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Excel Academy Charter School

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11500 West 84th Ave

Arvada CO, 80005, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-467-2295

Ranking:

(491 out of 1,246, top 39%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 12

School District: Jefferson County School District R-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:	26		25		29		29		30		27		44
Total Students:	517		520		510		481		449		457		783
Kindergarten:	47	9.1%	47	9.0%	42	8.2%	49	10.2%	43	9.6%	40	8.8%	72	9.2%
Grade 1:	53	10.3%	54	10.4%	58	11.4%	51	10.6%	49	10.9%	52	11.4%	55	7.0%
Grade 2:	59	11.4%	65	12.5%	57	11.2%	63	13.1%	59	13.1%	52	11.4%	77	9.8%
Grade 3:	66	12.8%	60	11.5%	68	13.3%	62	12.9%	56	12.5%	59	12.9%	83	10.6%
Grade 4:	62	12.0%	62	11.9%	62	12.2%	62	12.9%	58	12.9%	60	13.1%	82	10.5%
Grade 5:	63	12.2%	63	12.1%	63	12.4%	60	12.5%	57	12.7%	51	11.2%	88	11.2%
Grade 6:	60	11.6%	60	11.5%	60	11.8%	61	12.7%	50	11.1%	54	11.8%	78	10.0%
Grade 7:	58	11.2%	55	10.6%	59	11.6%	39	8.1%	34	7.6%	48	10.5%	73	9.3%
Grade 8:	49	9.5%	54	10.4%	41	8.0%	34	7.1%	43	9.6%	41	9.0%	58	7.4%
Grade 9:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	31	4.0%
Grade 10:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	32	4.1%
Grade 11:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	27	3.4%
Grade 12:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	27	3.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	259	50.1%	260	50.0%	260	51.0%	237	49.3%	219	48.8%	221	48.4%	389	49.7%
Female:	258	49.9%	260	50.0%	250	49.0%	244	50.7%	222	49.4%	228	49.9%	390	49.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	4	0.9%	5	1.1%	6	0.8%
Asian:	14	2.7%	10	1.9%	8	1.6%	8	1.7%	7	1.6%	8	1.8%	13	1.7%
Hispanic:	69	13.3%	69	13.3%	59	11.6%	66	13.7%	28	6.2%	36	7.9%	56	7.2%
Black:	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	4	0.8%	7	1.5%	9	2.0%	12	2.6%	17	2.2%
White:	407	78.7%	412	79.2%	412	80.8%	378	78.6%	401	89.3%	396	86.7%	691	88.3%
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:	24	4.6%	25	4.8%	25	4.9%	20	4.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	61	11.8%	53	10.2%	60	11.8%	53	11.0%	50	11.1%	45	9.8%	63	8.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	33	6.4%	29	5.6%	30	5.9%	23	4.8%	23	5.1%	25	5.5%	38	4.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.20		20.63		17.47		16.47		15.17		16.90		17.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	60	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	71	62
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	47	57	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	61	54	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	54	57	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	48	55	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	66	61	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	61	56	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	61	53
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	69	73	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	72	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	54	72	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	66	71	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	74	73	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	70	75	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	74	67
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	64	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	64	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	48	68	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	43	65	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	51	67	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	59	65	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	64	59
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	54	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	45	54	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	49	55	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	57	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	54	61	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	66	58	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	63	59	51
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	71	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	65	72	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	73	70	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	68	74	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	69	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	61	73	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	79	72	67
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	61	64	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	62	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	39	65	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	32	58	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	31	60	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	57	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	64	58	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	58	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	41	57	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	46	59	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	58	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	31	58	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	55	60	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	59	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.9	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78.0	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83.4	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96.7	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60.6	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76.2	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83.9	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	90.3	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.2	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80.7	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	59.7	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.7	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77.4	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82.6	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79.0	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.0	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	64.6	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	63.4	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.8	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.4	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76.3	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80.3	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81.4	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85.7	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	56.0	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	71.4	67.4	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	50.9	61.5	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	73.6	63.5	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	70.2	75.0	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	75.5	75.9	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	56.1	66.9	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	77.4	68.3	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	69.3	58	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	53.7	59.0	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	74.4	74.2	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	76.0	74.0	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	69.2	57.4	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	63.0	61.0	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	69.2	58.8	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	59.3	59.8	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	65.4%	78.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	34.6%	14.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	53.8%	50.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	46.2%	50.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$34,954.0	$28,664.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,535.0	$27,279.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$37,777.0	$30,049.0

* Excel Academy Charter 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.