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Thornton Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

900 Eppinger Blvd

Denver CO, 80229, Adams County

Phone: 720-972-5660

Ranking:

(1,188 out of 1,246, bottom 5%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Northglenn-Thornton School District 12

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:	23		22		23		29		31		30		32
Total Students:	393		430		434		446		484		506		487
Kindergarten:	79	20.1%	82	19.1%	66	15.2%	81	18.2%	70	14.5%	90	17.8%	91	18.7%
Grade 1:	67	17.0%	64	14.9%	89	20.5%	62	13.9%	87	18.0%	84	16.6%	87	17.9%
Grade 2:	60	15.3%	76	17.7%	50	11.5%	81	18.2%	82	16.9%	91	18.0%	79	16.2%
Grade 3:	73	18.6%	58	13.5%	81	18.7%	78	17.5%	83	17.1%	85	16.8%	85	17.5%
Grade 4:	52	13.2%	71	16.5%	76	17.5%	74	16.6%	87	18.0%	79	15.6%	72	14.8%
Grade 5:	62	15.8%	79	18.4%	72	16.6%	70	15.7%	75	15.5%	77	15.2%	73	15.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	188	47.8%	228	53.0%	224	51.6%	230	51.6%	239	49.4%	252	49.8%	253	52.0%
Female:	205	52.2%	202	47.0%	210	48.4%	216	48.4%	237	49.0%	246	48.6%	230	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	1.0%	4	0.9%	3	0.7%	4	0.9%	5	1.0%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%
Asian:	20	5.1%	25	5.8%	22	5.1%	14	3.1%	29	6.0%	29	5.7%	24	4.9%
Hispanic:	264	67.2%	279	64.9%	285	65.7%	308	69.1%	341	70.5%	364	71.9%	364	74.7%
Black:	11	2.8%	9	2.1%	10	2.3%	3	0.7%	13	2.7%	12	2.4%	10	2.1%
White:	86	21.9%	106	24.7%	110	25.3%	113	25.3%	96	19.8%	97	19.2%	87	17.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.5%	7	1.6%	2	0.5%	4	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	267	67.9%	297	69.1%	308	71.0%	338	75.8%	362	74.8%	342	67.6%	307	63.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	48	12.2%	70	16.3%	70	16.1%	47	10.5%	44	9.1%	58	11.5%	59	12.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.09		19.55		18.87		15.65		15.87		17.10		15.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	66	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	69	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	68	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	69	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40	68	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	66	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34	70	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	64	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	62	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	67	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22	66	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	68	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	65	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	20	68	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	20	43	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24	49	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	23	43	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34	47	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	14	43	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	48	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	15	40	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	9	44	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	67	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	69	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	71	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	69	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	73	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	47	65	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	73	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	58	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	59	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	63	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	25	59	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	64	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	63	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	57	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	60	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	22	45	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	45	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	18	43	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	25	42	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	48	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	15	46	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	45	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	26	52	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	54	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	61	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	65	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	67	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	65	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	63	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	62	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	65	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	65	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	66	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	66	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	67	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	67	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	62	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	65	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	32	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	37	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	8	38	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	9	42	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	5	45	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	11	43	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	49	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	51	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	34	55	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	54	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	55	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	53	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	50	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	56	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43.2	68.6	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45.2	70.2	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34.2	67.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37.0	66.7	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	8.8	44.4	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13.2	41.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48.1	72.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58.3	70.4	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	25	63.7	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	40.3	63.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	8.8	44.1	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16.4	48.7	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39.5	63.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	43.1	64.7	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	28.0	65.2	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	32.9	67.1	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	12.0	44.7	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	13.7	45.7	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	52.6	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	20.5	51.7	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	47.4%	57.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	52.6%	42.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	36.8%	48.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	63.2%	51.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,635.0	$42,590.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,584.0	$33,961.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,498.0	$50,712.0

* Thornton Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.