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Taylor Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

689 Brentwood Dr

Palisade CO, 81526, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-4870

Ranking:

(475 out of 1,246, top 38%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Mesa County Valley School District 51

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:	22		21		20		21		22		22		22
Total Students:	424		405		417		422		401		411		377
Prekindergarten:	26	6.1%	25	6.2%	24	5.8%	26	6.2%	24	6.0%	25	6.1%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	83	19.6%	68	16.8%	59	14.1%	66	15.6%	62	15.5%	56	13.6%	41	10.9%
Grade 1:	65	15.3%	67	16.5%	69	16.5%	79	18.7%	63	15.7%	51	12.4%	69	18.3%
Grade 2:	68	16.0%	66	16.3%	74	17.7%	54	12.8%	48	12.0%	76	18.5%	62	16.4%
Grade 3:	63	14.9%	70	17.3%	58	13.9%	48	11.4%	74	18.5%	65	15.8%	70	18.6%
Grade 4:	62	14.6%	56	13.8%	52	12.5%	81	19.2%	61	15.2%	75	18.2%	59	15.6%
Grade 5:	57	13.4%	53	13.1%	81	19.4%	68	16.1%	69	17.2%	63	15.3%	76	20.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	220	51.9%	199	49.1%	215	51.6%	214	50.7%	213	53.1%	218	53.0%	201	53.3%
Female:	204	48.1%	206	50.9%	202	48.4%	208	49.3%	180	44.9%	185	45.0%	172	45.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.5%	5	1.2%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	4	1.0%	4	1.0%	8	2.1%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	54	12.7%	61	15.1%	73	17.5%	72	17.1%	73	18.2%	70	17.0%	56	14.9%
Black:	3	0.7%	4	1.0%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	4	1.0%	3	0.7%	8	2.1%
White:	346	81.6%	314	77.5%	326	78.2%	337	79.9%	317	79.1%	334	81.3%	305	80.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	19	4.5%	20	4.9%	14	3.4%	8	1.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	157	37.0%	153	37.8%	165	39.6%	143	33.9%	155	38.7%	122	29.7%	122	32.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	40	9.4%	37	9.1%	36	8.6%	40	9.5%	22	5.5%	33	8.0%	25	6.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.27		19.76		20.59		20.08		18.32		18.50		17.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	69	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	70	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	68	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	64	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	66	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	65	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	64	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	72	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	71	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	71	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83	65	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	71	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	67	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	70	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	46	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	56	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	48	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	50	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	39	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	47	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55	40	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	40	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	64	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	63	68	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	66	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	62	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	61	62	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	63	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	66	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	64	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	64	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	68	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77	62	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	68	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	64	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	63	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	63	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	50	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	51	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	47	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	41	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	74	45	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	39	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	42	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	48	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	56	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	60	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	61	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	60	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	55	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	54	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	57	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	59	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	90	69	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	72	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	70	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	67	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	69	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	69	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	38	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	41	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	39	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	63	41	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	41	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	40	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	50	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	57	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	57	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	81	54	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	52	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	52	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	48	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	54	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	83.6	65.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86.8	68.4	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88.9	72.1	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86.8	74.1	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70.4	41	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55.8	42.7	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.8	67.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.5	69.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.8	65.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77.2	66.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50.9	41.8	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.6	44.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	58.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	55.8	60.6	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70.0	68.5	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65.3	67.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	42.5	42.8	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	32.7	44.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	56.3	54.3	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	57.6	53.8	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	38.1%	38.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	61.9%	61.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	19.0%	22.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	81.0%	77.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,871.0	$45,770.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,991.0	$33,002.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,137.0	$49,418.0

* Taylor Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.