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Palmer Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

995 Grape St

Denver CO, 80220, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-5000

Ranking:

(915 out of 1,246, bottom 27%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Denver County School District 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:	20		20		19		23		23		22		19
Total Students:	337		314		312		354		350		330		276
Prekindergarten:	51	15.1%	44	14.0%	33	10.6%	48	13.6%	51	14.6%	29	8.8%	15	5.4%
Kindergarten:	70	20.8%	67	21.3%	64	20.5%	68	19.2%	78	22.3%	69	20.9%	58	21.0%
Grade 1:	60	17.8%	45	14.3%	43	13.8%	46	13.0%	49	14.0%	61	18.5%	42	15.2%
Grade 2:	42	12.5%	35	11.1%	36	11.5%	47	13.3%	43	12.3%	46	13.9%	40	14.5%
Grade 3:	36	10.7%	38	12.1%	43	13.8%	51	14.4%	45	12.9%	45	13.6%	42	15.2%
Grade 4:	38	11.3%	36	11.5%	54	17.3%	44	12.4%	43	12.3%	38	11.5%	40	14.5%
Grade 5:	40	11.9%	49	15.6%	39	12.5%	50	14.1%	41	11.7%	42	12.7%	39	14.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	174	51.6%	148	47.1%	145	46.5%	173	48.9%	173	49.4%	159	48.2%	141	51.1%
Female:	163	48.4%	166	52.9%	167	53.5%	181	51.1%	169	48.3%	163	49.4%	131	47.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.7%
Asian:	10	3.0%	12	3.8%	7	2.2%	6	1.7%	15	4.3%	14	4.2%	21	7.6%
Hispanic:	77	22.8%	68	21.7%	67	21.5%	88	24.9%	63	18.0%	52	15.8%	48	17.4%
Black:	105	31.2%	102	32.5%	108	34.6%	116	32.8%	129	36.9%	114	34.5%	96	34.8%
White:	126	37.4%	114	36.3%	111	35.6%	126	35.6%	142	40.6%	149	45.2%	109	39.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	5.3%	17	5.4%	18	5.8%	17	4.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	146	43.3%	145	46.2%	158	50.6%	172	48.6%	162	46.3%	134	40.6%	121	43.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	5.0%	27	8.6%	35	11.2%	22	6.2%	23	6.6%	21	6.4%	16	5.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.85		15.85		16.64		15.23		15.32		15.30		14.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	55	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	32	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	30	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	54	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	38	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	44	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	28	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	29	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	38	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	36	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	51	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	46	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	49	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	25	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	33	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	46	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44.2	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45.0	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53.5	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60.0	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41.9	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32.5	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	73.1	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65.8	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75.5	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.6	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52.9	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60.0	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	44.7	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	53.2	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	60.6	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70.2	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	18.4	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	36.2	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.4	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	53.2	44.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	40.0%	36.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.0%	63.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	15.0%	21.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	85.0%	78.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,926.0	$47,377.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$28,670.0	$34,358.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,324.0	$50,849.0

* Palmer 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.