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Independence Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

600 North 14th St

Grand Junction CO, 81501, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-6850

Ranking:

(846 out of 1,246, bottom 32%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Mesa County Valley School District 51

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:	20		16		14		14		13		14		6
Total Students:	327		294		257		233		206		211		167
Kindergarten:	44	13.5%	36	12.2%	37	14.4%	38	16.3%	41	19.9%	40	19.0%	15	9.0%
Grade 1:	46	14.1%	51	17.3%	53	20.6%	49	21.0%	44	21.4%	17	8.1%	9	5.4%
Grade 2:	45	13.8%	46	15.6%	41	16.0%	41	17.6%	21	10.2%	11	5.2%	9	5.4%
Grade 3:	48	14.7%	39	13.3%	39	15.2%	20	8.6%	12	5.8%	11	5.2%	11	6.6%
Grade 4:	44	13.5%	42	14.3%	23	8.9%	21	9.0%	22	10.7%	15	7.1%	7	4.2%
Grade 5:	42	12.8%	24	8.2%	21	8.2%	22	9.4%	20	9.7%	8	3.8%	7	4.2%
Grade 6:	21	6.4%	21	7.1%	20	7.8%	23	9.9%	9	4.4%	15	7.1%	12	7.2%
Grade 7:	22	6.7%	22	7.5%	18	7.0%	6	2.6%	14	6.8%	16	7.6%	19	11.4%
Grade 8:	15	4.6%	13	4.4%	5	1.9%	13	5.6%	23	11.2%	21	10.0%	20	12.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	159	48.6%	144	49.0%	118	45.9%	108	46.4%	91	44.2%	93	44.1%	83	49.7%
Female:	168	51.4%	150	51.0%	139	54.1%	125	53.6%	107	51.9%	110	52.1%	80	47.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.9%	5	1.7%	4	1.6%	1	0.4%	2	1.0%	4	1.9%	2	1.2%
Asian:	3	0.9%	4	1.4%	4	1.6%	4	1.7%	2	1.0%	7	3.3%	3	1.8%
Hispanic:	49	15.0%	37	12.6%	31	12.1%	22	9.4%	23	11.2%	14	6.6%	15	9.0%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	3	1.5%	2	0.9%	0	0.0%
White:	261	79.8%	238	81.0%	211	82.1%	200	85.8%	176	85.4%	184	87.2%	147	88.0%
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:	11	3.4%	10	3.4%	6	2.3%	5	2.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	30	9.2%	11	3.7%	40	15.6%	29	12.4%	21	10.2%	1	0.5%	1	0.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	8.0%	0	0.0%	11	4.3%	14	6.0%	12	5.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.77		18.62		17.86		16.25		15.29		15.60		29.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12	26	27
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	6	27	30
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	69	67	65
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	70	66
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	25	47	47
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	51	50
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	47	47
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	64	69
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	70	73
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	40	51
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	63	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	66	71
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	63	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	63	66
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	42	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	48	56
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	57	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	59	66
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	69	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	69	69
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	41	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	40	46
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	48	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	54	61
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	59	63
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	62	68	71
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	38	52	62
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	36	47	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	24	41	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	19	49	55
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	71	66	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	59	63	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	56	69	68
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	42	60	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	47	53	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	25	60	61
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	46	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	38	40	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	16	47	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	46	51
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	60	67	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	69	65	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	37	65	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	69	68
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	54	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	44	46	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	11	49	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	16	48	48
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	55	53	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	63	50	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	5	53	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	54	55
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	12	32	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	24	36	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	19	33	35
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	71	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	77	71	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	68	67
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	35	51	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	47	51	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	59	52	52
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88.9	65.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100.0	68.4	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89.2	72.1	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95.0	74.1	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58.3	41	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77.5	42.7	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63.6	67.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85.4	69.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.7	65.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73.2	66.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36.4	41.8	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	56.1	44.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	42.9	58.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	61.9	60.6	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76.2	68.5	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.0	67.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	38.1	42.8	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	52.4	44.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.6	54.3	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.1	53.8	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	36.8	58.1	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	40.0	60.9	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73.7	73.1	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	75.0	73.0	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	57.9	48.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	49.5	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	35.3	50.8	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	30.0	52.0	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	68.8	68.7	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	60.0	67.8	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	43.8	58.8	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	60.0	57.9	61.3

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

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

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

Mean Base Salary:	$31,750.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,750.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$32,750.0

* Independence Academy Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.