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Westminster Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7482 Irving St

Westminster CO, 80030, Adams County

Phone: 303-428-2494

Ranking:

(1,207 out of 1,246, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Westminster School District 50

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:	17		17		18		15		15		17		18
Total Students:	298		274		273		224		202		267		279
Prekindergarten:	32	10.7%	31	11.3%	32	11.7%	28	12.5%	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	51	17.1%	49	17.9%	67	24.5%	38	17.0%	28	13.9%	47	17.6%	54	19.4%
Grade 1:	47	15.8%	55	20.1%	35	12.8%	26	11.6%	33	16.3%	51	19.1%	53	19.0%
Grade 2:	50	16.8%	35	12.8%	28	10.3%	35	15.6%	36	17.8%	39	14.6%	55	19.7%
Grade 3:	40	13.4%	31	11.3%	41	15.0%	29	12.9%	29	14.4%	45	16.9%	43	15.4%
Grade 4:	37	12.4%	41	15.0%	32	11.7%	30	13.4%	37	18.3%	43	16.1%	34	12.2%
Grade 5:	41	13.8%	32	11.7%	38	13.9%	38	17.0%	39	19.3%	42	15.7%	40	14.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	159	53.4%	135	49.3%	127	46.5%	99	44.2%	93	46.0%	138	51.7%	146	52.3%
Female:	139	46.6%	139	50.7%	146	53.5%	125	55.8%	101	50.0%	121	45.3%	129	46.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	2	0.7%	4	1.5%	4	1.8%	5	2.5%	8	3.0%	8	2.9%
Asian:	10	3.4%	12	4.4%	10	3.7%	6	2.7%	5	2.5%	6	2.2%	4	1.4%
Hispanic:	217	72.8%	196	71.5%	188	68.9%	165	73.7%	150	74.3%	199	74.5%	204	73.1%
Black:	5	1.7%	1	0.4%	3	1.1%	2	0.9%	7	3.5%	7	2.6%	6	2.2%
White:	57	19.1%	59	21.5%	62	22.7%	42	18.8%	35	17.3%	47	17.6%	57	20.4%
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:	8	2.7%	4	1.5%	6	2.2%	5	2.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	222	74.5%	196	71.5%	210	76.9%	160	71.4%	146	72.3%	194	72.7%	185	66.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	8.7%	28	10.2%	20	7.3%	27	12.1%	21	10.4%	31	11.6%	23	8.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.28		15.88		15.49		15.33		13.59		15.90		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	43	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	50	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	49	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	40	52	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	27	46	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	30	44	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	24	46	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	47	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	48	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	50	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	49	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	48	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	26	39	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	19	41	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	17	30	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	18	28	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	16	26	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	15	24	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	7	28	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	15	25	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	11	23	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	16	22	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	45	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	43	49	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	38	51	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	31	47	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	17	42	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	47	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	46	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	42	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	34	45	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	45	39	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	33	44	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	39	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	35	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	37	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	35	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	29	26	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	13	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	11	25	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	18	30	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	7	28	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	20	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	14	25	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	44	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	42	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	44	47	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	43	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	43	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	42	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	42	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	47	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	53	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	54	51	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	53	50	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	42	44	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	47	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	40	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	39	45	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	15	16	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	18	16	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	3	17	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	11	20	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	11	21	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	13	20	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	36	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	37	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	31	38	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	23	36	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	14	33	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	16	38	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	30	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	11	33	61
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	50.0	51.6	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46.9	59.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52.5	46.9	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	57.5	49.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22.5	25.6	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	12.5	27.6	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	58.1	52.4	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	44.2	56.1	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	48.4	39.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	41.9	40.8	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	32.3	25.4	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	23.3	29.4	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	26.3	47.3	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	35.5	44.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	31.6	48.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	35.5	47.8	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	23.7	27.3	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	12.9	23.0	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	21.1	35.6	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	9.7	34.1	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.7%	72.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	33.3%	27.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	22.2%	27.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	77.8%	72.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,814.0	$46,947.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,490.0	$34,719.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,906.0	$51,650.0

* Westminster 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.