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Foster Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5300 Saulsbury Court

Arvada CO, 80002, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-1680

Ranking:

(1,074 out of 1,246, bottom 14%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Jefferson County School District R-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:	29		27		28		29		28		27		29
Total Students:	500		479		475		490		469		449		395
Prekindergarten:	57	11.4%	54	11.3%	60	12.6%	59	12.0%	57	12.2%	60	13.4%	44	11.1%
Kindergarten:	82	16.4%	75	15.7%	73	15.4%	78	15.9%	63	13.4%	63	14.0%	66	16.7%
Grade 1:	79	15.8%	61	12.7%	75	15.8%	66	13.5%	69	14.7%	75	16.7%	52	13.2%
Grade 2:	63	12.6%	77	16.1%	57	12.0%	66	13.5%	69	14.7%	55	12.2%	62	15.7%
Grade 3:	78	15.6%	62	12.9%	67	14.1%	59	12.0%	49	10.4%	60	13.4%	52	13.2%
Grade 4:	51	10.2%	61	12.7%	50	10.5%	54	11.0%	55	11.7%	59	13.1%	41	10.4%
Grade 5:	51	10.2%	46	9.6%	49	10.3%	56	11.4%	64	13.6%	40	8.9%	43	10.9%
Grade 6:	39	7.8%	43	9.0%	44	9.3%	52	10.6%	43	9.2%	37	8.2%	35	8.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	259	51.8%	248	51.8%	242	50.9%	251	51.2%	234	49.9%	221	49.2%	198	50.1%
Female:	241	48.2%	231	48.2%	233	49.1%	239	48.8%	227	48.4%	220	49.0%	193	48.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	5	1.1%	4	1.0%
Asian:	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	5	1.0%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	4	1.0%
Hispanic:	344	68.8%	321	67.0%	293	61.7%	318	64.9%	260	55.4%	244	54.3%	217	54.9%
Black:	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	5	1.0%	11	2.3%	8	1.8%	14	3.5%
White:	143	28.6%	144	30.1%	168	35.4%	156	31.8%	195	41.6%	189	42.1%	156	39.5%
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:	9	1.8%	6	1.3%	7	1.5%	4	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	295	59.0%	277	57.8%	283	59.6%	299	61.0%	277	59.1%	232	51.7%	218	55.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	7.6%	39	8.1%	37	7.8%	30	6.1%	28	6.0%	40	8.9%	35	8.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.54		17.73		17.27		16.80		16.95		16.40		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	31	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	38	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	14	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	25	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	22	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	27	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	5	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	22	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	27	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	26	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	43	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	39	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	36	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	43	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	37	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	47	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	60	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	55	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	31	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	33	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	33	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	30	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	25	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	39	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	45	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	24	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63.4	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52.6	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.6	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63.4	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44.5	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34.1	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63.3	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.4	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	57.2	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56.9	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	38.8	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	37.9	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	53.1	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	45.7	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.1	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	63.0	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44.9	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	34.7	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	44.9	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30.4	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	45.0	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	44.4	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	62.3	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	32.5	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	53.3	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	52.4%	44.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	47.6%	55.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	47.6%	50.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	52.4%	50.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,173.0	$48,292.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,218.0	$40,737.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$55,404.0	$55,847.0

* Foster 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.