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Gust Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3440 West Yale Ave

Denver CO, 80219, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-6560

Ranking:

(1,033 out of 1,246, bottom 17%)*

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:	43		34		32		38		35		28		25
Total Students:	774		679		643		629		561		473		458
Prekindergarten:	128	16.5%	113	16.6%	110	17.1%	127	20.2%	122	21.7%	64	13.5%	40	8.7%
Kindergarten:	120	15.5%	101	14.9%	110	17.1%	101	16.1%	99	17.6%	71	15.0%	68	14.8%
Grade 1:	118	15.2%	116	17.1%	102	15.9%	103	16.4%	77	13.7%	63	13.3%	70	15.3%
Grade 2:	115	14.9%	100	14.7%	96	14.9%	78	12.4%	68	12.1%	70	14.8%	69	15.1%
Grade 3:	109	14.1%	98	14.4%	73	11.4%	74	11.8%	65	11.6%	65	13.7%	69	15.1%
Grade 4:	99	12.8%	80	11.8%	73	11.4%	77	12.2%	60	10.7%	68	14.4%	77	16.8%
Grade 5:	85	11.0%	71	10.5%	79	12.3%	69	11.0%	70	12.5%	72	15.2%	65	14.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	374	48.3%	331	48.7%	323	50.2%	312	49.6%	261	46.5%	226	47.8%	228	49.8%
Female:	400	51.7%	348	51.3%	320	49.8%	317	50.4%	292	52.0%	239	50.5%	226	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	0.8%	7	1.0%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	3	0.7%
Asian:	30	3.9%	32	4.7%	36	5.6%	36	5.7%	34	6.1%	38	8.0%	32	7.0%
Hispanic:	664	85.8%	566	83.4%	531	82.6%	513	81.6%	399	71.1%	348	73.6%	337	73.6%
Black:	11	1.4%	19	2.8%	12	1.9%	17	2.7%	19	3.4%	17	3.6%	16	3.5%
White:	58	7.5%	53	7.8%	55	8.6%	55	8.7%	107	19.1%	70	14.8%	70	15.3%
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:	5	0.6%	2	0.3%	5	0.8%	6	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	644	83.2%	561	82.6%	527	82.0%	454	72.2%	386	68.8%	340	71.9%	317	69.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	70	9.0%	49	7.2%	65	10.1%	58	9.2%	57	10.2%	46	9.7%	37	8.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.21		19.76		20.29		16.63		16.11		16.90		18.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	55	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	32	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	17	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	15	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	54	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	38	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	28	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	44	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	28	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	22	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	15	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	28	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	38	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	36	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	51	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	46	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	49	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	8	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	13	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	14	25	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	33	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	11	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	46	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65.2	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64.0	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67.6	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56.6	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43.4	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43.0	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.4	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.2	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56.7	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	62.8	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	43.3	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64.1	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	62.2	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72.2	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46.4	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.0	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.1	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	32.0	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	32.9	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	37.5	44.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.7%	69.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	38.5%	30.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	38.5%	41.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	61.5%	58.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,010.0	$42,073.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,460.0	$34,901.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,354.0	$47,196.0

* Gust 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.