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Queen Palmer Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1921 East Yampa St

Colorado Springs CO, 80909, El Paso County

Phone: 719-328-3200

Ranking:

(1,006 out of 1,246, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Colorado Springs School District 11

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:	19		20		17		18		18		17		20
Total Students:	238		263		266		214		229		212		216
Kindergarten:	43	18.1%	55	20.9%	55	20.7%	44	20.6%	47	20.5%	45	21.2%	38	17.6%
Grade 1:	44	18.5%	51	19.4%	40	15.0%	34	15.9%	42	18.3%	30	14.2%	41	19.0%
Grade 2:	42	17.6%	38	14.4%	41	15.4%	35	16.4%	35	15.3%	35	16.5%	32	14.8%
Grade 3:	36	15.1%	38	14.4%	43	16.2%	35	16.4%	33	14.4%	31	14.6%	39	18.1%
Grade 4:	37	15.5%	34	12.9%	43	16.2%	34	15.9%	35	15.3%	34	16.0%	35	16.2%
Grade 5:	36	15.1%	47	17.9%	44	16.5%	32	15.0%	37	16.2%	37	17.5%	31	14.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	116	48.7%	133	50.6%	142	53.4%	129	60.3%	121	52.8%	107	50.5%	107	49.5%
Female:	122	51.3%	130	49.4%	124	46.6%	85	39.7%	100	43.7%	97	45.8%	105	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.8%	2	0.8%	7	2.6%	6	2.8%	2	0.9%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	3	1.1%	2	0.9%	3	1.3%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%
Hispanic:	96	40.3%	90	34.2%	96	36.1%	77	36.0%	77	33.6%	56	26.4%	69	31.9%
Black:	31	13.0%	39	14.8%	33	12.4%	29	13.6%	50	21.8%	38	17.9%	31	14.4%
White:	88	37.0%	104	39.5%	105	39.5%	83	38.8%	97	42.4%	117	55.2%	114	52.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	8.4%	27	10.3%	22	8.3%	17	7.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	202	84.9%	217	82.5%	231	86.8%	173	80.8%	190	83.0%	160	75.5%	160	74.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	6.7%	25	9.5%	19	7.1%	14	6.5%	13	5.7%	32	15.1%	23	10.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.73		13.42		15.56		12.23		12.51		12.60		10.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	73	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	73	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	70	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	73	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	73	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	70	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34	70	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	70	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	71	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	72	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	75	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	69	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	74	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	49	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34	58	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24	56	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	26	56	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	54	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28	56	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38	54	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	50	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	67	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	71	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	72	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	68	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	70	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	71	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	61	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	64	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	69	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	67	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	67	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	68	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	65	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	65	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	42	52	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	26	52	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	50	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	35	50	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	54	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	55	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	52	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	55	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	56	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	63	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	65	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	65	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	66	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	64	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	64	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	65	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	68	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	69	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	70	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	74	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	71	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	72	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	67	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	35	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	41	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	27	42	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	41	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	45	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	43	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	54	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	59	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	59	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	57	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	64	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	61	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	59	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	59	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57.5	74.0	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64.8	75.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51.2	73.5	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.8	72.2	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32.5	52.8	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40.5	47.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.9	73.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	53.6	72.7	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	55.5	66.8	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	41.5	67.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	37.7	48.1	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	22.0	51.2	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	48.8	65.8	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.1	65.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46.5	68.9	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.3	70.8	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	23.2	43.5	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	24.4	44.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	34.9	57.0	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	38.8	55.5	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.1%	57.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.9%	42.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	71.4%	68.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	28.6%	31.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,783.0	$40,763.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,482.0	$34,348.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,038.0	$54,662.0

* Queen Palmer Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.