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Columbia Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

835 East St Vrain St

Colorado Springs CO, 80903, El Paso County

Phone: 719-328-2700

Ranking:

(766 out of 1,246, bottom 39%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Colorado Springs School District 11

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:	19		20		19		17		17		16		14
Total Students:	270		305		315		283		296		222		187
Prekindergarten:	28	10.4%	30	9.8%	29	9.2%	28	9.9%	30	10.1%	26	11.7%	28	15.0%
Kindergarten:	42	15.6%	49	16.1%	54	17.1%	60	21.2%	59	19.9%	41	18.5%	27	14.4%
Grade 1:	45	16.7%	52	17.0%	66	21.0%	43	15.2%	50	16.9%	37	16.7%	36	19.3%
Grade 2:	44	16.3%	58	19.0%	47	14.9%	44	15.5%	41	13.9%	34	15.3%	24	12.8%
Grade 3:	45	16.7%	43	14.1%	42	13.3%	37	13.1%	45	15.2%	29	13.1%	25	13.4%
Grade 4:	32	11.9%	41	13.4%	31	9.8%	46	16.3%	31	10.5%	30	13.5%	21	11.2%
Grade 5:	34	12.6%	32	10.5%	46	14.6%	25	8.8%	40	13.5%	25	11.3%	26	13.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	129	47.8%	151	49.5%	161	51.1%	144	50.9%	148	50.0%	109	49.1%	98	52.4%
Female:	141	52.2%	154	50.5%	154	48.9%	139	49.1%	140	47.3%	105	47.3%	85	45.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	1.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%	4	1.4%	10	3.4%	3	1.4%	4	2.1%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	3	1.1%	4	1.4%	6	2.7%	3	1.6%
Hispanic:	95	35.2%	101	33.1%	93	29.5%	83	29.3%	63	21.3%	42	18.9%	46	24.6%
Black:	14	5.2%	13	4.3%	22	7.0%	19	6.7%	53	17.9%	30	13.5%	23	12.3%
White:	134	49.6%	160	52.5%	164	52.1%	140	49.5%	166	56.1%	141	63.5%	111	59.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.4%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	23	8.5%	30	9.8%	32	10.2%	34	12.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	167	61.9%	175	57.4%	182	57.8%	143	50.5%	164	55.4%	115	51.8%	85	45.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	8.9%	34	11.1%	43	13.7%	39	13.8%	30	10.1%	22	9.9%	14	7.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.21		15.17		16.84		16.36		17.62		14.30		13.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	73	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	73	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	70	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	73	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	73	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	70	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	70	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	70	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	71	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	72	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	75	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	69	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	74	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38	49	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	58	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28	56	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	56	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	20	54	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	56	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	54	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	50	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	67	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	71	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	72	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	70	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	71	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	61	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	64	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	69	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	67	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	67	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	68	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	65	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	65	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	52	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	52	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	50	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	50	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	54	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	55	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	52	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	55	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	56	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	63	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	65	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	65	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	66	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	64	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	64	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	65	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	68	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	69	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	70	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	74	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	71	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	72	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	67	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	27	35	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	41	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	42	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	41	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	45	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	43	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	54	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	59	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	59	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	57	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	64	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	61	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	59	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	59	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86.3	74.0	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82.1	75.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91.1	73.5	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95.2	72.2	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77.3	52.8	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.8	47.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74.2	73.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85.8	72.7	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	66.8	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88.1	67.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41.9	48.1	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	51.2	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.8	65.8	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	65.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64.5	68.9	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62.6	70.8	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	31.1	43.5	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.1	44.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51.2	57.0	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	50.1	55.5	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	38.5%	57.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	61.5%	42.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.8%	35.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.2%	64.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,543.0	$46,781.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,223.0	$41,959.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,685.0	$49,459.0

* Columbia Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.