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Desert Sage Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

935 South Palomar Dr

Pueblo CO, 81007, Pueblo County

Phone: 719-647-8878

Ranking:

(599 out of 1,246, top 48%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Pueblo County School District 70

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:	21		19		21		24		25		25		23
Total Students:	387		373		409		433		446		464		478
Prekindergarten:	27	7.0%	23	6.2%	27	6.6%	28	6.5%	24	5.4%	24	5.2%	23	4.8%
Kindergarten:	62	16.0%	57	15.3%	57	13.9%	48	11.1%	56	12.6%	55	11.9%	62	13.0%
Grade 1:	61	15.8%	55	14.7%	55	13.4%	52	12.0%	63	14.1%	80	17.2%	75	15.7%
Grade 2:	55	14.2%	45	12.1%	62	15.2%	67	15.5%	74	16.6%	63	13.6%	92	19.2%
Grade 3:	46	11.9%	68	18.2%	64	15.6%	74	17.1%	66	14.8%	93	20.0%	62	13.0%
Grade 4:	66	17.1%	65	17.4%	66	16.1%	71	16.4%	93	20.9%	62	13.4%	81	16.9%
Grade 5:	70	18.1%	60	16.1%	78	19.1%	93	21.5%	70	15.7%	87	18.8%	83	17.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	216	55.8%	207	55.5%	216	52.8%	220	50.8%	224	50.2%	241	51.9%	254	53.1%
Female:	171	44.2%	166	44.5%	193	47.2%	213	49.2%	214	48.0%	215	46.3%	220	46.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.5%	3	0.8%	1	0.2%	4	0.9%	11	2.5%	12	2.6%	9	1.9%
Asian:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%	5	1.1%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%
Hispanic:	169	43.7%	157	42.1%	166	40.6%	168	38.8%	148	33.2%	162	34.9%	170	35.6%
Black:	3	0.8%	8	2.1%	6	1.5%	11	2.5%	14	3.1%	17	3.7%	14	2.9%
White:	202	52.2%	198	53.1%	231	56.5%	244	56.4%	268	60.1%	270	58.2%	283	59.2%
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:	9	2.3%	5	1.3%	2	0.5%	4	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	159	41.1%	160	42.9%	149	36.4%	140	32.3%	130	29.1%	126	27.2%	128	26.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	10.6%	45	12.1%	49	12.0%	50	11.5%	56	12.6%	60	12.9%	62	13.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.14		19.30		19.17		17.85		17.84		18.60		20.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	70	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	81	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	74	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	81	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	73	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	80	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	75	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	77	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	76	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	75	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	77	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	73	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	59	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	58	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	57	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	62	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	55	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47	53	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	52	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	55	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	72	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	75	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	79	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	79	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	79	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	76	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	76	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	70	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	72	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	72	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	75	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	71	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	68	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	67	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	71	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	60	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	58	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	54	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	57	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	58	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	47	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	60	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	66	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	67	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	74	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	70	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	70	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	71	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	67	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	72	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	73	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	76	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	75	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	73	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	73	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	73	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	46	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	47	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	46	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	46	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	45	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	61	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	61	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	71	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	70	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	59	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	61	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	63	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82.8	81.4	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.8	82.0	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79.7	78.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.8	77.4	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62.5	50.7	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39.4	51.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76.2	76.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69.7	73.5	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.2	71.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75.7	69.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	49.2	49.8	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45.4	52.9	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59.8	67.6	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77.0	69.0	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	59.7	73.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82.0	72.0	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	46.8	52.7	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	55.7	49.7	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	59.7	65.1	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.2	58.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	68.2%	61.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	31.8%	38.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	18.2%	28.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	81.8%	71.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,543.0	$38,742.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,168.0	$30,962.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,405.0	$41,855.0

* Desert Sage 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.