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Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11274 Hwy 140

Hesperus CO, 81326, La Plata County

Phone: 970-588-3331

Ranking:

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

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Durango School District 9-R

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:	10		10		10		11		12		11		13
Total Students:	158		147		167		152		166		173		170
Prekindergarten:	12	7.6%	16	10.9%	15	9.0%	14	9.2%	16	9.6%	16	9.2%	15	8.8%
Kindergarten:	21	13.3%	23	15.6%	23	13.8%	28	18.4%	15	9.0%	23	13.3%	20	11.8%
Grade 1:	26	16.5%	19	12.9%	30	18.0%	22	14.5%	27	16.3%	24	13.9%	26	15.3%
Grade 2:	24	15.2%	23	15.6%	23	13.8%	23	15.1%	23	13.9%	24	13.9%	19	11.2%
Grade 3:	24	15.2%	21	14.3%	25	15.0%	20	13.2%	25	15.1%	23	13.3%	37	21.8%
Grade 4:	26	16.5%	25	17.0%	24	14.4%	25	16.4%	22	13.3%	40	23.1%	24	14.1%
Grade 5:	25	15.8%	20	13.6%	27	16.2%	20	13.2%	38	22.9%	23	13.3%	29	17.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	84	53.2%	68	46.3%	76	45.5%	63	41.4%	68	41.0%	73	42.2%	73	42.9%
Female:	74	46.8%	79	53.7%	91	54.5%	89	58.6%	90	54.2%	92	53.2%	93	54.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.6%	1	0.7%	2	1.2%	1	0.7%	4	2.4%	6	3.5%	12	7.1%
Asian:	0	0.0%	2	1.4%	1	0.6%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	22	13.9%	15	10.2%	16	9.6%	13	8.6%	9	5.4%	9	5.2%	13	7.6%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	134	84.8%	128	87.1%	146	87.4%	137	90.1%	153	92.2%	158	91.3%	145	85.3%
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:	1	0.6%	1	0.7%	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	44	27.8%	43	29.3%	46	27.5%	43	28.3%	42	25.3%	51	29.5%	44	25.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	19	12.0%	22	15.0%	32	19.2%	9	5.9%	17	10.2%	19	11.0%	25	14.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.24		14.95		16.75		13.84		14.20		15.20		13.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	80	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	82	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	85	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	77	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	77	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	78	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	89	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	83	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	84	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	81	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	75	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	81	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	31	67	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	74	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	67	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	67	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38	56	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	62	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	54	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	61	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	77	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	83	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	77	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	79	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	76	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	77	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	76	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	83	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	96	85	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	74	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	76	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	75	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	77	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	74	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	62	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	70	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	68	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	63	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	58	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	62	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	61	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	72	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	78	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	77	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	74	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	76	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	65	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	69	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	74	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	84	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	84	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	84	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	83	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	83	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	75	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	77	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	80	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	48	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	56	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	58	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	63	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	72	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	72	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	75	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	75	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	70	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	69	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	63	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	75.4	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69.5	73.0	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79.1	78.4	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73.9	75.2	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41.7	59.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39.1	51.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	75.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.5	73.6	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	71.7	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83.3	72.7	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	52.8	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	57.4	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	96.2	70.0	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85.0	69.5	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88.5	75.0	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.4	77.0	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	69.2	60.3	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.4	58.1	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	84.6	63.8	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.5	62.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	45.5%	44.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	54.5%	55.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	36.4%	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	63.6%	77.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,100.0	$38,831.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,204.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$40,327.0	$40,844.0

* Fort Lewis Mesa 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.