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Denison Montessori School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1821 South Yates St

Denver CO, 80219, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-8080

Ranking:

(923 out of 1,246, bottom 26%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

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:	22		25		22		22		23		22		22
Total Students:	432		469		470		433		430		445		429
Prekindergarten:	106	24.5%	133	28.4%	132	28.1%	110	25.4%	108	25.1%	111	24.9%	94	21.9%
Kindergarten:	59	13.7%	62	13.2%	60	12.8%	59	13.6%	56	13.0%	59	13.3%	52	12.1%
Grade 1:	59	13.7%	50	10.7%	61	13.0%	60	13.9%	59	13.7%	60	13.5%	59	13.8%
Grade 2:	43	10.0%	57	12.2%	57	12.1%	56	12.9%	54	12.6%	51	11.5%	51	11.9%
Grade 3:	53	12.3%	54	11.5%	54	11.5%	51	11.8%	44	10.2%	46	10.3%	51	11.9%
Grade 4:	42	9.7%	50	10.7%	43	9.1%	40	9.2%	44	10.2%	46	10.3%	47	11.0%
Grade 5:	47	10.9%	39	8.3%	38	8.1%	44	10.2%	38	8.8%	43	9.7%	45	10.5%
Grade 6:	23	5.3%	24	5.1%	25	5.3%	13	3.0%	27	6.3%	29	6.5%	30	7.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	224	51.9%	242	51.6%	236	50.2%	206	47.6%	201	46.7%	203	45.6%	204	47.6%
Female:	208	48.1%	227	48.4%	234	49.8%	227	52.4%	221	51.4%	234	52.6%	221	51.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	6	1.4%	9	2.0%	5	1.2%
Asian:	21	4.9%	22	4.7%	22	4.7%	16	3.7%	23	5.3%	15	3.4%	17	4.0%
Hispanic:	291	67.4%	323	68.9%	326	69.4%	289	66.7%	227	52.8%	208	46.7%	192	44.8%
Black:	3	0.7%	5	1.1%	5	1.1%	7	1.6%	18	4.2%	25	5.6%	24	5.6%
White:	107	24.8%	108	23.0%	107	22.8%	108	24.9%	156	36.3%	188	42.2%	191	44.5%
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:	7	1.6%	9	1.9%	8	1.7%	10	2.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	199	46.1%	245	52.2%	226	48.1%	181	41.8%	160	37.2%	122	27.4%	122	28.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	53	12.3%	54	11.5%	31	6.6%	39	9.0%	46	10.7%	46	10.3%	33	7.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.86		19.14		21.56		20.14		19.11		20.20		19.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	55	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	31	32	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	54	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	38	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	44	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	28	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	28	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	38	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	36	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	51	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	46	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	49	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	25	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	33	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	46	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	26	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	40	31	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	34	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	37	40	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	47	42	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	46	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	47	62
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	38	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	57	39	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	45	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	45	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	49	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	48	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	54	72
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	31	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	36	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	57	35	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	38	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	38	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	41	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	42	57
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54.6	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35.8	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63.7	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60.4	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36.4	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28.3	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55.8	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65.3	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	60.5	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	63.3	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46.5	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57.2	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	38.9	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	53.8	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	61.1	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	56.4	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	41.6	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	43.6	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.4	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	53.9	44.9	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	36	50.1	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	41.7	51.7	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	54.8	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.2	57.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	45.4	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	70.9	47.5	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	26.1%	30.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	69.6%	69.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	43.5%	60.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	56.5%	39.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,187.0	$46,573.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,707.0	$43,507.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,403.0	$51,343.0

* Denison Montessori School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.