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Powderhorn Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

12109 West Coal Mine Ave

Littleton CO, 80127, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-0074

Ranking:

(240 out of 1,246, top 19%)*

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:	33		33		33		35		32		33		34
Total Students:	654		679		642		638		663		647		636
Kindergarten:	86	13.1%	96	14.1%	80	12.5%	90	14.1%	89	13.4%	99	15.3%	80	12.6%
Grade 1:	99	15.1%	87	12.8%	96	15.0%	89	13.9%	103	15.5%	91	14.1%	93	14.6%
Grade 2:	89	13.6%	102	15.0%	82	12.8%	95	14.9%	97	14.6%	89	13.8%	88	13.8%
Grade 3:	97	14.8%	87	12.8%	94	14.6%	87	13.6%	99	14.9%	85	13.1%	76	11.9%
Grade 4:	84	12.8%	101	14.9%	90	14.0%	103	16.1%	99	14.9%	80	12.4%	93	14.6%
Grade 5:	99	15.1%	100	14.7%	102	15.9%	95	14.9%	77	11.6%	94	14.5%	95	14.9%
Grade 6:	100	15.3%	106	15.6%	98	15.3%	79	12.4%	99	14.9%	109	16.8%	111	17.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	333	50.9%	349	51.4%	336	52.3%	346	54.2%	357	53.8%	349	53.9%	342	53.8%
Female:	321	49.1%	330	48.6%	306	47.7%	292	45.8%	298	44.9%	290	44.8%	290	45.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	8	1.2%	6	0.9%	6	0.9%
Asian:	23	3.5%	20	2.9%	18	2.8%	20	3.1%	32	4.8%	22	3.4%	14	2.2%
Hispanic:	103	15.7%	109	16.1%	101	15.7%	91	14.3%	66	10.0%	68	10.5%	66	10.4%
Black:	3	0.5%	3	0.4%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	13	2.0%	13	2.0%	17	2.7%
White:	496	75.8%	518	76.3%	490	76.3%	487	76.3%	544	82.1%	538	83.2%	533	83.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	27	4.1%	25	3.7%	26	4.0%	31	4.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	86	13.1%	95	14.0%	83	12.9%	73	11.4%	71	10.7%	43	6.6%	48	7.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	6.3%	46	6.8%	29	4.5%	27	4.2%	44	6.6%	24	3.7%	16	2.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.72		20.68		19.66		18.49		20.72		19.50		18.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	65	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91.6	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82.7	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94.8	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86.2	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.9	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.8	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80.2	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.9	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.4	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88.9	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65.9	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.7	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	73.8	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80.0	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84.3	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88.0	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	63.1	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	79.0	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	62.8	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77.0	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	85.9	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75.8	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94.9	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88.4	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	72.8	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	66.0	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	36.7%	32.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	63.3%	67.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.7%	29.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	73.3%	71.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,622.0	$52,768.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,305.0	$33,110.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$59,283.0	$60,810.0

* Powderhorn Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.