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Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6910 Defoe Ave

Colorado Springs CO, 80911, El Paso County

Phone: 719-391-3455

Ranking:

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

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Widefield School District 3

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:	28		27		27		29		30		29		30
Total Students:	536		511		480		426		469		438		462
Kindergarten:	106	19.8%	85	16.6%	86	17.9%	67	15.7%	54	11.5%	53	12.1%	49	10.6%
Grade 1:	83	15.5%	81	15.9%	80	16.7%	63	14.8%	67	14.3%	51	11.6%	69	14.9%
Grade 2:	94	17.5%	81	15.9%	78	16.3%	68	16.0%	65	13.9%	68	15.5%	66	14.3%
Grade 3:	85	15.9%	84	16.4%	76	15.8%	79	18.5%	70	14.9%	60	13.7%	68	14.7%
Grade 4:	83	15.5%	94	18.4%	74	15.4%	77	18.1%	62	13.2%	68	15.5%	66	14.3%
Grade 5:	85	15.9%	86	16.8%	86	17.9%	72	16.9%	76	16.2%	73	16.7%	67	14.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	271	50.6%	265	51.9%	246	51.3%	222	52.1%	236	50.3%	223	50.9%	229	49.6%
Female:	265	49.4%	246	48.1%	234	48.8%	204	47.9%	225	48.0%	207	47.3%	229	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.7%	6	1.2%	4	0.8%	3	0.7%	5	1.1%	8	1.8%	2	0.4%
Asian:	8	1.5%	10	2.0%	7	1.5%	5	1.2%	20	4.3%	18	4.1%	18	3.9%
Hispanic:	136	25.4%	125	24.5%	130	27.1%	99	23.2%	104	22.2%	84	19.2%	84	18.2%
Black:	62	11.6%	59	11.5%	51	10.6%	60	14.1%	91	19.4%	66	15.1%	73	15.8%
White:	275	51.3%	268	52.4%	244	50.8%	216	50.7%	249	53.1%	262	59.8%	285	61.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	6	1.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	48	9.0%	42	8.2%	41	8.5%	37	8.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	148	27.6%	174	34.1%	158	32.9%	144	33.8%	194	41.4%	159	36.3%	161	34.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	80	14.9%	68	13.3%	74	15.4%	76	17.8%	80	17.1%	59	13.5%	59	12.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.22		18.90		17.78		14.81		15.66		14.90		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	69	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	66	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	67	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	73	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	69	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	72	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	64	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	73	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	68	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	70	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	70	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	73	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	69	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	69	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	54	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	52	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	48	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	49	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	46	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	54	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	48	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	43	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	59	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	72	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	72	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	68	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	73	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	69	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	70	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	61	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	60	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	71	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	64	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	66	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	65	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	59	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	59	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	51	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	51	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	47	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	43	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	50	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	46	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	41	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	48	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	54	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	53	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	64	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	69	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	66	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	58	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	62	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	65	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	69	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	63	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	69	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	70	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	65	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	66	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	63	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	35	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	40	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	41	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	35	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	41	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	40	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	52	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	52	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	55	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	52	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	57	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	52	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	52	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	54	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	56	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	56	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	46	57	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	59	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	68	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	62	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	30	57	62
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	75	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	72	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	60	74	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	72	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	78	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	74	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	75	72
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	62	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	60	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	51	62	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	61	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	63	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	49	59	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	30	52	57
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59.3	69.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67.8	67.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58.4	75.1	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74.7	74.1	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43.2	53.6	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49.4	51.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.5	66.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	62.5	65.7	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73.0	63.5	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64.1	68.7	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33.8	43.4	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	48.9	54.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	55.0	59.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65.5	59.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	61.5	66.8	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74.7	69.2	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	34.1	40.5	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51.1	39.5	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	48.4	52.9	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	48.2	49.5	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	71.4%	67.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.6%	32.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	35.7%	53.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	64.3%	46.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,318.0	$39,865.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,038.0	$33,539.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,362.0	$47,165.0

* Martin Luther King Jr Elementary 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.