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Semper Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7575 West 96th Ave

Broomfield CO, 80021, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-6460

Ranking:

(443 out of 1,246, top 36%)*

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:	23		22		23		24		25		27		29
Total Students:	417		428		432		444		434		464		507
Kindergarten:	57	13.7%	59	13.8%	50	11.6%	54	12.2%	56	12.9%	59	12.7%	65	12.8%
Grade 1:	68	16.3%	49	11.4%	60	13.9%	60	13.5%	58	13.4%	70	15.1%	64	12.6%
Grade 2:	47	11.3%	60	14.0%	56	13.0%	56	12.6%	63	14.5%	70	15.1%	67	13.2%
Grade 3:	60	14.4%	56	13.1%	62	14.4%	62	14.0%	69	15.9%	59	12.7%	79	15.6%
Grade 4:	51	12.2%	62	14.5%	71	16.4%	75	16.9%	58	13.4%	76	16.4%	68	13.4%
Grade 5:	67	16.1%	72	16.8%	69	16.0%	60	13.5%	75	17.3%	61	13.1%	80	15.8%
Grade 6:	67	16.1%	70	16.4%	64	14.8%	77	17.3%	55	12.7%	69	14.9%	84	16.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	224	53.7%	219	51.2%	208	48.1%	233	52.5%	212	48.8%	232	50.0%	252	49.7%
Female:	193	46.3%	209	48.8%	224	51.9%	211	47.5%	214	49.3%	224	48.3%	251	49.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	1.0%	4	0.9%	4	0.9%	4	0.9%	3	0.7%	4	0.9%	4	0.8%
Asian:	51	12.2%	38	8.9%	34	7.9%	33	7.4%	33	7.6%	42	9.1%	50	9.9%
Hispanic:	94	22.5%	99	23.1%	105	24.3%	111	25.0%	72	16.6%	84	18.1%	83	16.4%
Black:	4	1.0%	7	1.6%	7	1.6%	4	0.9%	12	2.8%	10	2.2%	10	2.0%
White:	239	57.3%	254	59.3%	259	60.0%	269	60.6%	314	72.4%	324	69.8%	360	71.0%
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:	25	6.0%	26	6.1%	23	5.3%	23	5.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	97	23.3%	82	19.2%	98	22.7%	85	19.1%	80	18.4%	64	13.8%	74	14.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	40	9.6%	39	9.1%	43	10.0%	29	6.5%	27	6.2%	37	8.0%	29	5.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.39		19.16		18.78		18.25		17.13		17.20		17.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	60	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.7	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.2	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83.3	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72.9	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73.4	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61.1	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	75.3	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	79.3	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81.2	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84.1	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52.2	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55.5	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74.7	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69.5	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77.6	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88.9	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	79.4	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	73.6	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.7	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.0	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	64.6	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72.5	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	87.7	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	82.6	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	69.2	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	65.2	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	46.4%	48.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	53.6%	51.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.4%	17.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.6%	82.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,905.0	$47,134.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,812.0	$37,642.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,475.0	$49,112.0

* Semper Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.