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Sand Creek Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8898 South Maplewood Dr

Littleton CO, 80126, Douglas County

Phone: 303-387-6600

Ranking:

(205 out of 1,246, top 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

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:	35		32		32		33		34		34		32
Total Students:	587		585		585		599		633		602		555
Kindergarten:	56	9.5%	82	14.0%	76	13.0%	63	10.5%	92	14.5%	100	16.6%	76	13.7%
Grade 1:	82	14.0%	77	13.2%	68	11.6%	91	15.2%	110	17.4%	80	13.3%	84	15.1%
Grade 2:	83	14.1%	63	10.8%	86	14.7%	108	18.0%	79	12.5%	92	15.3%	78	14.1%
Grade 3:	68	11.6%	89	15.2%	106	18.1%	81	13.5%	101	16.0%	73	12.1%	73	13.2%
Grade 4:	101	17.2%	104	17.8%	82	14.0%	101	16.9%	83	13.1%	76	12.6%	83	15.0%
Grade 5:	112	19.1%	79	13.5%	91	15.6%	79	13.2%	81	12.8%	87	14.5%	89	16.0%
Grade 6:	85	14.5%	91	15.6%	76	13.0%	76	12.7%	87	13.7%	94	15.6%	72	13.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	295	50.3%	290	49.6%	300	51.3%	312	52.1%	333	52.6%	313	52.0%	296	53.3%
Female:	292	49.7%	295	50.4%	285	48.7%	287	47.9%	292	46.1%	281	46.7%	255	45.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.0%	5	0.9%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	5	0.8%	5	0.8%	2	0.4%
Asian:	17	2.9%	16	2.7%	19	3.2%	18	3.0%	25	3.9%	30	5.0%	30	5.4%
Hispanic:	84	14.3%	74	12.6%	69	11.8%	63	10.5%	46	7.3%	45	7.5%	33	5.9%
Black:	5	0.9%	5	0.9%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	12	1.9%	11	1.8%	7	1.3%
White:	452	77.0%	460	78.6%	468	80.0%	481	80.3%	545	86.1%	511	84.9%	483	87.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	3.7%	24	4.1%	23	3.9%	32	5.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	62	10.6%	61	10.4%	44	7.5%	51	8.5%	24	3.8%	25	4.2%	30	5.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	18	3.1%	11	1.9%	20	3.4%	16	2.7%	21	3.3%	28	4.7%	13	2.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.86		18.06		18.51		18.29		18.44		18.00		17.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	85	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	82	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	82	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	83	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	83	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	82	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	83	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	70	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	66	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	68	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	63	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	83	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	85	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	86	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	83	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	84	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	79	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	83	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	79	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	78	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	79	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	67	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	68	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	65	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	64	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	72	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	73	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	79	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	82	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	82	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	81	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	80	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	81	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	80	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	84	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	86	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	84	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	86	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	82	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	52	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	57	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	60	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	59	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	70	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	74	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	76	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	72	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	73	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	74	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	77	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	77	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	79	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	80	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	82	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	79	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	79	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	86	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	85	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	88	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	87	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	88	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	89	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	86	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	86	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	75	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	77	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	78	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	79	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	78	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	82	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	73	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	78	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84.5	81.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85.4	81.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84.2	82.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82.5	81.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61.2	62.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67.5	62.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.1	84.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	78.6	83.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76.6	80.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	69.0	79.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64.9	64.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51.4	66.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80.7	78.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.9	79.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.9	84.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86.4	82.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	62.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51.9	62.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	69.9	72.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80.2	71.1	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	78.7	77.9	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82.2	76.8	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89.4	87.2	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	84.4	86.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80.0	72.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	72.2	73.1	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	35.5%	40.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	64.5%	59.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	12.9%	11.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	87.1%	88.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$53,947.0	$53,024.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,479.0	$34,144.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,535.0	$55,385.0

* Sand Creek 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.