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Swanson Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6055 West 68th Ave

Arvada CO, 80003, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-0891

Ranking:

(1,095 out of 1,246, bottom 12%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Jefferson County School District R-1

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:	29		30		32		31		33		33		29
Total Students:	412		435		450		468		543		545		552
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	87	16.0%	70	12.8%	93	16.8%
Kindergarten:	59	14.3%	57	13.1%	57	12.7%	72	15.4%	69	12.7%	64	11.7%	50	9.1%
Grade 1:	64	15.5%	61	14.0%	75	16.7%	62	13.2%	70	12.9%	57	10.5%	61	11.1%
Grade 2:	59	14.3%	60	13.8%	60	13.3%	67	14.3%	51	9.4%	66	12.1%	70	12.7%
Grade 3:	56	13.6%	67	15.4%	67	14.9%	49	10.5%	60	11.0%	74	13.6%	71	12.9%
Grade 4:	67	16.3%	67	15.4%	52	11.6%	73	15.6%	66	12.2%	72	13.2%	66	12.0%
Grade 5:	60	14.6%	50	11.5%	70	15.6%	71	15.2%	70	12.9%	71	13.0%	74	13.4%
Grade 6:	47	11.4%	73	16.8%	69	15.3%	74	15.8%	70	12.9%	71	13.0%	67	12.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	218	52.9%	240	55.2%	246	54.7%	243	51.9%	290	53.4%	283	51.9%	282	51.1%
Female:	194	47.1%	195	44.8%	204	45.3%	225	48.1%	245	45.1%	254	46.6%	266	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.7%	8	1.8%	6	1.3%	8	1.7%	10	1.8%	8	1.5%	8	1.4%
Asian:	28	6.8%	24	5.5%	32	7.1%	29	6.2%	41	7.6%	33	6.1%	31	5.6%
Hispanic:	185	44.9%	206	47.4%	212	47.1%	220	47.0%	222	40.9%	219	40.2%	232	42.0%
Black:	10	2.4%	12	2.8%	10	2.2%	6	1.3%	13	2.4%	15	2.8%	10	1.8%
White:	173	42.0%	175	40.2%	182	40.4%	190	40.6%	257	47.3%	270	49.5%	271	49.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	2.7%	9	2.1%	8	1.8%	15	3.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	242	58.7%	279	64.1%	270	60.0%	276	59.0%	307	56.5%	272	49.9%	214	38.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	63	15.3%	67	15.4%	80	17.8%	79	16.9%	62	11.4%	79	14.5%	60	10.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.20		14.34		14.29		14.94		16.29		16.50		19.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	74	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	72	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	74	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	76	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	75	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	75	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	77	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	79	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	77	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	80	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	62	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	66	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	61	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	63	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	30	59	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	63	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	31	57	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	60	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	73	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	73	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	74	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	59	72	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	72	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	75	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	71	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	71	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	74	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	71	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	73	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	71	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	76	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	73	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	29	63	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	63	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	26	60	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	58	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	60	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	58	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	58	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	63	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	67	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	69	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	70	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	66	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	35	70	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	67	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	70	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	71	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	76	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	75	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	75	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	74	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	77	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	74	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	75	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	77	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	42	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	10	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	52	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	51	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	57	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	58	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	64	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	65	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	68	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	62	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	66	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	63	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	62	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	66	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	66	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	67	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	38	66	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	44	68	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	67	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	70	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	43	69	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	42	71	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	70	77	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	46	78	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	47	77	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	45	79	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	80	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	81	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	81	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	60	82	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	47	68	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	42	70	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	69	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	27	67	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	35	68	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	32	70	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	39	66	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	32	71	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36.2	74.9	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	30.9	73.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62.3	80.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59.1	79.6	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	15.9	58.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	11.8	56.4	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55.5	76.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	45.6	76.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	44.4	75.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	45.6	76.0	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	21.8	55.6	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20.6	58.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	38.6	68.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	26.0	70.4	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	76.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	50.0	77.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.6	58.9	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	22.3	59.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	35.7	63.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	24.1	62.6	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	49.3	71.2	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	29.3	69.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	61.2	84.4	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	56.0	83.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	27.4	64.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	42.7	67.4	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	39.3%	40.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.7%	60.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	35.7%	30.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	64.3%	70.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,783.0	$47,909.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,572.0	$36,367.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,567.0	$52,856.0

* Swanson Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.