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Polaris Expeditionary Learning School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1905 Orchard Place

Fort Collins CO, 80521, Larimer County

Phone: 970-488-8260

Type: Other/Alternative School, Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 12

School District: Poudre 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:	17		18		15		14		14		13		13
Total Students:	284		278		262		232		208		185		191
Grade 6:	43	15.1%	48	17.3%	43	16.4%	25	10.8%	22	10.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	47	16.5%	45	16.2%	41	15.6%	35	15.1%	23	11.1%	34	18.4%	23	12.0%
Grade 8:	45	15.8%	46	16.5%	37	14.1%	27	11.6%	35	16.8%	27	14.6%	36	18.8%
Grade 9:	41	14.4%	28	10.1%	36	13.7%	45	19.4%	33	15.9%	40	21.6%	42	22.0%
Grade 10:	30	10.6%	42	15.1%	38	14.5%	30	12.9%	35	16.8%	34	18.4%	33	17.3%
Grade 11:	44	15.5%	42	15.1%	36	13.7%	34	14.7%	39	18.8%	28	15.1%	30	15.7%
Grade 12:	34	12.0%	27	9.7%	31	11.8%	36	15.5%	21	10.1%	22	11.9%	27	14.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	167	58.8%	163	58.6%	147	56.1%	132	56.9%	117	56.3%	98	53.0%	107	56.0%
Female:	117	41.2%	115	41.4%	115	43.9%	100	43.1%	83	39.9%	79	42.7%	80	41.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.7%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	3	1.4%	4	2.2%	3	1.6%
Asian:	4	1.4%	3	1.1%	2	0.8%	3	1.3%	3	1.4%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%
Hispanic:	18	6.3%	18	6.5%	19	7.3%	21	9.1%	25	12.0%	21	11.4%	18	9.4%
Black:	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	2	0.8%	2	0.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%
White:	247	87.0%	241	86.7%	230	87.8%	202	87.1%	177	85.1%	159	85.9%	168	88.0%
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:	12	4.2%	15	5.4%	8	3.1%	4	1.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	77	27.1%	64	23.0%	69	26.3%	50	21.6%	44	21.2%	36	19.5%	32	16.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	14	4.9%	16	5.8%	9	3.4%	11	4.7%	17	8.2%	8	4.3%	10	5.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.37		15.86		17.47		16.60		14.86		14.20		14.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	24	38	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	26	43	32
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	71	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	65	75	66
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	41	58	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	48	61	48
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	41	54	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	58	47
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	75	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	78	63
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	60	81	71
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	68	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	73	62
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	55	64	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	62	71	53
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	81	77	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	83	80	67
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	71	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	56	71	59
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	30	63	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	64	51
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	65	78	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	80	76	67
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	60	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	60	49
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	66	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	67	55
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	21	46	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	22	46	38
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	61	77	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	54	73	66
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	42	60	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	45	66	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	16.7	44.1	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	41.1	44.2	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	58.4	77.2	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	79.5	73.9	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	64.7	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	51.3	63.9	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	38.9	62.0	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	53.9	58.6	48.8
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	65.9	74.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	65.2	74.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	84.1	82.1	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76.8	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	65.9	69.1	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	53.5	66.0	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	60.9	67.3	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	69.7	72.0	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	71.8	79.3	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	83.7	79.0	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	69.5	72.4	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	74.5	73.7	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	57.1	67.2	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	53.3	65.9	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	77.1	80.1	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	73.4	76.6	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	71.5	63.5	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	60.0	64.9	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	60.0	70.4	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	60.0	65.7	55.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	27.0	45.8	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	20.0	52.3	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	78.4	73.9	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	72.0	78.0	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	62.2	63.2	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	48.0	69.6	55.1

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