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Free Horizon Montessori Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

581 Conference Place

Golden CO, 80401, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-231-9801

Ranking:

(633 out of 1,246, bottom 49%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

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:	16		21		25		22		17		16		15
Total Students:	377		375		425		381		332		268		244
Prekindergarten:	68	18.0%	50	13.3%	65	15.3%	70	18.4%	56	16.9%	51	19.0%	45	18.4%
Kindergarten:	49	13.0%	49	13.1%	53	12.5%	55	14.4%	41	12.3%	39	14.6%	39	16.0%
Grade 1:	49	13.0%	38	10.1%	60	14.1%	65	17.1%	50	15.1%	32	11.9%	33	13.5%
Grade 2:	33	8.8%	48	12.8%	59	13.9%	51	13.4%	38	11.4%	34	12.7%	37	15.2%
Grade 3:	44	11.7%	47	12.5%	46	10.8%	37	9.7%	45	13.6%	33	12.3%	24	9.8%
Grade 4:	46	12.2%	40	10.7%	46	10.8%	39	10.2%	31	9.3%	28	10.4%	29	11.9%
Grade 5:	33	8.8%	38	10.1%	39	9.2%	32	8.4%	38	11.4%	32	11.9%	15	6.1%
Grade 6:	36	9.5%	35	9.3%	34	8.0%	32	8.4%	33	9.9%	19	7.1%	22	9.0%
Grade 7:	13	3.4%	13	3.5%	21	4.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	6	1.6%	17	4.5%	2	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	189	50.1%	189	50.4%	213	50.1%	190	49.9%	165	49.7%	144	53.7%	128	52.5%
Female:	188	49.9%	186	49.6%	212	49.9%	191	50.1%	159	47.9%	116	43.3%	112	45.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	2	0.7%	3	1.2%
Asian:	3	0.8%	6	1.6%	6	1.4%	13	3.4%	13	3.9%	15	5.6%	12	4.9%
Hispanic:	40	10.6%	35	9.3%	44	10.4%	41	10.8%	24	7.2%	18	6.7%	23	9.4%
Black:	4	1.1%	6	1.6%	7	1.6%	6	1.6%	8	2.4%	10	3.7%	11	4.5%
White:	312	82.8%	307	81.9%	334	78.6%	299	78.5%	286	86.1%	223	83.2%	195	79.9%
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:	17	4.5%	20	5.3%	33	7.8%	20	5.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	54	14.3%	65	17.3%	43	10.1%	26	6.8%	26	7.8%	8	3.0%	14	5.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	25	6.6%	16	4.3%	19	4.5%	5	1.3%	13	3.9%	4	1.5%	8	3.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.99		17.86		16.73		17.64		19.30		17.20		16.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	75	71
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	73	66
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	63	56
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	66	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	71	66
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	74	68
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	77	69
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	48	41
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	58	46
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	62	57
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	66	61
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	57	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	71	63
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	82	71
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53.3	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54.2	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77.8	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.0	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37.7	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37.5	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58.6	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	53.7	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	63.4	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73.1	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41.4	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39.4	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	62.9	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76.4	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74.3	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	36.8	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.1	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.4	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	54.3	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	59.4	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	41.2	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90.6	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.4	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75.0	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	52.9	67.4	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	47.7	61.5	53.1
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	76.2	75.0	68.2
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	66.9	61.8
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	41.1	59.0	51.5
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	88.2	74.0	66.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	47.1	61.0	51.7
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	58.8	59.8	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	75.0%	45.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA	36.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	3.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%	72.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%	27.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$35,121.0	$26,698.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,877.0	$24,749.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$35,364.0	$31,897.0

* Free Horizon Montessori Charter School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.