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North Star Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8740 North Star Dr

Denver CO, 80221, Adams County

Phone: 720-972-5560

Ranking:

(1,185 out of 1,246, bottom 5%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Northglenn-Thornton School District 12

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:	27		26		30		30		31		31		31
Total Students:	456		471		467		469		471		505		494
Kindergarten:	74	16.2%	101	21.4%	86	18.4%	88	18.8%	83	17.6%	87	17.2%	68	13.8%
Grade 1:	77	16.9%	82	17.4%	87	18.6%	85	18.1%	88	18.7%	80	15.8%	85	17.2%
Grade 2:	89	19.5%	77	16.3%	78	16.7%	78	16.6%	73	15.5%	78	15.4%	86	17.4%
Grade 3:	73	16.0%	74	15.7%	77	16.5%	71	15.1%	68	14.4%	80	15.8%	90	18.2%
Grade 4:	71	15.6%	72	15.3%	71	15.2%	80	17.1%	71	15.1%	91	18.0%	85	17.2%
Grade 5:	72	15.8%	65	13.8%	68	14.6%	67	14.3%	88	18.7%	65	12.9%	80	16.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	247	54.2%	248	52.7%	238	51.0%	247	52.7%	254	53.9%	265	52.5%	250	50.6%
Female:	209	45.8%	223	47.3%	229	49.0%	222	47.3%	209	44.4%	232	45.9%	240	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	5	1.1%	4	0.9%	2	0.4%	7	1.5%	6	1.2%	6	1.2%
Asian:	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	5	1.1%	9	1.8%	12	2.4%
Hispanic:	383	84.0%	371	78.8%	373	79.9%	374	79.7%	369	78.3%	393	77.8%	370	74.9%
Black:	15	3.3%	17	3.6%	17	3.6%	6	1.3%	19	4.0%	16	3.2%	14	2.8%
White:	47	10.3%	71	15.1%	65	13.9%	83	17.7%	71	15.1%	81	16.0%	92	18.6%
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:	6	1.3%	5	1.1%	6	1.3%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	393	86.2%	395	83.9%	322	69.0%	400	85.3%	385	81.7%	375	74.3%	365	73.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	6.1%	34	7.2%	98	21.0%	27	5.8%	40	8.5%	46	9.1%	47	9.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.89		18.12		15.78		15.58		15.08		16.10		15.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	66	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28	69	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	68	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	69	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	68	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	66	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	70	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	64	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	31	62	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25	67	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28	66	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	68	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	65	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	68	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	17	43	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22	49	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	43	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	15	47	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	11	43	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35	48	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24	40	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	44	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	67	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	69	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	71	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	69	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	73	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	65	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	73	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	38	58	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	59	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	63	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	23	59	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	64	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	28	63	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	57	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	60	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	28	45	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	14	45	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	15	43	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	12	42	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	12	48	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16	46	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	45	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	25	52	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	54	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	61	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	65	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	67	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	65	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	63	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	62	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	65	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	65	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	66	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	66	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	67	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	67	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	62	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	65	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	6	32	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	9	37	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	6	38	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	7	42	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	9	45	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	43	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	49	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	51	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	55	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	54	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	55	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	53	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	50	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	56	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57.9	68.6	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52.1	70.2	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42.1	67.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42.6	66.7	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25	44.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13.0	41.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	46.9	72.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	46.6	70.4	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	36.4	63.7	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	34.2	63.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	27.3	44.1	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20.6	48.7	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	37.5	63.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	37.9	64.7	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	37.5	65.2	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	36.2	67.1	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	16.7	44.7	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	12.1	45.7	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30.6	52.6	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	19.0	51.7	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.6%	52.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	48.4%	47.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	16.1%	38.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	83.9%	61.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,208.0	$46,015.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,989.0	$35,951.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,173.0	$52,246.0

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