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Iron Horse Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

20151 Tallman Dr

Parker CO, 80138, Douglas County

Phone: 303-387-8525

Ranking:

(241 out of 1,246, top 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Douglas County School District RE-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:	26		26		26		28		34		38		40
Total Students:	490		510		546		553		645		647		655
Kindergarten:	60	12.2%	57	11.2%	72	13.2%	82	14.8%	90	14.0%	84	13.0%	87	13.3%
Grade 1:	76	15.5%	72	14.1%	90	16.5%	94	17.0%	93	14.4%	95	14.7%	84	12.8%
Grade 2:	76	15.5%	87	17.1%	103	18.9%	88	15.9%	95	14.7%	82	12.7%	92	14.0%
Grade 3:	80	16.3%	108	21.2%	86	15.8%	94	17.0%	82	12.7%	100	15.5%	95	14.5%
Grade 4:	108	22.0%	86	16.9%	95	17.4%	92	16.6%	100	15.5%	90	13.9%	106	16.2%
Grade 5:	90	18.4%	100	19.6%	100	18.3%	103	18.6%	87	13.5%	99	15.3%	101	15.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	255	52.0%	259	50.8%	275	50.4%	282	51.0%	304	47.1%	303	46.8%	313	47.8%
Female:	235	48.0%	251	49.2%	271	49.6%	271	49.0%	333	51.6%	336	51.9%	338	51.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.0%	3	0.6%	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	4	0.6%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%
Asian:	7	1.4%	10	2.0%	5	0.9%	10	1.8%	13	2.0%	13	2.0%	18	2.7%
Hispanic:	59	12.0%	56	11.0%	64	11.7%	63	11.4%	51	7.9%	55	8.5%	48	7.3%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	13	2.0%	18	2.8%	19	2.9%
White:	397	81.0%	415	81.4%	448	82.1%	453	81.9%	564	87.4%	558	86.2%	566	86.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	4.3%	24	4.7%	24	4.4%	23	4.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	42	8.6%	53	10.4%	62	11.4%	62	11.2%	52	8.1%	44	6.8%	25	3.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	25	5.1%	17	3.3%	13	2.4%	11	2.0%	11	1.7%	16	2.5%	14	2.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.90		19.81		20.68		19.89		18.71		16.80		16.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	85	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	82	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	82	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	83	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	83	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	82	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	83	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	70	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	66	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	68	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	63	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	83	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	85	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	86	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	83	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	84	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	79	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	83	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	79	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	78	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	79	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	67	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	68	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	65	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	64	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	72	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	73	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	79	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	82	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	82	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	81	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	80	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	81	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	80	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	84	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	86	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	84	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	86	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	82	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	52	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	57	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	60	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	59	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	70	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	74	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	76	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	72	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	73	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	74	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	79	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	80	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	82	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	79	62
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	86	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	85	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	88	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	87	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	88	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	89	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	86	72
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	75	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	77	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	78	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	79	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	78	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	82	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	73	57
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.9	81.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85.0	81.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84.3	82.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87.8	81.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63.8	62.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63.5	62.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85.3	84.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83.7	83.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84.2	80.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83.7	79.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.4	64.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.9	66.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74.7	78.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.1	79.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.9	84.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.2	82.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.6	62.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.9	62.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	74.7	72.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	74.8	71.1	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.1%	57.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.9%	42.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	24.3%	47.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.7%	52.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,615.0	$43,632.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,895.0	$36,171.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,097.0	$50,347.0

* Iron Horse Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.