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Cottonwood Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3500 Woodgate Rd

Montrose CO, 81401, Montrose County

Phone: 970-249-2539

Ranking:

(497 out of 1,246, top 40%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Montrose County School District RE-1J

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:	23		24		23		25		24		25		25
Total Students:	450		452		466		505		473		519		505
Kindergarten:	71	15.8%	76	16.8%	83	17.8%	76	15.0%	64	13.5%	77	14.8%	80	15.8%
Grade 1:	82	18.2%	84	18.6%	72	15.5%	76	15.0%	78	16.5%	78	15.0%	88	17.4%
Grade 2:	81	18.0%	69	15.3%	73	15.7%	80	15.8%	72	15.2%	82	15.8%	94	18.6%
Grade 3:	70	15.6%	72	15.9%	78	16.7%	82	16.2%	80	16.9%	107	20.6%	77	15.2%
Grade 4:	76	16.9%	72	15.9%	81	17.4%	86	17.0%	103	21.8%	78	15.0%	90	17.8%
Grade 5:	70	15.6%	79	17.5%	79	17.0%	105	20.8%	76	16.1%	97	18.7%	76	15.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	249	55.3%	260	57.5%	259	55.6%	264	52.3%	227	48.0%	244	47.0%	223	44.2%
Female:	201	44.7%	192	42.5%	207	44.4%	241	47.7%	238	50.3%	267	51.4%	278	55.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%
Asian:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	16	3.4%	18	3.5%	11	2.2%
Hispanic:	69	15.3%	75	16.6%	79	17.0%	91	18.0%	68	14.4%	65	12.5%	69	13.7%
Black:	5	1.1%	4	0.9%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	8	1.5%	8	1.6%
White:	358	79.6%	361	79.9%	373	80.0%	399	79.0%	385	81.4%	426	82.1%	415	82.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	15	3.3%	10	2.2%	10	2.1%	13	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	113	25.1%	122	27.0%	147	31.5%	163	32.3%	141	29.8%	126	24.3%	111	22.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	30	6.7%	25	5.5%	24	5.2%	33	6.5%	39	8.2%	79	15.2%	60	11.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.21		18.84		20.25		20.11		20.00		21.00		20.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	56	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	59	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	58	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	62	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	60	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	70	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	65	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	61	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	62	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	69	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	64	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	67	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	59	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	63	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	45	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	43	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	38	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	54	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	43	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	45	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	39	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40	34	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	54	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	58	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	63	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	60	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	62	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	63	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	70	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	60	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	55	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	63	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	61	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	65	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	63	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	60	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	59	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	43	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	43	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	37	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	41	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	48	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	41	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	40	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	44	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	52	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	57	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	48	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	57	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	53	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	56	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	59	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	60	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	65	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	64	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	63	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	64	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	66	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	67	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	64	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	64	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	32	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	37	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	36	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	40	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	40	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	33	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	42	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	45	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	48	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	49	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	53	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	51	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	46	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	48	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72.4	70.4	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73.6	67.2	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72.4	67.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74.7	69.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50.0	42.5	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48.6	44.1	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74.4	64.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81.7	70.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71.9	57.0	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74.6	65.5	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46.4	31.4	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	47.9	44.8	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.1	58.0	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.8	58.7	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76.3	62.3	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79.0	63.1	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	53.8	41.8	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	56.3	41.8	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61.3	52.1	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	54.4	49.5	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	70.0%	61.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.0%	38.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%	42.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%	57.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,061.0	$38,374.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,388.0	$30,245.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,735.0	$44,471.0

* Cottonwood Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.