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Kruse Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4400 Mcmurry Ave

Fort Collins CO, 80525, Larimer County

Phone: 970-488-5625

Ranking:

(161 out of 1,246, top 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Poudre School District R-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:	31		30		29		27		28		29		28
Total Students:	555		546		546		528		468		534		503
Prekindergarten:	31	5.6%	31	5.7%	29	5.3%	29	5.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	68	12.3%	86	15.8%	71	13.0%	84	15.9%	83	17.7%	69	12.9%	63	12.5%
Grade 1:	85	15.3%	77	14.1%	89	16.3%	92	17.4%	76	16.2%	69	12.9%	79	15.7%
Grade 2:	84	15.1%	87	15.9%	95	17.4%	70	13.3%	71	15.2%	75	14.0%	73	14.5%
Grade 3:	93	16.8%	98	17.9%	79	14.5%	78	14.8%	86	18.4%	80	15.0%	68	13.5%
Grade 4:	101	18.2%	79	14.5%	85	15.6%	91	17.2%	77	16.5%	71	13.3%	78	15.5%
Grade 5:	93	16.8%	88	16.1%	98	17.9%	84	15.9%	75	16.0%	85	15.9%	73	14.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	272	49.0%	255	46.7%	259	47.4%	273	51.7%	233	49.8%	267	50.0%	253	50.3%
Female:	283	51.0%	291	53.3%	287	52.6%	255	48.3%	227	48.5%	259	48.5%	246	48.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	5	0.9%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%
Asian:	18	3.2%	18	3.3%	20	3.7%	21	4.0%	22	4.7%	25	4.7%	22	4.4%
Hispanic:	78	14.1%	69	12.6%	61	11.2%	46	8.7%	31	6.6%	39	7.3%	31	6.2%
Black:	14	2.5%	14	2.6%	20	3.7%	11	2.1%	11	2.4%	6	1.1%	4	0.8%
White:	427	76.9%	425	77.8%	426	78.0%	428	81.1%	401	85.7%	461	86.3%	443	88.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	3	0.5%	3	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	15	2.7%	14	2.6%	13	2.4%	14	2.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	102	18.4%	109	20.0%	102	18.7%	75	14.2%	59	12.6%	50	9.4%	52	10.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	37	6.7%	21	3.8%	27	4.9%	27	5.1%	30	6.4%	18	3.4%	17	3.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.81		17.96		18.76		19.56		16.57		18.70		17.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	76	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	80	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	80	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	81	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	77	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	81	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	79	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	81	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	80	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	81	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	82	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	84	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	67	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	65	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	64	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	67	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	65	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	62	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	76	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	78	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	80	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	79	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	79	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	80	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	81	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	77	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	76	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	75	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	79	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	78	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	68	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	62	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	63	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	66	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	61	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	64	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	67	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	70	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	68	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	76	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	76	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	76	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	77	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	76	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	78	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	80	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	80	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	81	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	80	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	80	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	81	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	80	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	81	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	50	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	55	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	56	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	58	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	58	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	61	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	69	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	68	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	73	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	69	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	71	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	70	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	75	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	72	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	72	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	71	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	77	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	75	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	77	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	83	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	83	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	83	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	87	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	84	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	85	72
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	74	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	77	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	78	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	79	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	77	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	76	60
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.1	78.3	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91.8	83.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93.7	82.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.8	83.9	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	61.8	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80.6	64.7	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	79.7	79.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93.8	80.7	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85.8	79.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90.1	78.5	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.9	61.4	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	76.5	66.4	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	92.2	75.6	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.6	77.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92.1	81.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86.2	82.2	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	74.5	63.0	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	65.5	62.1	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.3	70.5	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79.3	71.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	42.3%	48.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	57.7%	51.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	22.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	96.2%	77.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,943.0	$44,053.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	$35,993.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,530.0	$46,356.0

* Kruse 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.