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Pear Park Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

432 30 1/4 Rd

Grand Junction CO, 81504, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-5960

Ranking:

(438 out of 1,246, top 35%)*

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:	26		25		24		25		25		26		24
Total Students:	492		490		477		458		447		431		397
Prekindergarten:	29	5.9%	28	5.7%	26	5.5%	29	6.3%	30	6.7%	27	6.3%	29	7.3%
Kindergarten:	67	13.6%	77	15.7%	71	14.9%	72	15.7%	58	13.0%	72	16.7%	71	17.9%
Grade 1:	91	18.5%	84	17.1%	84	17.6%	67	14.6%	83	18.6%	74	17.2%	51	12.8%
Grade 2:	80	16.3%	74	15.1%	76	15.9%	77	16.8%	70	15.7%	62	14.4%	73	18.4%
Grade 3:	68	13.8%	65	13.3%	78	16.4%	78	17.0%	61	13.6%	75	17.4%	58	14.6%
Grade 4:	75	15.2%	82	16.7%	83	17.4%	60	13.1%	80	17.9%	61	14.2%	57	14.4%
Grade 5:	82	16.7%	80	16.3%	59	12.4%	75	16.4%	65	14.5%	60	13.9%	58	14.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	263	53.5%	246	50.2%	233	48.8%	230	50.2%	222	49.7%	223	51.7%	207	52.1%
Female:	229	46.5%	244	49.8%	244	51.2%	228	49.8%	217	48.5%	200	46.4%	186	46.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	1.4%	6	1.2%	7	1.5%	8	1.7%	7	1.6%	4	0.9%	6	1.5%
Asian:	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	122	24.8%	118	24.1%	128	26.8%	138	30.1%	105	23.5%	102	23.7%	97	24.4%
Black:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	5	1.1%	4	0.9%	8	2.0%
White:	330	67.1%	337	68.8%	322	67.5%	290	63.3%	327	73.2%	318	73.8%	285	71.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	27	5.5%	24	4.9%	15	3.1%	17	3.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	229	46.5%	226	46.1%	200	41.9%	229	50.0%	227	50.8%	158	36.7%	160	40.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	69	14.0%	73	14.9%	84	17.6%	75	16.4%	80	17.9%	73	16.9%	53	13.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.69		19.60		20.10		17.97		17.63		16.30		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	66	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	65	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	64	69
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	71	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	67	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	70	73
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	47	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	40	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	40	51
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	62	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	63	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	66	71
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	64	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	63	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	63	66
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	39	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	42	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	48	56
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	54	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	57	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	59	66
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	69	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	69	69
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	41	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	41	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	40	46
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	52	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	48	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	54	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89.7	65.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.2	68.4	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86.6	72.1	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73.1	74.1	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61.0	41	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44.8	42.7	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80.8	67.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	88.8	69.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80.8	65.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88.8	66.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52.5	41.8	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50.1	44.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.7	58.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74.1	60.6	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.8	68.5	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.5	67.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	45.1	42.8	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	50.6	44.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66.1	54.3	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70.4	53.8	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	70.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	45.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	55.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,252.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,293.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,127.0

* Pear Park Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.