South Mesa Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

23701 East Preston Rd

Pueblo CO, 81006, Pueblo County

Phone: 719-543-6444

Ranking:

(370 out of 1,246, top 30%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Pueblo County School District 70

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	22		18		18		18		17		17		17
Total Students:	400		339		337		338		322		305		284
Prekindergarten:	29	7.3%	30	8.8%	26	7.7%	28	8.3%	29	9.0%	27	8.9%	23	8.1%
Kindergarten:	65	16.3%	39	11.5%	38	11.3%	45	13.3%	43	13.4%	49	16.1%	35	12.3%
Grade 1:	52	13.0%	40	11.8%	54	16.0%	49	14.5%	54	16.8%	47	15.4%	44	15.5%
Grade 2:	53	13.3%	54	15.9%	52	15.4%	56	16.6%	51	15.8%	45	14.8%	50	17.6%
Grade 3:	71	17.8%	59	17.4%	59	17.5%	50	14.8%	50	15.5%	50	16.4%	43	15.1%
Grade 4:	59	14.8%	63	18.6%	54	16.0%	55	16.3%	54	16.8%	45	14.8%	42	14.8%
Grade 5:	71	17.8%	54	15.9%	54	16.0%	55	16.3%	41	12.7%	42	13.8%	47	16.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	206	51.5%	176	51.9%	171	50.7%	176	52.1%	160	49.7%	148	48.5%	129	45.4%
Female:	194	48.5%	163	48.1%	166	49.3%	162	47.9%	154	47.8%	149	48.9%	151	53.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.5%	3	0.9%	5	1.5%	6	1.8%	4	1.2%	6	2.0%	5	1.8%
Asian:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	5	1.6%	4	1.3%	4	1.4%
Hispanic:	203	50.8%	158	46.6%	160	47.5%	144	42.6%	129	40.1%	130	42.6%	119	41.9%
Black:	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	2	0.7%	1	0.4%
White:	181	45.3%	165	48.7%	160	47.5%	176	52.1%	183	56.8%	163	53.4%	155	54.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	2.8%	12	3.5%	10	3.0%	10	3.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	193	48.3%	150	44.2%	145	43.0%	138	40.8%	116	36.0%	97	31.8%	97	34.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	44	11.0%	42	12.4%	45	13.4%	39	11.5%	36	11.2%	42	13.8%	32	11.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.58		18.81		18.90		18.94		18.63		17.80		17.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	70	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	81	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	74	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	81	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	73	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	83	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	80	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	75	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	77	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	76	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	75	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	77	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	73	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	80	N/A
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	59	N/A
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	58	N/A
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	57	N/A
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	62	N/A
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	55	N/A
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	53	N/A
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	52	N/A
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	55	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	72	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	75	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	79	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	79	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	79	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	76	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	76	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	70	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	72	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	72	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	75	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	71	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	68	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	67	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	71	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	60	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	58	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	54	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	57	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	58	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	58	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	47	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	60	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	66	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	67	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	74	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	70	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	77	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	70	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	71	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	67	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	72	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	73	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	76	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	74	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	75	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	73	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	73	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	73	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	42	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	46	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	47	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	46	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	46	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	45	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	61	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	61	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	71	N/A
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	62	N/A
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	70	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	59	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	61	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	63	N/A
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.4	81.4	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85.7	82.0	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80.4	78.3	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78.6	77.4	N/A
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50.0	50.7	N/A
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57.1	51.3	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.6	76.7	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	70.2	73.5	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64.7	71.4	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.7	69.2	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	35.3	49.8	N/A
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57.5	52.9	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	73.1	67.6	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.0	69.0	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76.9	73.7	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64.3	72.0	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.3	52.7	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51.0	49.7	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	75.0	65.1	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51.8	58.9	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%	61.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.0%	38.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	33.3%	38.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	66.7%	61.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,297.0	$39,836.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,083.0	$30,721.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,405.0	$45,637.0

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