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Cowell Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4540 West 10th Ave

Denver CO, 80204, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-8300

Ranking:

(1,208 out of 1,246, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Denver County School District 1

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	31		31		28		30		31		33		30
Total Students:	499		518		519		523		533		564		570
Prekindergarten:	54	10.8%	56	10.8%	56	10.8%	63	12.0%	63	11.8%	75	13.3%	74	13.0%
Kindergarten:	72	14.4%	82	15.8%	90	17.3%	86	16.4%	87	16.3%	94	16.7%	93	16.3%
Grade 1:	81	16.2%	80	15.4%	92	17.7%	74	14.1%	81	15.2%	100	17.7%	87	15.3%
Grade 2:	79	15.8%	79	15.3%	71	13.7%	80	15.3%	86	16.1%	77	13.7%	91	16.0%
Grade 3:	81	16.2%	76	14.7%	80	15.4%	78	14.9%	80	15.0%	88	15.6%	82	14.4%
Grade 4:	71	14.2%	78	15.1%	73	14.1%	68	13.0%	83	15.6%	67	11.9%	72	12.6%
Grade 5:	61	12.2%	67	12.9%	57	11.0%	74	14.1%	53	9.9%	63	11.2%	71	12.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	253	50.7%	283	54.6%	269	51.8%	274	52.4%	287	53.8%	309	54.8%	314	55.1%
Female:	246	49.3%	235	45.4%	250	48.2%	249	47.6%	238	44.7%	247	43.8%	252	44.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.0%	12	2.3%	13	2.5%	19	3.6%	12	2.3%	9	1.6%	10	1.8%
Asian:	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	4	0.8%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	452	90.6%	472	91.1%	464	89.4%	471	90.1%	486	91.2%	517	91.7%	537	94.2%
Black:	9	1.8%	9	1.7%	20	3.9%	9	1.7%	14	2.6%	13	2.3%	6	1.1%
White:	24	4.8%	17	3.3%	14	2.7%	19	3.6%	17	3.2%	24	4.3%	17	3.0%
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:	6	1.2%	5	1.0%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	457	91.6%	466	90.0%	476	91.7%	479	91.6%	460	86.3%	497	88.1%	439	77.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	22	4.4%	27	5.2%	18	3.5%	21	4.0%	28	5.3%	31	5.5%	32	5.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.23		16.86		18.37		17.16		17.06		17.40		18.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	23	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	31	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	26	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	55	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	14	32	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	14	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	16	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	35	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	54	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	18	38	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	22	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	23	44	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	15	28	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	15	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	7	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	9	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	9	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	17	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	38	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	36	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	51	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	46	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	49	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	9	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	5	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	3	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	9	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	6	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	8	25	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	11	33	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	14	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	22	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	46	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37.1	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50.0	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58.9	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57.5	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47.3	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27.8	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	40.6	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	42.5	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	40.5	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	40.0	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	15.9	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32.0	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	29.9	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39.4	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	26.3	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	39.4	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	8.8	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	16.7	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	21.0	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30.3	44.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	56.5%	58.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	43.5%	41.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.4%	41.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.6%	58.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,646.0	$45,073.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,022.0	$42,352.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,543.0	$47,016.0

* Cowell Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.