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Independence Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4700 South Memphis St

Aurora CO, 80015, Arapahoe County

Phone: 720-886-8200

Ranking:

(893 out of 1,246, bottom 28%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Cherry Creek School District 5

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:	35		34		33		36		37		35		34
Total Students:	484		490		472		486		508		518		499
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.6%
Kindergarten:	89	18.4%	86	17.6%	87	18.4%	93	19.1%	74	14.6%	86	16.6%	78	15.6%
Grade 1:	70	14.5%	82	16.7%	84	17.8%	64	13.2%	94	18.5%	85	16.4%	78	15.6%
Grade 2:	86	17.8%	88	18.0%	69	14.6%	86	17.7%	92	18.1%	93	18.0%	94	18.8%
Grade 3:	87	18.0%	66	13.5%	73	15.5%	85	17.5%	87	17.1%	87	16.8%	80	16.0%
Grade 4:	79	16.3%	81	16.5%	89	18.9%	77	15.8%	82	16.1%	86	16.6%	80	16.0%
Grade 5:	73	15.1%	87	17.8%	70	14.8%	81	16.7%	79	15.6%	81	15.6%	86	17.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	277	57.2%	252	51.4%	252	53.4%	263	54.1%	267	52.6%	274	52.9%	256	51.3%
Female:	207	42.8%	238	48.6%	220	46.6%	223	45.9%	233	45.9%	236	45.6%	239	47.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	5	1.0%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%
Asian:	24	5.0%	19	3.9%	14	3.0%	17	3.5%	25	4.9%	23	4.4%	17	3.4%
Hispanic:	137	28.3%	126	25.7%	125	26.5%	124	25.5%	119	23.4%	115	22.2%	107	21.4%
Black:	88	18.2%	97	19.8%	92	19.5%	92	18.9%	112	22.0%	114	22.0%	113	22.6%
White:	198	40.9%	210	42.9%	214	45.3%	231	47.5%	248	48.8%	262	50.6%	258	51.7%
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:	34	7.0%	35	7.1%	24	5.1%	17	3.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	203	41.9%	197	40.2%	186	39.4%	190	39.1%	175	34.4%	180	34.7%	147	29.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	57	11.8%	60	12.2%	63	13.3%	50	10.3%	69	13.6%	70	13.5%	57	11.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.85		14.39		14.30		13.49		13.56		14.90		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	80	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	80	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	76	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	78	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	78	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	79	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	79	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	77	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	78	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	76	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	77	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	63	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	67	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	63	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	26	57	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47	61	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34	59	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35	62	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	77	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	78	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	78	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	77	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	80	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	80	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	80	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	74	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	75	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	75	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	72	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	74	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	73	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	75	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	75	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	68	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	62	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	63	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	59	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	61	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	60	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	62	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	66	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	72	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	76	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	77	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	75	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	76	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	73	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	77	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	77	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	79	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	78	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	80	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	76	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	78	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	76	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	79	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	46	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	50	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	51	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	54	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	56	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	69	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	72	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	71	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	69	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	69	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	67	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	69	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	71	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65.7	80.3	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74.7	81.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67.2	80.8	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64.8	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28.5	59.5	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40.8	58.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60.9	80.5	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63.0	81.0	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	54.0	74.9	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	61.8	77.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	27.5	59.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51.8	62.5	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	62.0	75.1	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	51.1	76.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65.7	78.2	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62.2	78.9	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	40.8	59.2	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30.0	60.5	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.1	68.0	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	42.2	65.8	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	41.9%	40.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	58.1%	59.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	19.4%	18.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	80.6%	81.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,142.0	$49,586.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,888.0	$33,372.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,044.0	$53,328.0

* Independence Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.