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Mortensen Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8006 South Iris

Littleton CO, 80128, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-0022

Ranking:

(375 out of 1,246, top 30%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Jefferson County 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:	25		25		22		25		24		24		24
Total Students:	435		456		438		446		461		423		423
Prekindergarten:	33	7.6%	35	7.7%	33	7.5%	37	8.3%	36	7.8%	39	9.2%	44	10.4%
Kindergarten:	61	14.0%	58	12.7%	60	13.7%	58	13.0%	72	15.6%	53	12.5%	75	17.7%
Grade 1:	61	14.0%	65	14.3%	56	12.8%	66	14.8%	58	12.6%	73	17.3%	55	13.0%
Grade 2:	58	13.3%	66	14.5%	67	15.3%	51	11.4%	67	14.5%	52	12.3%	50	11.8%
Grade 3:	63	14.5%	72	15.8%	59	13.5%	61	13.7%	57	12.4%	52	12.3%	55	13.0%
Grade 4:	73	16.8%	55	12.1%	66	15.1%	54	12.1%	56	12.1%	55	13.0%	50	11.8%
Grade 5:	51	11.7%	69	15.1%	52	11.9%	55	12.3%	70	15.2%	53	12.5%	48	11.3%
Grade 6:	35	8.0%	36	7.9%	45	10.3%	64	14.3%	45	9.8%	46	10.9%	46	10.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	236	54.3%	245	53.7%	237	54.1%	249	55.8%	251	54.4%	230	54.4%	238	56.3%
Female:	199	45.7%	211	46.3%	201	45.9%	197	44.2%	202	43.8%	185	43.7%	181	42.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%	2	0.4%	11	2.4%	3	0.7%	4	0.9%
Asian:	15	3.4%	10	2.2%	8	1.8%	11	2.5%	17	3.7%	18	4.3%	12	2.8%
Hispanic:	73	16.8%	69	15.1%	64	14.6%	73	16.4%	61	13.2%	58	13.7%	57	13.5%
Black:	5	1.1%	5	1.1%	8	1.8%	6	1.3%	13	2.8%	10	2.4%	7	1.7%
White:	313	72.0%	339	74.3%	332	75.8%	335	75.1%	359	77.9%	334	79.0%	343	81.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	26	6.0%	27	5.9%	24	5.5%	19	4.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	88	20.2%	75	16.4%	72	16.4%	74	16.6%	79	17.1%	64	15.1%	50	11.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	4.8%	29	6.4%	19	4.3%	25	5.6%	15	3.3%	9	2.1%	13	3.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.51		18.36		19.91		17.72		19.48		17.50		17.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	62	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.0	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79.4	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78.9	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88.3	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59.6	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76.5	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84.6	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	73.5	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81.5	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73.4	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61.5	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	69.4	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	79.6	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	70.7	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	91.8	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.1	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.6	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	69.3	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.5	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	69.2	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	93.0	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	73.6	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95.3	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91.2	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	74.4	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	64.7	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	23.8%	42.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	76.2%	57.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	33.3%	23.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	66.7%	76.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$51,971.0	$50,501.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,838.0	$30,997.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$57,538.0	$56,595.0

* Mortensen Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.