9%
Grade 4:	44	9.0%	52	10.2%	50	9.7%	73	15.1%	48	10.6%	47	10.4%	69	15.7%
Grade 5:	51	10.4%	52	10.2%	75	14.6%	51	10.6%	47	10.4%	73	16.2%	51	11.6%
Grade 6:	51	10.4%	73	14.3%	53	10.3%	51	10.6%	71	15.7%	49	10.9%	49	11.1%
Grade 7:	71	14.5%	55	10.8%	46	8.9%	51	10.6%	37	8.2%	37	8.2%	40	9.1%
Grade 8:	50	10.2%	41	8.1%	48	9.3%	37	7.7%	31	6.9%	33	7.3%	27	6.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	258	52.7%	265	52.1%	267	51.9%	245	50.8%	223	49.3%	216	47.9%	219	49.8%
Female:	232	47.3%	244	47.9%	247	48.1%	237	49.2%	221	48.9%	227	50.3%	217	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Asian:	56	11.4%	57	11.2%	52	10.1%	43	8.9%	36	8.0%	34	7.5%	40	9.1%
Hispanic:	36	7.3%	40	7.9%	31	6.0%	30	6.2%	21	4.6%	27	6.0%	30	6.8%
Black:	6	1.2%	7	1.4%	8	1.6%	5	1.0%	12	2.7%	11	2.4%	11	2.5%
White:	367	74.9%	385	75.6%	401	78.0%	379	78.6%	383	84.7%	378	83.8%	358	81.4%
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:	23	4.7%	18	3.5%	18	3.5%	21	4.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	23	4.7%	16	3.1%	21	4.1%	18	3.7%	12	2.7%	6	1.3%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	3.3%	17	3.3%	5	1.0%	11	2.3%	9	2.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.70		17.78		22.21		20.11		17.96		17.30		18.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	85	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	82	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	82	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	83	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	83	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	82	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	83	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	70	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	66	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	68	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	63	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	83	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	85	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	86	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	83	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	84	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	79	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	83	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	79	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	78	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	79	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	67	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	68	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	65	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	64	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	72	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	73	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	79	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	82	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	82	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	81	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	80	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	81	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	80	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	84	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	86	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	84	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	86	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	82	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	52	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	57	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	60	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	59	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	70	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	74	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	77	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	76	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	72	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	73	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	74	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	77	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	77	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	79	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	80	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	82	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	79	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	79	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	86	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	85	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	88	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	87	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	88	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	89	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	86	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	86	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	75	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	77	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	78	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	79	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	78	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	82	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	73	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	78	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	59	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	75	69	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	56	65	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	69	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	73	65	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	64	75	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	68	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	72	70	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	69	79	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	79	82	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	74	80	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	81	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	86	80	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	80	82	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	79	82	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	79	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	68	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	72	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	77	72	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	75	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	80	72	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	75	77	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	74	74	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	77	73	59
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	61	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	59	66	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	45	64	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	54	66	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	66	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	74	68	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	76	67	51
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	65	80	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	91	83	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	77	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	82	82	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	87	77	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	87	80	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	87	79	67
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	65	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	64	68	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	54	67	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	59	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	64	62	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	60	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	59	60	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	66	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	78	67	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	54	64	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	68	67	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	87	66	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	68	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	78	69	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.4	81.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93.6	81.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86.5	82.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89.6	81.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61.6	62.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51.0	62.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93.9	84.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92.2	83.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89.8	80.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88.2	79.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75.5	64.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	74.5	66.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.6	78.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86.3	79.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.4	84.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88.3	82.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	62.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	76.5	62.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	69.4	72.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76.5	71.1	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	86.6	77.9	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.2	76.8	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90.4	87.2	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88.9	86.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	65.4	72.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77.8	73.1	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	84.1	70.3	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	90.8	68.3	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	90.9	81.3	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	88.9	79.0	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	79.5	75.9	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	77.8	74.4	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	79.1	67.5	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	85.8	66.5	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	89.6	78.2	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	85.7	80.0	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	64.6	59.5	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	83.3	63.0	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	72.9	67.3	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	78.6	68.7	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%	36.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.0%	31.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	5.0 years	3.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	70.8%	86.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	29.2%	13.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,417.0	$34,781.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,311.0	$34,360.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$36,674.0	$37,448.0

* Challenge To Excellence Charter School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.