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Thunder Mountain Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3063 F1/2 Rd

Grand Junction CO, 81504, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-5870

Ranking:

(714 out of 1,246, bottom 43%)*

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:	29		30		30		30		32		28		31
Total Students:	552		579		610		624		610		635		603
Prekindergarten:	30	5.4%	27	4.7%	30	4.9%	30	4.8%	26	4.3%	25	3.9%	29	4.8%
Kindergarten:	79	14.3%	77	13.3%	83	13.6%	102	16.3%	84	13.8%	99	15.6%	85	14.1%
Grade 1:	76	13.8%	89	15.4%	95	15.6%	87	13.9%	107	17.5%	105	16.5%	92	15.3%
Grade 2:	87	15.8%	96	16.6%	87	14.3%	105	16.8%	104	17.0%	102	16.1%	103	17.1%
Grade 3:	96	17.4%	87	15.0%	109	17.9%	98	15.7%	104	17.0%	108	17.0%	88	14.6%
Grade 4:	86	15.6%	96	16.6%	106	17.4%	100	16.0%	94	15.4%	92	14.5%	102	16.9%
Grade 5:	98	17.8%	107	18.5%	100	16.4%	102	16.3%	91	14.9%	104	16.4%	104	17.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	297	53.8%	305	52.7%	331	54.3%	319	51.1%	314	51.5%	327	51.5%	307	50.9%
Female:	255	46.2%	274	47.3%	279	45.7%	305	48.9%	288	47.2%	300	47.2%	292	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	6	1.0%	7	1.1%	9	1.4%	9	1.5%
Asian:	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	2	0.3%	12	2.0%	6	0.9%	8	1.3%
Hispanic:	107	19.4%	115	19.9%	127	20.8%	122	19.6%	98	16.1%	91	14.3%	81	13.4%
Black:	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	8	1.3%	12	1.9%	11	1.8%	7	1.1%	7	1.2%
White:	417	75.5%	441	76.2%	450	73.8%	467	74.8%	482	79.0%	522	82.2%	498	82.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	3.6%	12	2.1%	17	2.8%	13	2.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	171	31.0%	192	33.2%	177	29.0%	173	27.7%	172	28.2%	120	18.9%	110	18.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	5.8%	37	6.4%	66	10.8%	50	8.0%	32	5.2%	40	6.3%	46	7.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.37		19.63		20.34		20.60		19.00		22.80		19.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	69	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	70	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	68	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	64	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	66	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	65	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59	64	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	72	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	71	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	71	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	65	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	71	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	67	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	70	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	46	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	56	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	47	48	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60	50	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40	39	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50	47	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	40	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	40	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	64	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	69	66	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	62	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	72	62	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	63	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	62	66	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	64	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	64	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	68	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	62	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	68	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	64	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	63	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	63	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	50	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	51	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	47	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	41	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	45	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	39	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51	42	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	48	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	56	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	60	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	61	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	60	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	55	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	64	54	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	57	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	59	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	69	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	72	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	70	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	67	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	66	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	69	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	69	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	38	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	41	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	39	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	41	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	41	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	40	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	50	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	57	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	57	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	54	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	52	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	52	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	48	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	54	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69.5	65.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57.6	68.4	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.8	72.1	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73.8	74.1	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40.4	41	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37.6	42.7	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	62.7	67.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	74.7	69.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	58.2	65.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	72.7	66.9	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32.7	41.8	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	51.5	44.1	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	61.6	58.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.5	60.6	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65.6	68.5	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	63.2	67.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	43.5	42.8	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	44.3	44.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.0	54.3	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	50.9	53.8	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	20.0%	25.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	80.0%	75.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	21.0 years	19.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	96.0%	92.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,277.0	$51,113.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,997.0	$52,520.0

* Thunder Mountain Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.