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Horizons K-8 School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4545 Sioux Dr

Boulder CO, 80303, Boulder County

Phone: 720-561-5580

Type: Other/Alternative School, Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Boulder Valley School District RE-2

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:	21		22		20		19		20		21		23
Total Students:	348		340		332		332		325		324		304
Kindergarten:	36	10.3%	36	10.6%	36	10.8%	36	10.8%	36	11.1%	36	11.1%	31	10.2%
Grade 1:	38	10.9%	37	10.9%	37	11.1%	36	10.8%	36	11.1%	36	11.1%	33	10.9%
Grade 2:	38	10.9%	38	11.2%	35	10.5%	36	10.8%	36	11.1%	35	10.8%	36	11.8%
Grade 3:	41	11.8%	38	11.2%	37	11.1%	36	10.8%	36	11.1%	37	11.4%	32	10.5%
Grade 4:	37	10.6%	39	11.5%	35	10.5%	37	11.1%	36	11.1%	36	11.1%	34	11.2%
Grade 5:	40	11.5%	39	11.5%	37	11.1%	39	11.7%	38	11.7%	37	11.4%	36	11.8%
Grade 6:	40	11.5%	44	12.9%	34	10.2%	40	12.0%	39	12.0%	30	9.3%	37	12.2%
Grade 7:	39	11.2%	39	11.5%	39	11.7%	43	13.0%	31	9.5%	40	12.3%	35	11.5%
Grade 8:	39	11.2%	30	8.8%	42	12.7%	29	8.7%	37	11.4%	37	11.4%	30	9.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	160	46.0%	151	44.4%	155	46.7%	156	47.0%	151	46.5%	154	47.5%	142	46.7%
Female:	188	54.0%	189	55.6%	177	53.3%	176	53.0%	166	51.1%	162	50.0%	158	52.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
Asian:	18	5.2%	19	5.6%	19	5.7%	20	6.0%	20	6.2%	21	6.5%	24	7.9%
Hispanic:	14	4.0%	10	2.9%	9	2.7%	8	2.4%	7	2.2%	5	1.5%	6	2.0%
Black:	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	3	0.9%	3	0.9%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	1	0.3%
White:	303	87.1%	297	87.4%	293	88.3%	293	88.3%	295	90.8%	294	90.7%	273	89.8%
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:	10	2.9%	12	3.5%	8	2.4%	7	2.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	13	3.7%	15	4.4%	15	4.5%	18	5.4%	6	1.8%	10	3.1%	6	2.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	5	1.4%	4	1.2%	3	0.9%	5	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.42		15.80		16.98		17.11		16.56		15.30		13.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	86	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97	81	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	82	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	81	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	81	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	85	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	85	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	85	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	85	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	83	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	84	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	72	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	65	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	70	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	69	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	63	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	63	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	78	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	81	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	83	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	80	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	82	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	82	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	80	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	75	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	80	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	78	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	78	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	80	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	65	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	66	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	64	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	63	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	69	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	73	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	76	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	76	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	79	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	76	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	79	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	77	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	80	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	82	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	83	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	82	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	82	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	82	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	81	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	60	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	65	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	68	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	66	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	68	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	66	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	68	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	69	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	74	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	73	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	73	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	74	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	68	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	72	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	71	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	73	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	74	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	77	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	74	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	74	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	81	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	81	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	82	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	82	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	97	84	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	85	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	83	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	84	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	71	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	74	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	71	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	72	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	72	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	74	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	70	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	75	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	83	60	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	63	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	80	63	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	65	69	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	77	62	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	70	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	65	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	68	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	81	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	87	78	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	93	78	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	82	80	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	97	80	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	94	82	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	82	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	79	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	89	70	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	81	69	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	88	71	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	75	73	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	86	73	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	93	76	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	87	73	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	81	73	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	91	62	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	79	65	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	63	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	63	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	65	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	67	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	68	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	78	70	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	94	82	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	92	80	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	90	80	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	92	78	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	94	82	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	94	80	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	83	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	83	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	91	70	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	91	69	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	65	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	85	69	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	64	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	65	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	92	67	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	82	70	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	80	62	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	85	69	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	66	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	92	67	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	77	70	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	70	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	89	70	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	86	71	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89.5	82.6	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64.8	82.1	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.6	84.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84.2	84.3	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68.5	65.8	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59.4	65.1	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	97.2	82.6	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.2	83.1	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	94.3	79.1	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.2	80.6	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	91.5	62.7	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.2	66.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86.4	79.1	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	89.7	79.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.6	81.2	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.9	83.0	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	72.9	70.1	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	97.5	69.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	86.5	72.7	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	92.3	73.2	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	85.3	77.6	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	69.8	75.9	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	97.0	84.2	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90.7	85.0	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.4	70.3	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.0	73.3	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	69.5	70.7	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	92.3	72.9	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	94.4	81.6	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	94.9	80.6	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	83.3	76.9	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	92.3	74.9	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	72.1	69.5	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	10.0	67.9	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	88.4	81.8	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	13.3	80.6	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	88.3	66.5	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	16.7	68.0	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	79.1	69.4	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	13.3	71.5	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	NA	40.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	0.0%	60.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	NA	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	0.0%	20.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	NA	80.0%

Mean Base Salary:	NA	$45,821.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	$39,422.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	NA	$47,421.0