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Ellis Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1651 South Dahlia St

Denver CO, 80222, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-7700

Ranking:

(1,113 out of 1,246, bottom 11%)*

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:	37		36		33		38		34		34		30
Total Students:	537		579		619		587		566		601		543
Prekindergarten:	74	13.8%	70	12.1%	105	17.0%	98	16.7%	85	15.0%	53	8.8%	48	8.8%
Kindergarten:	66	12.3%	88	15.2%	101	16.3%	99	16.9%	84	14.8%	117	19.5%	87	16.0%
Grade 1:	86	16.0%	100	17.3%	105	17.0%	82	14.0%	94	16.6%	85	14.1%	86	15.8%
Grade 2:	81	15.1%	96	16.6%	79	12.8%	75	12.8%	79	14.0%	97	16.1%	94	17.3%
Grade 3:	90	16.8%	71	12.3%	71	11.5%	78	13.3%	74	13.1%	91	15.1%	64	11.8%
Grade 4:	65	12.1%	75	13.0%	82	13.2%	75	12.8%	84	14.8%	72	12.0%	96	17.7%
Grade 5:	75	14.0%	79	13.6%	76	12.3%	80	13.6%	66	11.7%	86	14.3%	68	12.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	284	52.9%	286	49.4%	319	51.5%	313	53.3%	303	53.5%	323	53.7%	276	50.8%
Female:	253	47.1%	293	50.6%	300	48.5%	274	46.7%	255	45.1%	270	44.9%	263	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	4	0.7%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	10	1.8%
Asian:	28	5.2%	25	4.3%	33	5.3%	34	5.8%	26	4.6%	33	5.5%	28	5.2%
Hispanic:	296	55.1%	298	51.5%	329	53.2%	335	57.1%	300	53.0%	320	53.2%	301	55.4%
Black:	50	9.3%	75	13.0%	78	12.6%	64	10.9%	47	8.3%	64	10.6%	55	10.1%
White:	140	26.1%	151	26.1%	156	25.2%	140	23.9%	188	33.2%	180	30.0%	149	27.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	3.9%	26	4.5%	20	3.2%	9	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	447	83.2%	468	80.8%	505	81.6%	483	82.3%	427	75.4%	472	78.5%	407	75.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	51	9.5%	48	8.3%	29	4.7%	42	7.2%	54	9.5%	42	7.0%	44	8.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.61		16.27		19.05		15.54		16.49		17.70		18.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	55	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	32	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	26	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	31	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	54	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	38	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	44	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	28	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	28	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	25	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	22	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	38	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	36	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	51	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	46	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	49	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	13	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	10	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	12	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	18	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	25	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	33	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	46	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54.2	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59.7	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47.9	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52.7	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36.1	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34.5	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	51.4	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.3	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	43.3	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	41.7	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36.5	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33.4	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.8	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	45.5	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	52.1	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	48.1	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.9	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	20.8	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	43.5	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45.5	44.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	40.0%	46.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.0%	53.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	23.3%	23.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	76.7%	76.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$51,935.0	$50,534.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,557.0	$36,550.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,311.0	$54,730.0

* Ellis Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.