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Cougar Run Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8780 Venneford Ranch Rd

Littleton CO, 80126, Douglas County

Phone: 303-387-6675

Ranking:

(155 out of 1,246, top 12%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Douglas County School District RE-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:	24		24		25		25		29		31		32
Total Students:	517		522		543		568		587		586		567
Kindergarten:	75	14.5%	72	13.8%	67	12.3%	71	12.5%	83	14.1%	92	15.7%	72	12.7%
Grade 1:	74	14.3%	65	12.5%	75	13.8%	77	13.6%	89	15.2%	79	13.5%	74	13.1%
Grade 2:	58	11.2%	70	13.4%	82	15.1%	90	15.8%	86	14.7%	83	14.2%	84	14.8%
Grade 3:	62	12.0%	86	16.5%	81	14.9%	80	14.1%	90	15.3%	83	14.2%	80	14.1%
Grade 4:	87	16.8%	80	15.3%	76	14.0%	86	15.1%	82	14.0%	79	13.5%	77	13.6%
Grade 5:	86	16.6%	75	14.4%	82	15.1%	82	14.4%	76	12.9%	81	13.8%	90	15.9%
Grade 6:	75	14.5%	74	14.2%	80	14.7%	82	14.4%	81	13.8%	89	15.2%	90	15.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	248	48.0%	257	49.2%	273	50.3%	298	52.5%	298	50.8%	292	49.8%	294	51.9%
Female:	269	52.0%	265	50.8%	270	49.7%	270	47.5%	281	47.9%	286	48.8%	269	47.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%
Asian:	30	5.8%	35	6.7%	40	7.4%	44	7.7%	58	9.9%	52	8.9%	54	9.5%
Hispanic:	65	12.6%	65	12.5%	66	12.2%	60	10.6%	59	10.1%	50	8.5%	43	7.6%
Black:	8	1.5%	6	1.1%	5	0.9%	6	1.1%	8	1.4%	15	2.6%	12	2.1%
White:	389	75.2%	390	74.7%	406	74.8%	435	76.6%	461	78.5%	467	79.7%	457	80.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	23	4.4%	21	4.0%	21	3.9%	19	3.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	25	4.8%	39	7.5%	37	6.8%	38	6.7%	20	3.4%	21	3.6%	20	3.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	5.0%	16	3.1%	11	2.0%	17	3.0%	12	2.0%	15	2.6%	17	3.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.18		21.75		21.38		22.72		20.24		18.70		17.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	85	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	82	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	82	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	83	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	83	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	82	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	83	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	70	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	66	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	68	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	63	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	83	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	85	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	86	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	83	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	84	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	79	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	83	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	79	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	78	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	79	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	67	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	68	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	65	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	64	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	72	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	73	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	79	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	82	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	82	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	81	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	80	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	81	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	80	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	84	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	86	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	84	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	86	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	82	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	52	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	57	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	60	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	59	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	70	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	74	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	77	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	76	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	72	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	73	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	74	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	77	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	77	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	79	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	80	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	82	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	79	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	86	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	85	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	88	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	87	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	88	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	89	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	86	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	86	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	75	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	77	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	78	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	79	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	78	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	82	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	73	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	78	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95.1	81.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84.5	81.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95.1	82.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83.3	81.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65.5	62.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63.1	62.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93.4	84.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	96.2	83.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86.8	80.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	93.7	79.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.4	64.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.2	66.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.3	78.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85.5	79.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	91.3	84.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89.5	82.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.8	62.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	60.6	62.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.3	72.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.9	71.1	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	78.8	77.9	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82.0	76.8	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88.8	87.2	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94.4	86.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75.1	72.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82.0	73.1	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	42.9%	35.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	57.1%	64.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.4%	29.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.6%	71.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,732.0	$47,089.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,534.0	$36,838.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,332.0	$51,283.0

* Cougar Run Elementary 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.