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Shaffer Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7961 South Sangre De Cristo Rd

Littleton CO, 80127, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-3901

Ranking:

(99 out of 1,246, top 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

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:	30		30		31		33		34		36		33
Total Students:	577		602		614		638		645		616		595
Kindergarten:	81	14.0%	95	15.8%	91	14.8%	85	13.3%	117	18.1%	104	16.9%	105	17.6%
Grade 1:	96	16.6%	87	14.5%	90	14.7%	119	18.7%	110	17.1%	124	20.1%	103	17.3%
Grade 2:	93	16.1%	90	15.0%	112	18.2%	105	16.5%	119	18.4%	106	17.2%	96	16.1%
Grade 3:	92	15.9%	112	18.6%	105	17.1%	122	19.1%	106	16.4%	99	16.1%	94	15.8%
Grade 4:	110	19.1%	105	17.4%	109	17.8%	106	16.6%	99	15.3%	93	15.1%	95	16.0%
Grade 5:	105	18.2%	113	18.8%	107	17.4%	101	15.8%	94	14.6%	90	14.6%	102	17.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	275	47.7%	289	48.0%	298	48.5%	326	51.1%	312	48.4%	302	49.0%	291	48.9%
Female:	302	52.3%	313	52.0%	316	51.5%	312	48.9%	325	50.4%	306	49.7%	300	50.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%
Asian:	11	1.9%	10	1.7%	7	1.1%	4	0.6%	12	1.9%	12	1.9%	13	2.2%
Hispanic:	51	8.8%	46	7.6%	43	7.0%	46	7.2%	27	4.2%	33	5.4%	36	6.1%
Black:	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	6	1.0%	5	0.8%
White:	495	85.8%	527	87.5%	543	88.4%	560	87.8%	599	92.9%	563	91.4%	540	90.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	17	2.9%	14	2.3%	16	2.6%	23	3.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	38	6.6%	33	5.5%	34	5.5%	33	5.2%	23	3.6%	20	3.2%	22	3.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	2.1%	8	1.3%	10	1.6%	12	1.9%	5	0.8%	3	0.5%	7	1.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.44		20.03		19.81		19.14		18.79		17.00		17.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	67	56
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	78	67
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	70	59
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85.0	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93.8	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.6	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92.8	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80.3	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.9	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91.7	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89.6	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86.3	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.7	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.5	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.9	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.3	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88.4	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	91.6	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89.4	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.3	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	69.9	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	87.9	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.7	62.6	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.8%	55.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.2%	44.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.0%	24.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.0%	75.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,144.0	$49,787.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,807.0	$36,352.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,783.0	$54,062.0

* Shaffer 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.