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Ralston Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

25856 Columbine Glen

Golden CO, 80401, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-4386

Ranking:

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

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:	21		20		20		19		19		21		19
Total Students:	390		426		403		380		331		333		312
Kindergarten:	54	13.8%	74	17.4%	65	16.1%	74	19.5%	53	16.0%	50	15.0%	46	14.7%
Grade 1:	69	17.7%	71	16.7%	78	19.4%	49	12.9%	52	15.7%	50	15.0%	47	15.1%
Grade 2:	60	15.4%	73	17.1%	48	11.9%	61	16.1%	47	14.2%	47	14.1%	51	16.3%
Grade 3:	67	17.2%	54	12.7%	66	16.4%	48	12.6%	44	13.3%	54	16.2%	36	11.5%
Grade 4:	49	12.6%	65	15.3%	52	12.9%	48	12.6%	53	16.0%	44	13.2%	36	11.5%
Grade 5:	62	15.9%	51	12.0%	45	11.2%	55	14.5%	45	13.6%	37	11.1%	45	14.4%
Grade 6:	29	7.4%	38	8.9%	49	12.2%	45	11.8%	37	11.2%	51	15.3%	51	16.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	205	52.6%	217	50.9%	195	48.4%	196	51.6%	166	50.2%	161	48.3%	163	52.2%
Female:	185	47.4%	209	49.1%	208	51.6%	184	48.4%	157	47.4%	164	49.2%	145	46.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
Asian:	12	3.1%	14	3.3%	14	3.5%	11	2.9%	15	4.5%	17	5.1%	13	4.2%
Hispanic:	17	4.4%	21	4.9%	20	5.0%	18	4.7%	9	2.7%	9	2.7%	8	2.6%
Black:	3	0.8%	4	0.9%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	337	86.4%	364	85.4%	344	85.4%	332	87.4%	305	92.1%	306	91.9%	291	93.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	19	4.9%	21	4.9%	21	5.2%	17	4.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	9	2.3%	12	2.8%	9	2.2%	14	3.7%	9	2.7%	8	2.4%	4	1.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	6	1.5%	8	1.9%	6	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	4	1.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.87		21.40		20.16		19.50		17.59		16.10		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	98	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	98	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	98	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	96	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95.3	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98.1	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96.9	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94.1	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.3	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94.1	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	96.1	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93.9	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	98.1	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	95.5	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	92.1	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75.8	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91.3	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91.9	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	97.8	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98.0	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	95.7	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	89.8	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	84.8	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.7	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91.5	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	92.1	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	97.9	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	97.4	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	93.6	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	86.9	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	53.3%	52.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	46.7%	47.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.7%	17.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	73.3%	82.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$56,623.0	$54,198.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,925.0	$32,823.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$63,422.0	$58,779.0

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