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Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

10399 West 44th Ave

Wheat Ridge CO, 80033, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-420-8288

Ranking:

(800 out of 1,246, bottom 36%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Jefferson County School District R-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:	13		15		18		22		38		36		15
Total Students:	280		280		283		273		714		661		253
Prekindergarten:	56	20.0%	52	18.6%	55	19.4%	52	19.0%	53	7.4%	53	8.0%	52	20.6%
Kindergarten:	32	11.4%	34	12.1%	36	12.7%	33	12.1%	55	7.7%	56	8.5%	27	10.7%
Grade 1:	34	12.1%	35	12.5%	36	12.7%	36	13.2%	57	8.0%	60	9.1%	30	11.9%
Grade 2:	32	11.4%	33	11.8%	33	11.7%	29	10.6%	62	8.7%	44	6.7%	26	10.3%
Grade 3:	33	11.8%	33	11.8%	30	10.6%	32	11.7%	55	7.7%	66	10.0%	28	11.1%
Grade 4:	34	12.1%	31	11.1%	33	11.7%	32	11.7%	73	10.2%	55	8.3%	25	9.9%
Grade 5:	27	9.6%	32	11.4%	31	11.0%	30	11.0%	68	9.5%	64	9.7%	35	13.8%
Grade 6:	32	11.4%	30	10.7%	29	10.2%	29	10.6%	59	8.3%	74	11.2%	30	11.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	128	45.7%	134	47.9%	129	45.6%	127	46.5%	338	47.3%	326	49.3%	116	45.8%
Female:	152	54.3%	146	52.1%	154	54.4%	146	53.5%	368	51.5%	327	49.5%	133	52.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	1.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.4%
Asian:	8	2.9%	6	2.1%	3	1.1%	5	1.8%	25	3.5%	17	2.6%	13	5.1%
Hispanic:	31	11.1%	33	11.8%	33	11.7%	32	11.7%	50	7.0%	64	9.7%	19	7.5%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	11	1.5%	13	2.0%	5	2.0%
White:	227	81.1%	222	79.3%	222	78.4%	215	78.8%	619	86.7%	566	85.6%	215	85.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	4.6%	18	6.4%	22	7.8%	19	7.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	12	4.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	30	4.2%	27	4.1%	18	7.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	6	2.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	1.0%	11	1.7%	7	2.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.54		18.43		16.08		12.52		18.59		18.20		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	55	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	57	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	36	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	31	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	55	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.0	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60.6	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92.9	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97.0	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45.5	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	44.8	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75.8	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	69.0	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42.4	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	37.9	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.2	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39.4	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.6	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.7	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	60.7	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	48.5	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.9	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	36.4	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	44.8	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	44.8	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82.7	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	75.8	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.3	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58.6	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	63.6%	57.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.3%	28.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	28.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	81.8%	71.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$34,527.0	$30,044.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	$34,816.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$36,341.0	$28,136.0

* Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter 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.