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Thunder Valley Pk-8 Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

555 8th St

Frederick CO, 80530, Weld County

Phone: 303-833-2456

Ranking:

(964 out of 1,246, bottom 23%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: St. Vrain Valley School District RE 1J

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:	43		31		31		32		31		31		37
Total Students:	744		532		556		551		547		509		564
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	37	7.0%	39	7.0%	41	7.4%	38	6.9%	41	8.1%	39	6.9%
Kindergarten:	74	9.9%	74	13.9%	77	13.8%	85	15.4%	83	15.2%	81	15.9%	84	14.9%
Grade 1:	83	11.2%	78	14.7%	96	17.3%	91	16.5%	102	18.6%	71	13.9%	108	19.1%
Grade 2:	92	12.4%	81	15.2%	89	16.0%	91	16.5%	73	13.3%	89	17.5%	87	15.4%
Grade 3:	83	11.2%	92	17.3%	93	16.7%	69	12.5%	85	15.5%	78	15.3%	77	13.7%
Grade 4:	94	12.6%	94	17.7%	81	14.6%	85	15.4%	94	17.2%	70	13.8%	83	14.7%
Grade 5:	97	13.0%	76	14.3%	81	14.6%	89	16.2%	72	13.2%	79	15.5%	86	15.2%
Grade 6:	90	12.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	80	10.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	51	6.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	379	50.9%	271	50.9%	293	52.7%	292	53.0%	281	51.4%	257	50.5%	288	51.1%
Female:	365	49.1%	261	49.1%	263	47.3%	259	47.0%	258	47.2%	244	47.9%	272	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	4	0.7%	8	1.5%	7	1.4%	8	1.4%
Asian:	6	0.8%	6	1.1%	6	1.1%	4	0.7%	9	1.6%	9	1.8%	13	2.3%
Hispanic:	454	61.0%	318	59.8%	320	57.6%	287	52.1%	286	52.3%	246	48.3%	254	45.0%
Black:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	3	0.6%	3	0.5%
White:	272	36.6%	203	38.2%	223	40.1%	250	45.4%	240	43.9%	244	47.9%	286	50.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	0.9%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	380	51.1%	268	50.4%	263	47.3%	264	47.9%	278	50.8%	222	43.6%	205	36.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	101	13.6%	64	12.0%	77	13.8%	61	11.1%	56	10.2%	47	9.2%	56	9.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.35		17.44		18.03		17.33		17.93		16.70		15.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	64	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	66	75	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	74	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	76	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	71	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	74	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	74	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	76	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64	74	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	77	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62	74	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	78	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	67	76	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79	81	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	52	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	60	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	55	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	58	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38	52	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40	56	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	55	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57	59	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	49	63	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	71	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66	75	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	71	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	71	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	52	69	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	72	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	65	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	66	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56	69	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	64	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	65	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	57	66	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	54	67	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	67	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	52	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	40	52	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	51	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	50	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	35	50	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	51	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	49	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	58	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	57	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	66	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	69	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	69	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	68	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	45	64	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	66	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	47	66	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	68	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	58	73	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	74	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	51	70	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	70	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	70	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	49	71	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	60	73	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	43	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	48	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	47	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	26	49	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	50	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	49	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	56	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	63	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	63	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	57	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	59	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	59	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	59	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	65	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57.6	71.2	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	62.5	75.5	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68.1	81.1	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	79.1	81.4	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	49.3	58.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44.8	57.1	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	54.2	73.3	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.4	73.0	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	56.6	68.9	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	55.9	71.8	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	22.9	51.4	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	47.7	57.4	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	43.9	63.8	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	45.3	68.0	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	51.3	71.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65.3	74.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30.5	50.6	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	30.7	53.8	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	37.8	59.6	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	37.3	62.0	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	53.3%	78.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	46.7%	21.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.0%	46.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.0%	53.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,468.0	$45,303.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,572.0	$41,034.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,423.0	$49,069.0

* Thunder Valley Pk-8 Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.