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Sky Vista Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4500 South Himalaya St

Aurora CO, 80015, Arapahoe County

Phone: 720-886-4711

Ranking:

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

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Cherry Creek School District 5

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:	48		46		45		44		45		43		50
Total Students:	889		869		840		829		791		793		849
Grade 6:	294	33.1%	309	35.6%	286	34.0%	271	32.7%	286	36.2%	268	33.8%	276	32.5%
Grade 7:	301	33.9%	290	33.4%	271	32.3%	282	34.0%	271	34.3%	239	30.1%	286	33.7%
Grade 8:	294	33.1%	270	31.1%	283	33.7%	276	33.3%	234	29.6%	286	36.1%	287	33.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	448	50.4%	438	50.4%	420	50.0%	439	53.0%	399	50.4%	388	48.9%	415	48.9%
Female:	441	49.6%	431	49.6%	420	50.0%	390	47.0%	384	48.5%	397	50.1%	430	50.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.6%	4	0.5%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	6	0.8%	6	0.8%	5	0.6%
Asian:	74	8.3%	83	9.6%	64	7.6%	63	7.6%	73	9.2%	82	10.3%	84	9.9%
Hispanic:	154	17.3%	157	18.1%	139	16.5%	135	16.3%	88	11.1%	86	10.8%	107	12.6%
Black:	109	12.3%	113	13.0%	112	13.3%	119	14.4%	128	16.2%	115	14.5%	132	15.5%
White:	493	55.5%	464	53.4%	482	57.4%	478	57.7%	496	62.7%	504	63.6%	521	61.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	3	0.4%	5	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	53	6.0%	45	5.2%	36	4.3%	26	3.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	136	15.3%	119	13.7%	109	13.0%	123	14.8%	97	12.3%	71	9.0%	73	8.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	61	6.9%	64	7.4%	85	10.1%	54	6.5%	62	7.8%	70	8.8%	61	7.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.41		19.02		18.87		19.05		17.69		18.50		17.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	72	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	71	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	71	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	74	63
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	78	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	79	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	78	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	77	71
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	69	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	62	69	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	67	69	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	65	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	69	62
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	55	61	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	54	56	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	61	63	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	57	58	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	67	63	53
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	74	73	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	73	72	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	69	73	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	78	75	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	75	67
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	64	68	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	67	69	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	65	70	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	69	68	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	75	69	59
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	54	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	56	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	59	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	59	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	51	59	51
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	71	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	73	74	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	78	72	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	73	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	68	72	67
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	39	58	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	53	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	66	56	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	58	56	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	56	49
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	55	62	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	59	63	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	64	63	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	59	65	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	55	63	55
TCAP
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	73.5	67.6	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75.0	73.2	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	78.0	78.6	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	76.9	70.2	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	60.1	62.7	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	62.7	65.1	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	74.8	65.2	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	69.4	66.4	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	78.5	75.8	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	74.1	74.4	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	72.6	70.6	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	66.4	68.5	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	55.1	59.5	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	66.4	61.1	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	73.4	72.3	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	72.6	73.8	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	62.3	58.0	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	65.0	61.1	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	58.3	63.0	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	65.7	65.2	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	46.2%	46.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	53.8%	53.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	38.5%	56.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	61.5%	43.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,427.0	$41,706.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,676.0	$33,778.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,896.0	$52,073.0

* Sky Vista Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.