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Challenger Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

10215 Lexington Dr

Colorado Springs CO, 80920, El Paso County

Phone: 719-234-3000

Ranking:

(136 out of 1,246, top 11%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Academy School District 20

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:	45		45		43		41		39		37		36
Total Students:	766		718		720		691		635		634		583
Grade 6:	277	36.2%	221	30.8%	240	33.3%	241	34.9%	201	31.7%	183	28.9%	181	31.0%
Grade 7:	242	31.6%	242	33.7%	253	35.1%	221	32.0%	202	31.8%	207	32.6%	223	38.3%
Grade 8:	247	32.2%	255	35.5%	227	31.5%	229	33.1%	232	36.5%	244	38.5%	179	30.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	397	51.8%	371	51.7%	377	52.4%	370	53.5%	334	52.6%	335	52.8%	312	53.5%
Female:	369	48.2%	347	48.3%	343	47.6%	321	46.5%	293	46.1%	291	45.9%	267	45.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%
Asian:	31	4.0%	28	3.9%	19	2.6%	23	3.3%	30	4.7%	34	5.4%	25	4.3%
Hispanic:	82	10.7%	87	12.1%	75	10.4%	83	12.0%	48	7.6%	50	7.9%	41	7.0%
Black:	19	2.5%	12	1.7%	8	1.1%	8	1.2%	14	2.2%	19	3.0%	17	2.9%
White:	584	76.2%	549	76.5%	586	81.4%	548	79.3%	543	85.5%	530	83.6%	498	85.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	42	5.5%	36	5.0%	28	3.9%	28	4.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	54	7.0%	52	7.2%	46	6.4%	40	5.8%	27	4.3%	18	2.8%	13	2.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	9	1.2%	9	1.3%	16	2.2%	17	2.5%	10	1.6%	7	1.1%	6	1.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.06		15.85		16.74		16.85		16.24		17.10		16.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	75	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	78	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	77	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	78	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	77	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	77	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	76	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	76	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	88	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	87	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	87	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	86	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	85	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	87	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	88	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	86	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	81	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	81	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	77	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	75	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	77	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	75	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	76	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	66	61	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	66	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	72	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	62	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	79	73	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	63	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	70	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	86	83	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	86	86	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	89	85	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	88	85	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	86	82	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	89	84	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	84	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	83	82	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	81	76	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	79	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	80	79	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	86	80	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	83	75	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	83	80	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	74	77	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	75	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	56	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	66	63	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	63	64	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	66	66	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	62	64	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	63	65	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	72	67	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	62	65	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	83	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	87	85	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	86	86	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	89	83	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	83	84	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	80	82	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	89	86	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	86	83	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	66	70	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	76	71	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	72	72	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	85	74	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	74	67	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	66	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	79	70	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	73	67	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	69	69	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	76	75	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	74	74	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	80	73	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	74	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	82	76	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	78	75	55
TCAP
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75.4	74.9	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82.8	75.8	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91.1	87.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90.1	87.6	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77.4	70.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77.5	74.3	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	60.7	70.0	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	73.9	70.0	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	83.8	84.3	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	88.4	82.0	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	76.5	78.7	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	87.1	77.3	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	70.4	68.2	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	68.2	66.2	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	83.9	83.4	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	87.5	85.3	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	73.6	68.1	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	67.8	70.7	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	74.5	73.8	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	77.3	75.1	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	39.0%	40.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	61.0%	59.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	24.4%	25.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.6%	75.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,842.0	$43,414.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,628.0	$34,473.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,492.0	$46,394.0

* Challenger Middle 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.