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Colorado Springs Charter Academy Primary School

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2577 North Chelton Rd

Colorado Springs CO, 80909, El Paso County

Phone: 719-636-2722

Ranking:

(214 out of 1,246, top 17%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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:	27		24		23		24		24		20		19
Total Students:	528		469		417		405		362		367		311
Kindergarten:	58	11.0%	49	10.4%	51	12.2%	44	10.9%	45	12.4%	52	14.2%	43	13.8%
Grade 1:	73	13.8%	65	13.9%	48	11.5%	48	11.9%	48	13.3%	47	12.8%	44	14.1%
Grade 2:	70	13.3%	51	10.9%	55	13.2%	53	13.1%	46	12.7%	48	13.1%	48	15.4%
Grade 3:	58	11.0%	53	11.3%	54	12.9%	48	11.9%	50	13.8%	50	13.6%	44	14.1%
Grade 4:	54	10.2%	56	11.9%	51	12.2%	48	11.9%	46	12.7%	48	13.1%	38	12.2%
Grade 5:	55	10.4%	57	12.2%	51	12.2%	53	13.1%	45	12.4%	50	13.6%	35	11.3%
Grade 6:	52	9.8%	59	12.6%	50	12.0%	48	11.9%	29	8.0%	33	9.0%	21	6.8%
Grade 7:	55	10.4%	52	11.1%	36	8.6%	30	7.4%	35	9.7%	20	5.4%	21	6.8%
Grade 8:	53	10.0%	27	5.8%	21	5.0%	33	8.1%	18	5.0%	19	5.2%	17	5.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	257	48.7%	218	46.5%	191	45.8%	173	42.7%	159	43.9%	174	47.4%	145	46.6%
Female:	271	51.3%	251	53.5%	226	54.2%	232	57.3%	195	53.9%	185	50.4%	162	52.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.8%	9	2.5%	6	1.9%
Asian:	10	1.9%	11	2.3%	6	1.4%	4	1.0%	5	1.4%	7	1.9%	7	2.3%
Hispanic:	118	22.3%	99	21.1%	86	20.6%	75	18.5%	52	14.4%	43	11.7%	31	10.0%
Black:	19	3.6%	13	2.8%	5	1.2%	10	2.5%	17	4.7%	14	3.8%	10	3.2%
White:	355	67.2%	323	68.9%	304	72.9%	310	76.5%	285	78.7%	294	80.1%	257	82.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	23	4.4%	21	4.5%	15	3.6%	5	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	90	17.0%	87	18.6%	79	18.9%	85	21.0%	90	24.9%	56	15.3%	45	14.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	49	9.3%	53	11.3%	48	11.5%	43	10.6%	44	12.2%	40	10.9%	21	6.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.83		19.48		18.00		16.56		14.89		18.50		16.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	64	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	65	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	59	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	73	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	72	69
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	69	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	71	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	70	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	75	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	77	73
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	51	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	47	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	48	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	49	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	51	51
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	71	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	66	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	65	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	67	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	68	71
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	65	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	67	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	66	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	70	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	65	66
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	53	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	51	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	48	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	46	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	53	56
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	63	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	57	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	59	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	61	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	66	66
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	66	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	68	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	69	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	72	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	72	69
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	34	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	40	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	42	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	45	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	49	46
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	52	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	55	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	55	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	57	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	64	61
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	57	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	49	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	50	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	51	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	52	63
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	67	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	65	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	68	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	69	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	74	71
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	66	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	51	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	55	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	52	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	64	62
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	94	60	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	79	38	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	51	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	65	46	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	86	52	53
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	94	58	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	61	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	65	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	85	72	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	93	71	67
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	88	60	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	89	56	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	59	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	83	62	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	86	65	59
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	37	47
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	44	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	76	48	51
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	63	67
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	62	67	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	68	67
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	33	46
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	25	38	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	62	48	49
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	88	51	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	63	55	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	85	56	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69.8	64.6	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92.3	70.8	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70.4	68.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.4	70.1	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54.8	45.9	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59.6	47.2	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	90.2	65.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	77.8	63.7	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	94.1	69.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79.6	64.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.6	51.2	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61.1	50.2	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.5	55.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88.5	63.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.6	37.0	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84.6	73.5	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.4	43.5	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.0	49.1	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	69.4	51.7	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.0	59.5	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75.5	52.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	67.8	50.1	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83.7	73.1	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95.0	71.8	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	73.5	58.3	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78.0	54.7	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	67.7	45.3	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	62.7	50.1	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	91.2	71.9	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	82.4	70.5	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	85.3	66.9	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	82.3	65.9	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	95.3	46.7	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	77.7	47.0	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	95.2	65.9	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	88.9	69.3	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	90.5	41.9	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	74.1	46.4	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	95.3	58.1	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	85.1	60.8	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	71.4%	81.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.6%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	57.1%	54.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	42.9%	45.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$32,375.0	$28,136.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,260.0	$27,250.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$33,862.0	$29,200.0

* Colorado Springs Charter Academy Primary 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.