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Trailblazer Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

9760 South Hackberry

Littleton CO, 80126, Douglas County

Phone: 303-387-6250

Ranking:

(117 out of 1,246, top 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Douglas County School District RE-1

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:	27		27		28		31		36		36		38
Total Students:	485		512		527		607		616		638		664
Kindergarten:	73	15.1%	70	13.7%	67	12.7%	84	13.8%	94	15.3%	90	14.1%	92	13.9%
Grade 1:	73	15.1%	66	12.9%	74	14.0%	94	15.5%	85	13.8%	93	14.6%	107	16.1%
Grade 2:	67	13.8%	71	13.9%	85	16.1%	73	12.0%	84	13.6%	105	16.5%	96	14.5%
Grade 3:	66	13.6%	88	17.2%	60	11.4%	83	13.7%	92	14.9%	93	14.6%	106	16.0%
Grade 4:	86	17.7%	64	12.5%	78	14.8%	91	15.0%	93	15.1%	96	15.0%	85	12.8%
Grade 5:	57	11.8%	76	14.8%	81	15.4%	86	14.2%	94	15.3%	83	13.0%	85	12.8%
Grade 6:	63	13.0%	77	15.0%	82	15.6%	96	15.8%	74	12.0%	78	12.2%	93	14.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	241	49.7%	248	48.4%	261	49.5%	302	49.8%	315	51.1%	332	52.0%	333	50.2%
Female:	244	50.3%	264	51.6%	266	50.5%	305	50.2%	293	47.6%	298	46.7%	327	49.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.0%	9	1.8%	4	0.8%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Asian:	20	4.1%	19	3.7%	16	3.0%	18	3.0%	25	4.1%	23	3.6%	26	3.9%
Hispanic:	65	13.4%	65	12.7%	69	13.1%	54	8.9%	48	7.8%	46	7.2%	43	6.5%
Black:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	7	1.1%	11	1.7%	11	1.7%
White:	375	77.3%	398	77.7%	422	80.1%	517	85.2%	534	86.7%	557	87.3%	583	87.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	3.7%	20	3.9%	14	2.7%	14	2.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	26	5.4%	29	5.7%	33	6.3%	26	4.3%	19	3.1%	18	2.8%	4	0.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	11	2.3%	17	3.3%	11	2.1%	14	2.3%	7	1.1%	11	1.7%	3	0.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.85		18.75		18.75		19.84		17.18		17.90		17.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	81	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	85	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	82	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	83	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	81	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	91	83	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	82	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	83	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	92	83	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	81	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85	82	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	84	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	81	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93	83	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	70	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	82	66	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	66	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	68	62	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81	68	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	62	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	63	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	83	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	85	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	95	86	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	83	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	92	84	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	84	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	79	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	77	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	83	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	79	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79	79	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76	80	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	78	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	79	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	67	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	65	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	64	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	67	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	67	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	65	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	72	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	73	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	79	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	82	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	82	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	81	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	80	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	81	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	80	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	84	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	86	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	91	84	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	86	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	84	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	83	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	82	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	52	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	69	56	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	70	57	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	60	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	60	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	59	59	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	70	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	74	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78	77	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	73	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	83	76	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	73	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	72	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	73	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	74	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	77	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	77	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	79	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	80	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	82	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	88	79	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	79	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	86	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	85	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	88	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	87	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	88	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	89	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	86	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	86	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	75	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	77	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	81	78	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	79	79	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	78	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	82	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	78	73	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	78	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90.0	81.8	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86.5	81.6	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	93.4	82.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89.8	81.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61.7	62.3	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	69.6	62.8	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	91.9	84.2	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84.8	83.2	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	82.4	80.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.8	79.2	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67.6	64.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62.7	66.0	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82.3	78.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	89.1	79.3	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	87.3	84.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	93.1	82.4	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	60.8	62.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	71.3	62.2	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	67.1	72.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	72.6	71.1	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	83.8	77.9	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	77.0	76.8	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92.5	87.2	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	87.8	86.5	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	81.3	72.2	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	67.6	73.1	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	40.6%	48.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	59.4%	51.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	12.5%	21.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	87.5%	78.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,141.0	$47,163.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,620.0	$35,285.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,072.0	$50,361.0

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