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Nisley Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

543 283/4 Rd

Grand Junction CO, 81501, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-5900

Ranking:

(980 out of 1,246, bottom 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Mesa County Valley School District 51

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:	30		29		29		31		28		27		30
Total Students:	496		443		460		479		464		476		469
Prekindergarten:	29	5.8%	30	6.8%	30	6.5%	28	5.8%	30	6.5%	28	5.9%	27	5.8%
Kindergarten:	103	20.8%	84	19.0%	70	15.2%	78	16.3%	79	17.0%	69	14.5%	71	15.1%
Grade 1:	83	16.7%	72	16.3%	82	17.8%	92	19.2%	69	14.9%	80	16.8%	85	18.1%
Grade 2:	65	13.1%	73	16.5%	71	15.4%	60	12.5%	71	15.3%	73	15.3%	71	15.1%
Grade 3:	87	17.5%	62	14.0%	67	14.6%	72	15.0%	78	16.8%	75	15.8%	73	15.6%
Grade 4:	67	13.5%	61	13.8%	65	14.1%	74	15.4%	61	13.1%	77	16.2%	76	16.2%
Grade 5:	62	12.5%	61	13.8%	75	16.3%	75	15.7%	76	16.4%	74	15.5%	66	14.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	275	55.4%	239	54.0%	241	52.4%	232	48.4%	229	49.4%	236	49.6%	237	50.5%
Female:	221	44.6%	204	46.0%	219	47.6%	247	51.6%	227	48.9%	232	48.7%	228	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	4	0.9%	4	0.9%	6	1.3%	7	1.5%	13	2.7%	11	2.3%
Asian:	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	4	0.9%	6	1.3%	6	1.3%	10	2.1%	8	1.7%
Hispanic:	182	36.7%	167	37.7%	186	40.4%	187	39.0%	171	36.9%	164	34.5%	156	33.3%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	12	2.6%	8	1.7%	7	1.5%
White:	297	59.9%	253	57.1%	251	54.6%	268	55.9%	268	57.8%	281	59.0%	287	61.2%
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:	15	3.0%	17	3.8%	14	3.0%	9	1.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	353	71.2%	317	71.6%	322	70.0%	333	69.5%	333	71.8%	301	63.2%	282	60.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	43	8.7%	26	5.9%	33	7.2%	34	7.1%	32	6.9%	45	9.5%	46	9.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.55		15.28		16.00		15.70		16.78		17.40		15.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	69	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	70	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	68	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	64	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	30	66	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	65	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	64	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	72	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	71	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	71	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	65	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	71	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	67	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	70	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	46	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	56	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	48	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	50	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	31	39	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25	47	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24	40	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	20	40	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	64	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	68	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	66	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	62	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	62	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	63	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	66	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	64	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	64	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	62	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	68	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	64	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	63	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	63	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	50	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	51	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	47	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	41	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	45	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	39	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	42	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	35	48	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	56	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	60	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	61	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	60	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	55	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	54	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	57	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	59	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	69	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	72	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	70	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	67	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	69	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	69	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	38	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	41	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	39	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	41	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	18	41	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	40	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	50	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	57	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	57	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	54	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	52	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	52	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	48	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	54	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51.4	65.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55.7	68.4	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63.7	72.1	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72.1	74.1	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	26.1	41	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24.6	42.7	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69.8	67.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	79.7	69.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	63.5	65.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64.1	66.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46.1	41.8	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40.6	44.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	49.3	58.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	51.5	60.6	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	61.6	68.5	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62.8	67.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30.1	42.8	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30.0	44.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	43.8	54.3	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	45.7	53.8	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	43.5%	46.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	56.5%	53.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.7%	26.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.3%	73.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,249.0	$44,415.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,898.0	$32,504.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,513.0	$48,803.0

* Nisley Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.