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Valdez Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2525 West 29 Ave

Denver CO, 80211, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-3310

Ranking:

(1,213 out of 1,246, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Denver County School District 1

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:	25		24		22		24		23		26		25
Total Students:	382		392		361		369		389		396		385
Prekindergarten:	89	23.3%	103	26.3%	92	25.5%	88	23.8%	87	22.4%	79	19.9%	66	17.1%
Kindergarten:	62	16.2%	53	13.5%	57	15.8%	65	17.6%	49	12.6%	52	13.1%	62	16.1%
Grade 1:	48	12.6%	59	15.1%	56	15.5%	36	9.8%	39	10.0%	50	12.6%	58	15.1%
Grade 2:	54	14.1%	54	13.8%	31	8.6%	40	10.8%	43	11.1%	46	11.6%	54	14.0%
Grade 3:	56	14.7%	39	9.9%	38	10.5%	49	13.3%	47	12.1%	38	9.6%	52	13.5%
Grade 4:	38	9.9%	36	9.2%	44	12.2%	41	11.1%	46	11.8%	45	11.4%	40	10.4%
Grade 5:	35	9.2%	48	12.2%	43	11.9%	50	13.6%	32	8.2%	37	9.3%	53	13.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	195	51.0%	189	48.2%	174	48.2%	183	49.6%	182	46.8%	187	47.2%	186	48.3%
Female:	187	49.0%	203	51.8%	187	51.8%	186	50.4%	199	51.2%	201	50.8%	195	50.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	5	1.3%	2	0.5%	5	1.3%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	253	66.2%	269	68.6%	263	72.9%	279	75.6%	279	71.7%	301	76.0%	312	81.0%
Black:	4	1.0%	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	6	1.5%	7	1.8%	8	2.1%
White:	118	30.9%	113	28.8%	87	24.1%	76	20.6%	98	25.2%	85	21.5%	60	15.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.8%	6	1.5%	6	1.7%	9	2.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	204	53.4%	207	52.8%	216	59.8%	240	65.0%	275	70.7%	267	67.4%	259	67.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	11	2.9%	20	5.1%	23	6.4%	21	5.7%	29	7.5%	18	4.5%	16	4.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.28		16.60		16.41		15.39		16.64		15.20		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	42	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	21	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	37	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	41	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	23	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	9	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	23	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	55	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	32	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	10	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	15	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	6	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	9	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	36	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	39	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	54	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	38	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	15	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	44	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16	28	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	9	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	10	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	16	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	38	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	14	36	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	27	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	10	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	51	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	46	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	22	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	28	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	49	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	8	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	10	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	12	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	6	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	0	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	2	25	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	12	33	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	8	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	18	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	8	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	15	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	36	46	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	21	46	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	32	47	62
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	32	48	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	54	72
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	38	41	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	42	57
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	16	33	49
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	48	50	68
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	44	40	58
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	28.2	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	59.4	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33.3	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	60.0	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	11.1	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	48.0	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	39.6	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	27.8	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33.3	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	17.6	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	11.9	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	17.6	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39.0	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	31.1	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	29.3	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	40.0	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	2.4	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	11.1	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	24.4	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	26.7	44.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	46.2%	47.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.0%	52.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.9%	26.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	73.1%	73.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,114.0	$48,642.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,596.0	$39,190.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,884.0	$52,018.0

* Valdez 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.