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Pioneer Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3230 East 38th Ave

Denver CO, 80205, Denver County

Phone: 303-329-8412

Ranking:

(1,153 out of 1,246, bottom 7%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Denver County School District 1

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:	35		29		26		26		21		20		21
Total Students:	501		476		393		361		301		306		285
Prekindergarten:	30	6.0%	30	6.3%	27	6.9%	30	8.3%	24	8.0%	26	8.5%	30	10.5%
Kindergarten:	52	10.4%	56	11.8%	58	14.8%	47	13.0%	44	14.6%	50	16.3%	44	15.4%
Grade 1:	56	11.2%	56	11.8%	49	12.5%	54	15.0%	47	15.6%	50	16.3%	35	12.3%
Grade 2:	59	11.8%	55	11.6%	57	14.5%	52	14.4%	44	14.6%	38	12.4%	39	13.7%
Grade 3:	57	11.4%	59	12.4%	49	12.5%	52	14.4%	39	13.0%	43	14.1%	40	14.0%
Grade 4:	60	12.0%	59	12.4%	56	14.2%	37	10.2%	43	14.3%	38	12.4%	32	11.2%
Grade 5:	62	12.4%	55	11.6%	34	8.7%	52	14.4%	35	11.6%	37	12.1%	37	13.0%
Grade 6:	57	11.4%	40	8.4%	40	10.2%	37	10.2%	25	8.3%	24	7.8%	28	9.8%
Grade 7:	37	7.4%	45	9.5%	23	5.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	31	6.2%	21	4.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	265	52.9%	254	53.4%	206	52.4%	182	50.4%	151	50.2%	144	47.1%	134	47.0%
Female:	236	47.1%	222	46.6%	187	47.6%	179	49.6%	142	47.2%	154	50.3%	147	51.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	469	93.6%	446	93.7%	359	91.3%	327	90.6%	290	96.3%	290	94.8%	274	96.1%
Black:	27	5.4%	27	5.7%	24	6.1%	20	5.5%	8	2.7%	13	4.2%	6	2.1%
White:	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	7	1.8%	7	1.9%	3	1.0%	3	1.0%	5	1.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.3%	6	1.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	432	86.2%	439	92.2%	326	83.0%	317	87.8%	249	82.7%	272	88.9%	255	89.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	44	8.8%	27	5.7%	27	6.9%	24	6.6%	22	7.3%	19	6.2%	21	7.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.18		16.23		15.05		13.84		14.54		15.50		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	26	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	30	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	55	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	12	32	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	18	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	15	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	8	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	54	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	38	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	18	44	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	28	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	15	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	18	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	5	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	35	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	38	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	36	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	51	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	46	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	49	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	15	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	3	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	11	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	12	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	18	25	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	22	33	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	46	61
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	35	34	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	19	40	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	15	42	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	42	46	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	47	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	36	52	63
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	45	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	42	45	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	37	49	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	48	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	54	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	33	50	71
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	39	35	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	31	38	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	22	38	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	41	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	47	42	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	30	46	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48.1	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	31.5	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41.2	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29.1	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32.7	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	25.9	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	40.7	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55.6	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33.3	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33.3	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	18.5	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	22.2	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	26.5	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.8	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	29.4	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	38.5	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	14.7	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	5.7	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	32.4	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	23.1	44.9	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	35.9	50.1	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	47.2	51.7	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	41.1	54.8	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	33.3	57.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	28.2	45.4	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	44.5	47.5	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	36.4	39.8	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	34.2	45.7	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	36.4	50.1	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	31.7	51.8	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	59.1	47.8	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	34.2	49.4	61.3
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	40.9	39.3	51.5
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	27.2	47.0	66.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	22.7	34.3	51.7
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	36.3	41.7	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	80.0%	80.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.0%	20.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	4.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	60.0%	73.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	40.0%	26.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$33,591.0	$35,424.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,607.0	$34,250.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$36,568.0	$38,655.0

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