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Sierra Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7751 Oak St

Arvada CO, 80005, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-0821

Ranking:

(176 out of 1,246, top 14%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten 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:	27		28		29		29		30		29		30
Total Students:	538		553		566		553		560		574		562
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	67	12.5%	69	12.5%	73	12.9%	64	11.6%	68	12.1%	78	13.6%	75	13.3%
Grade 1:	72	13.4%	76	13.7%	71	12.5%	75	13.6%	80	14.3%	76	13.2%	93	16.5%
Grade 2:	73	13.6%	75	13.6%	81	14.3%	82	14.8%	81	14.5%	85	14.8%	87	15.5%
Grade 3:	68	12.6%	85	15.4%	84	14.8%	81	14.6%	80	14.3%	92	16.0%	75	13.3%
Grade 4:	86	16.0%	82	14.8%	82	14.5%	77	13.9%	94	16.8%	77	13.4%	71	12.6%
Grade 5:	85	15.8%	83	15.0%	78	13.8%	97	17.5%	78	13.9%	76	13.2%	84	14.9%
Grade 6:	87	16.2%	83	15.0%	97	17.1%	77	13.9%	79	14.1%	90	15.7%	77	13.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	287	53.3%	294	53.2%	295	52.1%	286	51.7%	282	50.4%	288	50.2%	279	49.6%
Female:	251	46.7%	259	46.8%	271	47.9%	267	48.3%	270	48.2%	278	48.4%	279	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	5	0.9%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%
Asian:	15	2.8%	16	2.9%	13	2.3%	16	2.9%	22	3.9%	21	3.7%	19	3.4%
Hispanic:	61	11.3%	60	10.8%	65	11.5%	71	12.8%	55	9.8%	59	10.3%	65	11.6%
Black:	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	12	2.1%	11	1.9%	10	1.8%
White:	435	80.9%	447	80.8%	456	80.6%	435	78.7%	466	83.2%	478	83.3%	464	82.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.6%	3	0.5%	2	0.4%	4	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	4.1%	22	4.0%	23	4.1%	21	3.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	56	10.4%	64	11.6%	63	11.1%	57	10.3%	51	9.1%	43	7.5%	49	8.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	3.9%	21	3.8%	18	3.2%	18	3.3%	9	1.6%	13	2.3%	10	1.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.30		19.74		19.63		19.29		18.67		19.70		18.90

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	84	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	65	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91.6	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.3	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97.6	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91.5	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83.1	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.9	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	78.5	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	90.1	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.3	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	91.3	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.1	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70.1	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88.1	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.3	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90.8	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82.7	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	76.3	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	66.6	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77.6	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.6	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.2	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	88.3	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93.4	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94.8	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	84.6	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	81.8	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	21.4%	25.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	78.6%	74.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	10.7%	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	89.3%	96.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$57,849.0	$57,354.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,965.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$60,475.0	$57,981.0

* Sierra 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.