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Swallows Charter Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

278 South Mcculloch Blvd

Pueblo CO, 81007, Pueblo County

Phone: 719-547-1627

Ranking:

(329 out of 1,246, top 26%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Pueblo County School District 70

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:	18		20		15		15		17		17		11
Total Students:	332		297		264		263		264		260		197
Kindergarten:	45	13.6%	44	14.8%	22	8.3%	22	8.4%	22	8.3%	22	8.5%	22	11.2%
Grade 1:	44	13.3%	44	14.8%	22	8.3%	22	8.4%	22	8.3%	22	8.5%	21	10.7%
Grade 2:	44	13.3%	22	7.4%	22	8.3%	22	8.4%	22	8.3%	22	8.5%	22	11.2%
Grade 3:	22	6.6%	22	7.4%	22	8.3%	22	8.4%	22	8.3%	22	8.5%	22	11.2%
Grade 4:	22	6.6%	22	7.4%	22	8.3%	22	8.4%	22	8.3%	22	8.5%	22	11.2%
Grade 5:	22	6.6%	22	7.4%	22	8.3%	22	8.4%	22	8.3%	22	8.5%	22	11.2%
Grade 6:	45	13.6%	38	12.8%	44	16.7%	44	16.7%	44	16.7%	40	15.4%	22	11.2%
Grade 7:	42	12.7%	44	14.8%	44	16.7%	44	16.7%	44	16.7%	44	16.9%	22	11.2%
Grade 8:	46	13.9%	39	13.1%	44	16.7%	43	16.3%	44	16.7%	44	16.9%	22	11.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	150	45.2%	140	47.1%	132	50.0%	134	51.0%	127	48.1%	118	45.4%	96	48.7%
Female:	182	54.8%	157	52.9%	132	50.0%	129	49.0%	129	48.9%	134	51.5%	97	49.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.5%
Asian:	8	2.4%	5	1.7%	3	1.1%	3	1.1%	3	1.1%	2	0.8%	1	0.5%
Hispanic:	80	24.1%	83	27.9%	73	27.7%	89	33.8%	63	23.9%	58	22.3%	47	23.9%
Black:	2	0.6%	4	1.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	6	2.3%	6	2.3%	3	1.5%
White:	235	70.8%	200	67.3%	186	70.5%	169	64.3%	191	72.3%	193	74.2%	145	73.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	1.5%	4	1.3%	2	0.8%	1	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	63	19.0%	70	23.6%	36	13.6%	51	19.4%	35	13.3%	28	10.8%	26	13.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	22	6.6%	17	5.7%	18	6.8%	20	7.6%	36	13.6%	30	11.5%	5	2.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.71		14.81		17.05		17.75		15.18		15.60		17.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	70	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	81	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	74	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	81	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	73	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	80	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	75	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	77	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	76	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	96	75	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	77	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	73	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	59	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	58	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	57	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	62	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	55	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	53	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	52	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	55	51
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	75	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	79	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	79	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	76	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	76	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	70	63
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	72	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	75	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	71	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	68	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	67	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	71	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	60	53
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	54	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	57	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	58	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	47	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	60	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	66	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	67	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	74	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	70	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	77	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	70	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	71	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	67	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	72	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	100	73	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	76	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	75	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	73	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	73	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	73	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	46	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	47	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	46	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	46	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	45	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	61	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	96	61	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	71	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	95	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	70	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	59	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	61	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	63	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	60	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	95	59	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	60	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	71	64	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	64	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	65	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	62	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	59	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	73	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	71	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	72	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	77	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	73	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	77	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	76	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	73	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	60	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	64	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	61	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	73	61	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	65	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	55	60	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	62	62
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	66	44	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	70	53	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	45	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	61	51	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	45	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	59	49	53
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	83	66	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	74	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	82	68	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	73	69	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	73	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	83	70	67
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	60	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	68	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	59	64	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	74	67	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	51	63	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	81	65	59
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	47	45
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	44	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	52	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	50	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	50	51
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	77	76	66
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	90	75	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	90	73	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	64	69	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	72	67
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	54	51
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	29	47	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	54	57	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	52	57	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	39	52	49
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	61	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	58	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	74	61	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	64	59	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	44	57	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100.0	81.4	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95.4	82.0	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95.4	78.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.9	77.4	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54.6	50.7	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77.2	51.3	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	95.5	76.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	90.9	73.5	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81.8	71.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	86.4	69.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.2	49.8	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	81.8	52.9	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	86.3	67.6	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80.9	69.0	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90.9	73.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	76.2	72.0	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	68.2	52.7	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.1	49.7	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77.3	65.1	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	58.9	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	56.8	56.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	63.9	62.4	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	79.6	73.5	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	69.4	76.2	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	50.4	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	55.6	58.9	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	40.0	49.9	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	58.2	49.8	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	77.2	72.3	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	72.1	65.5	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	57.1	62.0	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	62.8	58.7	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	60.4	50.1	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	45.9	49.7	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	79.1	71.6	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	78.4	69.1	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	46.6	47.8	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	27.0	54.7	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	65.1	56.5	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	56.8	59.2	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	100.0%	100.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	0.0%	0.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	36.4%	55.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	63.6%	44.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$30,334.0	$28,775.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$28,104.0	$26,884.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$31,608.0	$31,140.0

* Swallows Charter Academy Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.