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Peiffer Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4997 South Miller Way

Littleton CO, 80127, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-4800

Ranking:

(662 out of 1,246, bottom 47%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Jefferson County School District R-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:	23		23		23		25		26		26		27
Total Students:	419		427		428		409		406		409		420
Kindergarten:	52	12.4%	65	15.2%	66	15.4%	49	12.0%	54	13.3%	50	12.2%	68	16.2%
Grade 1:	60	14.3%	61	14.3%	60	14.0%	67	16.4%	56	13.8%	73	17.8%	66	15.7%
Grade 2:	59	14.1%	66	15.5%	67	15.7%	54	13.2%	67	16.5%	51	12.5%	59	14.0%
Grade 3:	73	17.4%	60	14.1%	52	12.1%	64	15.6%	53	13.1%	59	14.4%	61	14.5%
Grade 4:	60	14.3%	53	12.4%	58	13.6%	56	13.7%	61	15.0%	61	14.9%	53	12.6%
Grade 5:	54	12.9%	64	15.0%	60	14.0%	56	13.7%	62	15.3%	51	12.5%	59	14.0%
Grade 6:	61	14.6%	58	13.6%	65	15.2%	63	15.4%	53	13.1%	64	15.6%	54	12.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	213	50.8%	218	51.1%	217	50.7%	215	52.6%	208	51.2%	213	52.1%	232	55.2%
Female:	206	49.2%	209	48.9%	211	49.3%	194	47.4%	190	46.8%	188	46.0%	184	43.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	1.0%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	4	1.0%
Asian:	10	2.4%	10	2.3%	8	1.9%	9	2.2%	12	3.0%	12	2.9%	14	3.3%
Hispanic:	90	21.5%	93	21.8%	104	24.3%	99	24.2%	65	16.0%	75	18.3%	79	18.8%
Black:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	4	0.9%	3	0.7%	5	1.2%	7	1.7%	11	2.6%
White:	300	71.6%	306	71.7%	296	69.2%	286	69.9%	323	79.6%	313	76.5%	312	74.3%
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:	13	3.1%	14	3.3%	15	3.5%	11	2.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	107	25.5%	118	27.6%	116	27.1%	99	24.2%	99	24.4%	75	18.3%	73	17.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	9.1%	48	11.2%	50	11.7%	29	7.1%	24	5.9%	24	5.9%	19	4.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.48		18.27		19.02		16.20		15.50		16.00		15.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	38	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	51	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	40	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	44	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	51	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	62	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	57	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	60	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73.1	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67.3	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78.9	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76.9	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.1	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67.3	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80.8	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	78.0	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86.0	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76.0	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62.0	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	42.9	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65.6	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64.3	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.7	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	35.8	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.5	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51.8	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.2	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	63.5	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	53.7	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	84.1	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76.0	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	63.5	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	61.2	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	34.8%	40.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	65.2%	59.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.7%	22.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.3%	77.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$55,118.0	$50,982.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,396.0	$33,510.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$60,041.0	$56,121.0

* Peiffer Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.