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Colfax Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1526 Tennyson St

Denver CO, 80204, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-8740

Ranking:

(1,149 out of 1,246, bottom 8%)*

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:	25		22		21		23		21		19		19
Total Students:	393		404		420		373		378		365		345
Prekindergarten:	64	16.3%	78	19.3%	82	19.5%	61	16.4%	61	16.1%	62	17.0%	66	19.1%
Kindergarten:	61	15.5%	59	14.6%	70	16.7%	69	18.5%	64	16.9%	59	16.2%	58	16.8%
Grade 1:	66	16.8%	64	15.8%	74	17.6%	62	16.6%	67	17.7%	52	14.2%	47	13.6%
Grade 2:	50	12.7%	61	15.1%	54	12.9%	51	13.7%	54	14.3%	49	13.4%	46	13.3%
Grade 3:	54	13.7%	49	12.1%	42	10.0%	49	13.1%	44	11.6%	50	13.7%	47	13.6%
Grade 4:	52	13.2%	47	11.6%	51	12.1%	48	12.9%	47	12.4%	53	14.5%	48	13.9%
Grade 5:	46	11.7%	46	11.4%	47	11.2%	33	8.8%	41	10.8%	40	11.0%	33	9.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	203	51.7%	209	51.7%	212	50.5%	173	46.4%	169	44.7%	169	46.3%	157	45.5%
Female:	190	48.3%	195	48.3%	208	49.5%	200	53.6%	201	53.2%	188	51.5%	184	53.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	10	2.5%	10	2.5%	9	2.1%	8	2.1%	7	1.9%	6	1.6%	3	0.9%
Asian:	3	0.8%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	3	0.8%	4	1.1%	6	1.6%	3	0.9%
Hispanic:	318	80.9%	335	82.9%	341	81.2%	319	85.5%	301	79.6%	303	83.0%	299	86.7%
Black:	29	7.4%	27	6.7%	25	6.0%	20	5.4%	34	9.0%	24	6.6%	19	5.5%
White:	27	6.9%	25	6.2%	32	7.6%	17	4.6%	32	8.5%	26	7.1%	21	6.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.5%	4	1.0%	10	2.4%	5	1.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	348	88.5%	365	90.3%	389	92.6%	349	93.6%	332	87.8%	293	80.3%	172	49.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	4.1%	13	3.2%	13	3.1%	10	2.7%	19	5.0%	35	9.6%	17	4.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.72		18.79		20.00		16.23		17.79		19.20		18.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25	55	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25	32	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	23	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	14	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	54	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	8	38	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	23	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	29	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	38	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	38	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	44	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	8	28	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	9	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	25	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	38	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	36	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	13	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	51	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	46	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	10	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	49	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	2	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	3	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	13	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	6	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	14	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	15	25	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	33	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	12	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	6	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	46	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40.9	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35.6	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47.8	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38.6	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34.1	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	15.9	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	38.2	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	52.3	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	30.9	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	12.7	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36.4	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	34.8	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	32.0	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	54.4	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	45.1	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.3	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	16.0	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45.7	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	27.5	44.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	37.5%	40.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	62.5%	60.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.0%	46.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.0%	53.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,359.0	$45,554.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,469.0	$35,249.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,656.0	$54,570.0

* Colfax 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.