Van Buren Elementary School
3115 Marble Front Rd
Caldwell ID, 83605, Canyon County
Phone: 208-455-3326
Ranking: 
(390 out of 489, bottom 20%)*
(390 out of 489, bottom 20%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Caldwell School District 132
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: | 32 | NA | NA | 33 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 28 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 647 | 704 | 680 | 672 | 605 | 553 | 515 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | 15 | 2.2% | 31 | 4.6% | 18 | 3.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 117 | 18.1% | 129 | 18.3% | 117 | 17.2% | 116 | 17.3% | 101 | 16.7% | 120 | 21.7% | 96 | 18.6% |
| Grade 1: | 119 | 18.4% | 140 | 19.9% | 141 | 20.7% | 139 | 20.7% | 131 | 21.7% | 88 | 15.9% | 92 | 17.9% |
| Grade 2: | 122 | 18.9% | 124 | 17.6% | 112 | 16.5% | 122 | 18.2% | 104 | 17.2% | 87 | 15.7% | 94 | 18.3% |
| Grade 3: | 108 | 16.7% | 110 | 15.6% | 116 | 17.1% | 96 | 14.3% | 89 | 14.7% | 100 | 18.1% | 69 | 13.4% |
| Grade 4: | 93 | 14.4% | 110 | 15.6% | 85 | 12.5% | 81 | 12.1% | 84 | 13.9% | 77 | 13.9% | 80 | 15.5% |
| Grade 5: | 88 | 13.6% | 91 | 12.9% | 94 | 13.8% | 87 | 12.9% | 78 | 12.9% | 81 | 14.6% | 84 | 16.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 323 | 49.9% | 361 | 51.3% | 368 | 54.1% | 367 | 54.6% | 340 | 56.2% | 285 | 51.5% | 270 | 52.4% |
| Female: | 324 | 50.1% | 343 | 48.7% | 312 | 45.9% | 305 | 45.4% | 257 | 42.5% | 260 | 47.0% | 241 | 46.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 8 | 1.2% | 8 | 1.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.6% |
| Hispanic: | 411 | 63.5% | 480 | 68.2% | 459 | 67.5% | 468 | 69.6% | 391 | 64.6% | 387 | 70.0% | 336 | 65.2% |
| Black: | 3 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 28 | 5.4% |
| White: | 207 | 32.0% | 194 | 27.6% | 199 | 29.3% | 194 | 28.9% | 208 | 34.4% | 158 | 28.6% | 148 | 28.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 16 | 2.5% | 15 | 2.1% | 13 | 1.9% | 6 | 0.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 524 | 81.0% | 613 | 87.1% | 550 | 80.9% | 495 | 73.7% | 434 | 71.7% | 376 | 68.0% | 349 | 67.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 43 | 6.6% | 29 | 4.1% | 33 | 4.9% | 29 | 4.3% | 25 | 4.1% | 41 | 7.4% | 32 | 6.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 20.43 | NA | NA | 20.42 | 23.58 | 19.21 | 19.40 | 18.70 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ISAT | ||||||
| 2008 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.8% | 56.1% | 70% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.3% | 64.4% | 73.3% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 65.6% | 73.1% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 65.4% | 73.7% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 66.3% | 74.6% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 62.8% | 72.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 81.4% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 84.8% | 86.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 86.8% | 87.7% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 87.4% | 88.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 84.4% | 88.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 83.9% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 74.9% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 82.5% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 85.2% | 88.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 85.6% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 84.5% | 88.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 83.7% | 89.4% |
| 2008 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.4% | 60.6% | 77.6% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 71.4% | 80.4% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 75% | 72.9% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 77.6% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 70% | 75.7% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 80% | 83.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 74.9% | 84.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 86.1% | 85.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 82.5% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 81.9% | 83.4% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 83.3% | 86.8% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 80.5% | 86.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 68.9% | 82.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 78.4% | 86.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 80% | 86.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 85.7% | 86.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 86.6% | 88.9% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 87.8% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.3% | 56.3% | 74.2% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 63.2% | 77.2% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 70% | 77.2% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 73.6% | 78.7% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.4% | 72% | 79.4% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 74% | 69.5% | 80.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 52% | 58.8% | 78% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 67.7% | 77.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 79.7% | 79.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 80.2% | 80.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 77.5% | 78.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 67.2% | 79.2% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 69.6% | 84.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 79.6% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 83.8% | 88% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 85.3% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81% | 84.2% | 87.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 78.2% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 12% | 31.9% | 60.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 50.4% | 66.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.2% | 43.2% | 64.9% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.7% | 45% | 67.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.3% | 48.9% | 69.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 43.8% | 72.2% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 93.1% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | NA |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 9.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 48.3% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 51.7% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $34,803.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $30,589.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $38,736.0 |
* Van Buren Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.