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Stargate Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3951 Cottonwoodlakes Blvd

Thornton CO, 80241, Adams County

Phone: 303-450-3936

Ranking:

(15 out of 1,246, top 1%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Northglenn-Thornton School District 12

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:	36		33		34		32		31		32		32
Total Students:	648		649		643		645		630		616		610
Kindergarten:	69	10.6%	68	10.5%	69	10.7%	69	10.7%	65	10.3%	65	10.6%	63	10.3%
Grade 1:	72	11.1%	72	11.1%	72	11.2%	72	11.2%	74	11.7%	73	11.9%	66	10.8%
Grade 2:	72	11.1%	72	11.1%	72	11.2%	72	11.2%	70	11.1%	72	11.7%	72	11.8%
Grade 3:	72	11.1%	72	11.1%	73	11.4%	72	11.2%	73	11.6%	73	11.9%	72	11.8%
Grade 4:	72	11.1%	72	11.1%	71	11.0%	75	11.6%	71	11.3%	71	11.5%	72	11.8%
Grade 5:	80	12.3%	72	11.1%	75	11.7%	76	11.8%	79	12.5%	73	11.9%	75	12.3%
Grade 6:	66	10.2%	74	11.4%	75	11.7%	74	11.5%	70	11.1%	72	11.7%	69	11.3%
Grade 7:	73	11.3%	72	11.1%	73	11.4%	65	10.1%	71	11.3%	57	9.3%	67	11.0%
Grade 8:	72	11.1%	75	11.6%	63	9.8%	70	10.9%	57	9.0%	60	9.7%	54	8.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	302	46.6%	314	48.4%	314	48.8%	313	48.5%	309	49.0%	300	48.7%	311	51.0%
Female:	346	53.4%	335	51.6%	329	51.2%	332	51.5%	313	49.7%	308	50.0%	295	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%
Asian:	120	18.5%	110	16.9%	112	17.4%	58	9.0%	119	18.9%	114	18.5%	100	16.4%
Hispanic:	59	9.1%	55	8.5%	53	8.2%	48	7.4%	44	7.0%	50	8.1%	48	7.9%
Black:	5	0.8%	5	0.8%	6	0.9%	1	0.2%	9	1.4%	8	1.3%	11	1.8%
White:	432	66.7%	447	68.9%	446	69.4%	514	79.7%	458	72.7%	443	71.9%	448	73.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	28	4.3%	31	4.8%	25	3.9%	24	3.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	18	2.8%	17	2.6%	10	1.6%	14	2.2%	8	1.3%	16	2.6%	26	4.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	8	1.2%	4	0.6%	10	1.6%	10	1.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.03		19.86		19.18		20.38		20.43		19.50		19.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	66	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	99	69	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97	68	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	69	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	68	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97	66	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	70	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	64	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	97	62	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	67	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	66	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	68	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	65	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	68	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	43	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	49	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	43	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	47	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	43	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	48	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	40	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	44	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	100	67	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	97	69	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	99	71	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	99	69	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	73	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	65	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	73	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	58	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	59	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	63	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	59	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	64	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	63	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	93	57	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	96	60	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	45	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	45	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	43	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	42	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	48	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	46	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	45	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	52	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	54	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	61	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	65	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	67	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	99	65	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	63	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	62	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	65	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	65	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	66	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	66	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	67	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	97	67	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	99	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	62	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	65	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	32	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	37	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	38	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	42	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	45	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	43	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	49	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	51	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	55	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	54	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	55	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	53	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	50	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	56	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	45	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	50	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	53	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	97	60	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	60	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	65	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	59	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	64	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	61	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	62	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	66	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98	68	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	68	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	69	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	65	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	67	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	50	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	54	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	54	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	57	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	56	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	50	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	49	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	56	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	30	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	36	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	93	38	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	88	45	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	43	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	97	52	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	95	44	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	87	50	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	93	54	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	100	60	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	95	61	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	98	63	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	100	63	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	99	65	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	94	57	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	97	63	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	88	44	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	95	49	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	89	51	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	91	57	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	98	55	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	98	56	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	93	47	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	96	55	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	92	32	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	34	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	95	36	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	94	36	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	40	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	95	44	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	95	42	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	48	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	56	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	96	58	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	62	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	57	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	96	62	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	59	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	97	54	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	94	62	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	44	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	88	45	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	95	47	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	96	49	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	82	44	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	86	47	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	99	47	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	48	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	90	39	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	79	43	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	100	46	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	44	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	87	45	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	47	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	98	41	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	49	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87.7	68.6	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95.9	70.2	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93.2	67.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	98.6	66.7	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67.1	44.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79.2	41.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91.5	72.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87.5	70.4	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	88.6	63.7	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83.3	63.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.9	44.1	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.6	48.7	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91.9	63.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.5	64.7	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	98.7	65.2	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94.5	67.1	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	82.4	44.7	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	79.5	45.7	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	87.9	52.6	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	86.3	51.7	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91.9	60.4	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91.9	60.0	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	98.6	68.3	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	97.3	67.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82.4	49.3	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	90.6	50.3	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	94.7	49.5	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	95.9	51.6	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	96.0	62.4	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	97.2	62.7	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	94.7	55.2	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	91.7	54.8	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	98.5	46.7	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	95.9	46.6	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	61.1	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	100.0	59.9	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	93.6	47.1	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	93.3	49.5	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	98.4	47.0	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	94.6	47.5	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	75.0%	69.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	25.0%	31.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.4%	44.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.6%	55.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,320.0	$41,308.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,112.0	$35,330.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,286.0	$46,165.0

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