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Platte River Charter Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4085 Lark Sparrow St

Littleton CO, 80126, Douglas County

Phone: 303-221-1070

Ranking:

(38 out of 1,246, top 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Douglas County School District RE-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:	27		29		23		26		28		29		27
Total Students:	580		574		514		520		507		508		507
Kindergarten:	55	9.5%	56	9.8%	54	10.5%	58	11.2%	54	10.7%	54	10.6%	56	11.0%
Grade 1:	60	10.3%	58	10.1%	83	16.1%	56	10.8%	55	10.8%	55	10.8%	54	10.7%
Grade 2:	59	10.2%	82	14.3%	57	11.1%	56	10.8%	57	11.2%	57	11.2%	55	10.8%
Grade 3:	80	13.8%	60	10.5%	56	10.9%	57	11.0%	54	10.7%	54	10.6%	55	10.8%
Grade 4:	61	10.5%	54	9.4%	56	10.9%	55	10.6%	53	10.5%	55	10.8%	54	10.7%
Grade 5:	58	10.0%	58	10.1%	52	10.1%	54	10.4%	54	10.7%	54	10.6%	80	15.8%
Grade 6:	68	11.7%	71	12.4%	53	10.3%	55	10.6%	52	10.3%	78	15.4%	54	10.7%
Grade 7:	72	12.4%	72	12.5%	51	9.9%	52	10.0%	77	15.2%	51	10.0%	50	9.9%
Grade 8:	67	11.6%	63	11.0%	52	10.1%	77	14.8%	51	10.1%	50	9.8%	49	9.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	278	47.9%	277	48.3%	254	49.4%	244	46.9%	237	46.7%	248	48.8%	245	48.3%
Female:	302	52.1%	297	51.7%	260	50.6%	276	53.1%	262	51.7%	252	49.6%	258	50.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	35	6.0%	30	5.2%	30	5.8%	37	7.1%	46	9.1%	46	9.1%	38	7.5%
Hispanic:	54	9.3%	55	9.6%	43	8.4%	33	6.3%	20	3.9%	20	3.9%	16	3.2%
Black:	2	0.3%	4	0.7%	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	10	2.0%	13	2.6%	8	1.6%
White:	455	78.4%	448	78.0%	402	78.2%	414	79.6%	428	84.4%	428	84.3%	445	87.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	30	5.2%	33	5.7%	32	6.2%	31	6.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	9	1.6%	22	3.8%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.50		20.06		22.13		19.70		18.10		17.30		18.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	85	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	82	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	82	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	83	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	83	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	82	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	83	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	70	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	66	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	68	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	63	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	83	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	85	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	86	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	83	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	96	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	98	84	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	79	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	83	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	79	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	78	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	79	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	67	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	68	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	65	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	64	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	72	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	73	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	79	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	82	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	82	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	81	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	80	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	81	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	80	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	84	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	86	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	84	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	86	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	82	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	52	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	57	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	60	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	59	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	70	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	74	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	77	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	76	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	72	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	73	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	74	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	77	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	77	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	79	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	80	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	82	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	79	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	86	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	85	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	88	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	99	87	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	99	88	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	89	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	86	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	86	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	75	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	77	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	78	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	79	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	78	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	82	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	73	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	78	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	59	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	60	69	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	78	65	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	82	69	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	65	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	75	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	82	68	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	70	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	88	79	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	81	82	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	89	80	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	81	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	80	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	82	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	93	82	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	94	79	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	77	68	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	65	72	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	80	72	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	75	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	88	72	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	77	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	85	74	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	86	73	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	65	61	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	76	61	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	59	66	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	82	64	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	66	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	66	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	90	68	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	85	67	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	69	80	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	90	80	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	83	83	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	77	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	92	82	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	94	77	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	94	80	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	96	79	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	68	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	86	65	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	74	68	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	89	67	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	77	59	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	85	62	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	86	60	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	83	60	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	51	66	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	86	66	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	68	67	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	75	64	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	78	67	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	92	66	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	90	68	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	69	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96.2	81.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88.5	81.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96.1	82.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94.3	81.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.4	62.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88.4	62.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	84.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	98.1	83.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	96.1	80.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	92.1	79.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	80.4	64.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	80.4	66.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.3	78.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	98.0	79.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92.3	84.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96.2	82.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.8	62.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	84.7	62.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	82.6	72.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.2	71.1	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	88.4	77.9	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	94.2	76.8	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92.3	87.2	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90.4	86.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78.9	72.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82.7	73.1	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	88	70.3	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	70.4	68.3	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	94	81.3	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	87.1	79.0	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	75.9	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	87.0	74.4	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	88.4	67.5	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	91.3	66.5	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	94.2	78.2	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	93.5	80.0	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	84.6	59.5	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	91.3	63.0	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	80.7	67.3	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	95.6	68.7	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	76.0%	73.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.0%	21.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.0%	52.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	68.0%	47.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$33,639.0	$34,114.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,501.0	$31,082.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$34,174.0	$37,421.0

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