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Dc Montessori Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

311 East Castle Pines Parkway

Castle Rock CO, 80108, Douglas County

Phone: 303-387-5626

Ranking:

(218 out of 1,246, top 17%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

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:	16		25		24		24		24		22		21
Total Students:	405		404		485		488		459		462		460
Kindergarten:	64	15.8%	67	16.6%	68	14.0%	73	15.0%	76	16.6%	69	14.9%	72	15.7%
Grade 1:	62	15.3%	70	17.3%	66	13.6%	71	14.5%	61	13.3%	59	12.8%	68	14.8%
Grade 2:	63	15.6%	62	15.3%	62	12.8%	66	13.5%	55	12.0%	61	13.2%	54	11.7%
Grade 3:	51	12.6%	60	14.9%	68	14.0%	52	10.7%	52	11.3%	50	10.8%	48	10.4%
Grade 4:	52	12.8%	66	16.3%	45	9.3%	45	9.2%	46	10.0%	42	9.1%	41	8.9%
Grade 5:	60	14.8%	35	8.7%	42	8.7%	42	8.6%	41	8.9%	34	7.4%	35	7.6%
Grade 6:	22	5.4%	27	6.7%	32	6.6%	28	5.7%	22	4.8%	24	5.2%	22	4.8%
Grade 7:	17	4.2%	17	4.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	14	3.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	188	46.4%	190	47.0%	231	47.6%	231	47.3%	208	45.3%	228	49.4%	234	50.9%
Female:	217	53.6%	214	53.0%	254	52.4%	257	52.7%	243	52.9%	226	48.9%	222	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	6	1.5%	2	0.4%	8	1.6%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%
Asian:	9	2.2%	14	3.5%	17	3.5%	19	3.9%	24	5.2%	27	5.8%	24	5.2%
Hispanic:	40	9.9%	31	7.7%	43	8.9%	33	6.8%	15	3.3%	17	3.7%	13	2.8%
Black:	4	1.0%	3	0.7%	3	0.6%	4	0.8%	5	1.1%	6	1.3%	8	1.7%
White:	331	81.7%	333	82.4%	403	83.1%	406	83.2%	412	89.8%	411	89.0%	413	89.8%
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:	20	4.9%	17	4.2%	17	3.5%	18	3.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	14	3.5%	16	4.0%	10	2.1%	15	3.1%	4	0.9%	4	0.9%	5	1.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	9	2.2%	7	1.7%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	3	0.7%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	25.38		15.86		20.08		20.33		19.13		21.10		21.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	85	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	82	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	82	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	83	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	83	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	82	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	83	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	70	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	66	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	68	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	63	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	83	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	85	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	86	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	83	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	84	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	79	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	83	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	79	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	78	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	79	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	67	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	68	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	65	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	64	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	72	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	73	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	79	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	82	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	82	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	81	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	80	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	81	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	80	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	84	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	86	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	84	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	86	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	82	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	52	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	57	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	60	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	59	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	74	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	77	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	76	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	72	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	73	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	74	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	77	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	77	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	79	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	80	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	82	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	79	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	62	79	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	86	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	85	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	88	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	87	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	88	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	89	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	86	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	86	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	75	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	77	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	78	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	79	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	78	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	82	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	73	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	78	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92.3	81.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84.5	81.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93.8	82.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86.2	81.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84.6	62.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79.3	62.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	90.2	84.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	98.5	83.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	95.1	80.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89.4	79.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.8	64.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	84.8	66.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80.9	78.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	84.9	79.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95.2	84.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	93.9	82.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.6	62.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	69.7	62.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.0	72.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.8	71.1	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	71.9	77.9	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80.0	76.8	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	87.2	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88.0	86.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	71.9	72.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	88.0	73.1	57.6
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	58.8	68.3	55.0
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	79.0	67.5
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	82.3	74.4	61.3

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	42.1%	42.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	57.9%	42.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	63.2%	57.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	36.8%	42.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,211.0	$40,551.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,310.0	$38,909.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,755.0	$42,808.0

* Dc Montessori Charter 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.