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Merrill Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1551 South Monroe St

Denver CO, 80210, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-0600

Ranking:

(1,164 out of 1,246, bottom 7%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 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:	33		31		35		38		40		36		32
Total Students:	523		505		535		545		525		536		548
Grade 6:	178	34.0%	174	34.5%	144	26.9%	168	30.8%	183	34.9%	158	29.5%	169	30.8%
Grade 7:	183	35.0%	152	30.1%	173	32.3%	194	35.6%	178	33.9%	164	30.6%	186	33.9%
Grade 8:	162	31.0%	179	35.4%	218	40.7%	183	33.6%	164	31.2%	214	39.9%	193	35.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	278	53.2%	267	52.9%	275	51.4%	283	51.9%	275	52.4%	275	51.3%	273	49.8%
Female:	245	46.8%	238	47.1%	260	48.6%	262	48.1%	242	46.1%	253	47.2%	271	49.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	5	1.0%	17	3.2%	17	3.1%	18	3.4%	19	3.5%	17	3.1%
Asian:	49	9.4%	68	13.5%	79	14.8%	96	17.6%	77	14.7%	80	14.9%	57	10.4%
Hispanic:	201	38.4%	186	36.8%	197	36.8%	183	33.6%	178	33.9%	175	32.6%	197	35.9%
Black:	80	15.3%	78	15.4%	93	17.4%	98	18.0%	93	17.7%	103	19.2%	129	23.5%
White:	173	33.1%	152	30.1%	129	24.1%	126	23.1%	159	30.3%	159	29.7%	148	27.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	2.7%	14	2.8%	18	3.4%	23	4.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	349	66.7%	347	68.7%	406	75.9%	413	75.8%	386	73.5%	379	70.7%	395	72.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	6.9%	33	6.5%	32	6.0%	25	4.6%	29	5.5%	36	6.7%	35	6.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.85		16.44		15.17		14.27		13.13		14.90		17.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	27	26	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	34	31	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	34	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	28	40	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	36	42	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	36	46	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	38	47	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	33	52	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	38	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	39	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	44	45	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	35	45	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	49	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	34	48	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	54	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	35	50	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	28	31	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	34	36	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	33	35	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	24	38	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	30	38	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	41	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	32	42	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	46	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	20	17	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	22	21	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	20	21	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	28	29	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	23	27	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	26	35	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	21	33	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	28	38	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	43	34	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	38	37	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	36	40	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	33	40	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	39	45	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	27	46	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	33	50	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	31	49	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	35	28	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	31	31	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	29	31	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	33	38	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	24	36	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	27	44	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	27	40	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	29	44	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	21	15	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	18	17	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	20	22	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	21	22	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	24	25	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	20	29	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	28	35	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	22	36	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	41	35	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	36	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	39	41	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	38	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	45	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	30	42	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	31	50	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	34	51	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	27	20	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	28	20	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	18	22	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	17	23	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	17	21	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	14	25	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	13	28	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	16	30	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	29	26	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	27	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	28	29	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	23	28	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	31	33	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	23	34	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	18	36	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	19	37	55
TCAP
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	49.4	50.1	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	57.4	51.7	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	45.3	54.8	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	55.0	57.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	38.5	45.4	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	43.2	47.5	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	23.5	39.8	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	33.8	45.7	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	33.7	50.1	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	40.3	51.8	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	30.1	47.8	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	41.7	49.4	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	35.3	36.9	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	32.7	39.3	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	35.3	47.4	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	34.5	47.0	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	24.0	32.6	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	27.0	34.3	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	31.7	41.7	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	29.3	41.7	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	47.2%	47.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	52.8%	52.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	33.3%	38.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	66.7%	61.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,413.0	$48,110.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,726.0	$36,006.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,256.0	$55,812.0

* Merrill Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.