Kipp Sunshine Peak Academy Middle School
375 South Tejon St
Denver CO, 80223, Denver County
Phone: 303-623-5772
Ranking:
(919 out of 1,246, bottom 26%)*

Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8
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: | 25 | 29 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 27 | |||||||
Total Students: | 376 | 375 | 373 | 369 | 371 | 360 | 344 | |||||||
Grade 5: | 103 | 27.4% | 101 | 26.9% | 104 | 27.9% | 103 | 27.9% | 104 | 28.0% | 104 | 28.9% | 103 | 29.9% |
Grade 6: | 101 | 26.9% | 98 | 26.1% | 95 | 25.5% | 103 | 27.9% | 103 | 27.8% | 98 | 27.2% | 96 | 27.9% |
Grade 7: | 92 | 24.5% | 89 | 23.7% | 97 | 26.0% | 88 | 23.8% | 90 | 24.3% | 87 | 24.2% | 85 | 24.7% |
Grade 8: | 80 | 21.3% | 87 | 23.2% | 77 | 20.6% | 75 | 20.3% | 74 | 19.9% | 71 | 19.7% | 60 | 17.4% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 192 | 51.1% | 190 | 50.7% | 174 | 46.6% | 188 | 50.9% | 181 | 48.8% | 161 | 44.7% | 154 | 44.8% |
Female: | 184 | 48.9% | 185 | 49.3% | 199 | 53.4% | 181 | 49.1% | 182 | 49.1% | 191 | 53.1% | 186 | 54.1% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.6% |
Asian: | 5 | 1.3% | 4 | 1.1% | 5 | 1.3% | 4 | 1.1% | 6 | 1.6% | 4 | 1.1% | 3 | 0.9% |
Hispanic: | 365 | 97.1% | 365 | 97.3% | 364 | 97.6% | 359 | 97.3% | 356 | 96.0% | 341 | 94.7% | 311 | 90.4% |
Black: | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.8% | 7 | 1.9% | 15 | 4.4% |
White: | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 1.1% | 6 | 1.7% | 13 | 3.8% |
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: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 339 | 90.2% | 335 | 89.3% | 340 | 91.2% | 323 | 87.5% | 295 | 79.5% | 292 | 81.1% | 273 | 79.4% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 33 | 8.8% | 29 | 7.7% | 25 | 6.7% | 31 | 8.4% | 44 | 11.9% | 44 | 12.2% | 40 | 11.6% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.90 | 12.83 | 10.68 | 11.98 | 12.19 | 14.10 | 12.60 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CSAP | ||||||
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 31 | 36 | 58 |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 47 | 41 | 63 |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 49 | 45 | 65 |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 40 | 44 | 65 |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 36 | 47 | 65 |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 52 | 46 | 63 |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 46 | 50 | 65 |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 47 | 51 | 66 |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 39 | 46 | 69 |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 35 | 44 | 69 |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 43 | 47 | 69 |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 39 | 45 | 68 |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 40 | 49 | 70 |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 42 | 49 | 69 |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 40 | 50 | 70 |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 30 | 49 | 69 |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 15 | 17 | 37 |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 14 | 18 | 41 |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 32 | 21 | 44 |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 39 | 23 | 45 |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 37 | 24 | 47 |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 27 | 25 | 46 |
2004 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 38 | 33 | 55 |
2005 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 47 | 34 | 58 |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 39 | 36 | 60 |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 35 | 35 | 57 |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 28 | 37 | 59 |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 31 | 40 | 58 |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 30 | 40 | 58 |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 32 | 46 | 61 |
2004 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 69 | 26 | 53 |
2005 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 65 | 31 | 56 |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 54 | 34 | 56 |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 41 | 40 | 60 |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 49 | 42 | 61 |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 44 | 46 | 63 |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 48 | 47 | 62 |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 58 | 52 | 63 |
2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 61 | 38 | 67 |
2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 44 | 39 | 67 |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 41 | 45 | 69 |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 48 | 45 | 71 |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 40 | 49 | 71 |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 52 | 48 | 72 |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 50 | 54 | 72 |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 46 | 50 | 71 |
2004 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 56 | 31 | 56 |
2005 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 55 | 36 | 59 |
2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 49 | 35 | 59 |
2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 43 | 38 | 60 |
2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 36 | 38 | 59 |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 48 | 41 | 60 |
2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 39 | 42 | 57 |
2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 54 | 46 | 62 |
2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 77 | 21 | 46 |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 55 | 21 | 44 |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 55 | 29 | 51 |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 32 | 27 | 46 |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 41 | 35 | 55 |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 37 | 33 | 49 |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 44 | 38 | 53 |
2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 54 | 37 | 64 |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 57 | 40 | 64 |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 58 | 40 | 66 |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 52 | 45 | 65 |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 43 | 46 | 68 |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 54 | 50 | 68 |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 54 | 49 | 67 |
2005 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 70 | 31 | 56 |
2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 50 | 31 | 56 |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 65 | 38 | 61 |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 42 | 36 | 58 |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 41 | 44 | 61 |
2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 46 | 40 | 58 |
2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 47 | 44 | 59 |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 61 | 22 | 45 |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 65 | 22 | 46 |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 65 | 25 | 47 |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 33 | 29 | 50 |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 41 | 35 | 51 |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 51 | 36 | 51 |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 74 | 41 | 66 |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 66 | 38 | 63 |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 60 | 45 | 67 |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 48 | 42 | 64 |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 56 | 50 | 68 |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 69 | 51 | 67 |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 32 | 22 | 51 |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 60 | 23 | 52 |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 61 | 21 | 46 |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 56 | 25 | 49 |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 46 | 28 | 48 |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 45 | 30 | 49 |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 59 | 29 | 51 |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 47 | 28 | 51 |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 55 | 33 | 52 |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 45 | 34 | 52 |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 50 | 36 | 55 |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 39 | 37 | 55 |
TCAP | ||||||
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 52 | 49.7 | 64.5 |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 55.1 | 51.9 | 65.3 |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 33 | 51.7 | 69.4 |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 49.0 | 55.3 | 70.3 |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 32 | 29.4 | 48.5 |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 56.2 | 31.4 | 48.5 |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 32 | 44.4 | 58.4 |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % Proficient | 43.9 | 44.9 | 57.2 |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 54.4 | 50.1 | 61.3 |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 68.0 | 51.7 | 62.0 |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 43.3 | 54.8 | 73.1 |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 41.2 | 57.1 | 72.9 |
2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 43.3 | 45.4 | 56.1 |
2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 41.2 | 47.5 | 57.6 |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 63.2 | 39.8 | 53.1 |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 54.0 | 45.7 | 55.0 |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 58.9 | 50.1 | 68.2 |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 47.1 | 51.8 | 67.5 |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 51.6 | 47.8 | 61.8 |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 54.0 | 49.4 | 61.3 |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 55.9 | 36.9 | 51.5 |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 77.0 | 39.3 | 51.5 |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 48.7 | 47.4 | 67.1 |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 50.6 | 47.0 | 66.9 |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 50.0 | 32.6 | 48.9 |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 62.1 | 34.3 | 51.7 |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 52.6 | 41.7 | 54.8 |
2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 54.0 | 41.7 | 55.8 |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | 2006 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 66.7% | 62.5% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 33.3% | 37.5% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 6.0 years | 5.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 50.0% | 68.8% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 50.0% | 31.3% |
Mean Base Salary: | $39,124.0 | $35,778.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $33,054.0 | $34,221.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $45,195.0 | $39,201.0 |
* Kipp Sunshine Peak Academy Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.