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Orchard Avenue Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1800 Orchard Ave

Grand Junction CO, 81501, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-7560

Ranking:

(321 out of 1,246, top 26%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Mesa County Valley School District 51

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		24		22		22		21		20		21
Total Students:	451		479		491		488		491		460		430
Prekindergarten:	29	6.4%	27	5.6%	27	5.5%	28	5.7%	27	5.5%	28	6.1%	30	7.0%
Kindergarten:	63	14.0%	67	14.0%	85	17.3%	80	16.4%	85	17.3%	90	19.6%	82	19.1%
Grade 1:	71	15.7%	80	16.7%	79	16.1%	79	16.2%	82	16.7%	81	17.6%	67	15.6%
Grade 2:	64	14.2%	79	16.5%	80	16.3%	78	16.0%	82	16.7%	62	13.5%	78	18.1%
Grade 3:	72	16.0%	72	15.0%	82	16.7%	76	15.6%	65	13.2%	78	17.0%	67	15.6%
Grade 4:	70	15.5%	83	17.3%	68	13.8%	70	14.3%	82	16.7%	65	14.1%	52	12.1%
Grade 5:	82	18.2%	71	14.8%	70	14.3%	77	15.8%	68	13.8%	56	12.2%	54	12.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	247	54.8%	262	54.7%	256	52.1%	246	50.4%	260	53.0%	238	51.7%	220	51.2%
Female:	204	45.2%	217	45.3%	235	47.9%	242	49.6%	223	45.4%	214	46.5%	206	47.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.1%	8	1.7%	5	1.0%	3	0.6%	6	1.2%	7	1.5%	6	1.4%
Asian:	2	0.4%	6	1.3%	5	1.0%	7	1.4%	12	2.4%	9	2.0%	9	2.1%
Hispanic:	90	20.0%	91	19.0%	98	20.0%	112	23.0%	88	17.9%	71	15.4%	57	13.3%
Black:	4	0.9%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	4	0.8%	12	2.4%	19	4.1%	11	2.6%
White:	326	72.3%	350	73.1%	354	72.1%	335	68.6%	373	76.0%	354	77.0%	347	80.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	23	5.1%	21	4.4%	26	5.3%	27	5.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	166	36.8%	186	38.8%	156	31.8%	170	34.8%	194	39.5%	143	31.1%	134	31.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	40	8.9%	37	7.7%	49	10.0%	29	5.9%	27	5.5%	43	9.3%	41	9.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.04		19.96		22.84		21.93		23.10		23.40		21.00

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	78	70	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	68	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	64	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	66	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	65	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	64	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	72	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	71	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	71	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	65	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	71	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	67	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	70	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	46	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	56	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	48	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	50	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	39	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	47	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	40	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	40	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	64	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	68	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	66	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	62	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	62	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	63	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	66	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	64	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	64	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	68	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	62	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	68	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	64	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	63	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	63	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	50	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	51	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	47	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	41	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	45	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	39	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	42	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	48	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	56	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	60	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	61	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	60	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	55	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	54	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	57	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	59	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	69	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	72	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	70	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	67	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	69	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	69	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	38	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	41	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	39	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	41	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	41	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	40	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	50	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	57	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	57	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	54	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	52	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	52	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	48	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	54	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65.5	65.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89.3	68.4	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73.8	72.1	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.8	74.1	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42.0	41	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64.6	42.7	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.4	67.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.9	69.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78.0	65.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.8	66.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51.5	41.8	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40.3	44.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72.9	58.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.2	60.6	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.2	68.5	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.3	67.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.6	42.8	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.9	44.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	62.7	54.3	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.5	53.8	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	46.7%	52.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	53.3%	47.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	26.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	86.7%	73.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,148.0	$46,595.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	$34,373.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,802.0	$50,959.0

* Orchard Avenue 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.