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Whittier K-8 School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2480 Downing St

Denver CO, 80205, Denver County

Phone: 720-424-3040

Ranking:

(1,127 out of 1,246, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

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:	20		14		16		17		16		19		19
Total Students:	318		300		283		301		289		297		250
Prekindergarten:	44	13.8%	45	15.0%	41	14.5%	30	10.0%	25	8.7%	47	15.8%	48	19.2%
Kindergarten:	47	14.8%	49	16.3%	36	12.7%	42	14.0%	50	17.3%	44	14.8%	41	16.4%
Grade 1:	58	18.2%	34	11.3%	35	12.4%	45	15.0%	33	11.4%	38	12.8%	31	12.4%
Grade 2:	33	10.4%	34	11.3%	41	14.5%	29	9.6%	26	9.0%	35	11.8%	25	10.0%
Grade 3:	24	7.5%	29	9.7%	24	8.5%	35	11.6%	31	10.7%	24	8.1%	23	9.2%
Grade 4:	31	9.7%	25	8.3%	29	10.2%	31	10.3%	22	7.6%	27	9.1%	18	7.2%
Grade 5:	27	8.5%	27	9.0%	23	8.1%	27	9.0%	27	9.3%	20	6.7%	28	11.2%
Grade 6:	23	7.2%	24	8.0%	24	8.5%	18	6.0%	25	8.7%	25	8.4%	16	6.4%
Grade 7:	12	3.8%	21	7.0%	19	6.7%	18	6.0%	31	10.7%	17	5.7%	20	8.0%
Grade 8:	19	6.0%	12	4.0%	11	3.9%	26	8.6%	19	6.6%	20	6.7%	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	159	50.0%	157	52.3%	147	51.9%	145	48.2%	144	49.8%	153	51.5%	129	51.6%
Female:	159	50.0%	143	47.7%	136	48.1%	156	51.8%	137	47.4%	136	45.8%	117	46.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.9%	3	1.0%	4	1.4%	3	1.0%	3	1.0%	4	1.3%	1	0.4%
Asian:	3	0.9%	4	1.3%	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	3	1.0%	5	1.7%	4	1.6%
Hispanic:	129	40.6%	120	40.0%	109	38.5%	133	44.2%	112	38.8%	91	30.6%	73	29.2%
Black:	140	44.0%	138	46.0%	122	43.1%	114	37.9%	133	46.0%	162	54.5%	150	60.0%
White:	27	8.5%	17	5.7%	27	9.5%	32	10.6%	38	13.1%	35	11.8%	22	8.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	15	4.7%	17	5.7%	19	6.7%	18	6.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	283	89.0%	230	76.7%	218	77.0%	272	90.4%	246	85.1%	178	59.9%	162	64.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	13	4.1%	19	6.3%	14	4.9%	15	5.0%	19	6.6%	18	6.1%	13	5.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.10		21.23		17.69		17.87		17.78		16.10		13.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	20	46	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	46	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	46	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	46	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	48	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35	52	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	51	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	35	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	39	50	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	56	51	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	51	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	52	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	34	50	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	45	55	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	15	32	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	20	34	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	13	29	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	29	33	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	31	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	34	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	22	34	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	32	36	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	43	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	15	47	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	37	50	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	27	48	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	28	52	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	52	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	48	54	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	29	38	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	26	39	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	30	43	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	26	40	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	18	41	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	22	42	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	45	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	32	44	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	13	28	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	21	29	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	10	26	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	27	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	23	31	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	19	30	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	20	33	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	28	38	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	12	36	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	41	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	45	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	44	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	37	47	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	46	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	50	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	51	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	46	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	43	44	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	47	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	45	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	48	49	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	49	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	50	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	40	49	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	5	17	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	10	18	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	11	21	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	5	23	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	0	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	12	25	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	21	33	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	34	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	36	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	19	35	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	30	37	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	20	40	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	17	40	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	46	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	26	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	31	31	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	40	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	43	42	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	46	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	20	47	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	39	52	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	68	38	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	39	67
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	24	45	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	47	49	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	27	48	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	40	54	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	40	50	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	74	31	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	47	36	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	29	38	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	47	38	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	19	41	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	25	42	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	35	46	62
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	6	21	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	37	29	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	48	27	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	43	35	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	26	33	49
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	25	40	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	31	40	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	45	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	42	46	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	44	50	68
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	25	31	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	37	38	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	38	36	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	47	44	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	30	40	58
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	29	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	33	35	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	38	36	51
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	42	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	44	50	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	51	67
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	26	25	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	6	28	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	0	30	49
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	32	34	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	28	36	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	41	37	55
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	36	54.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.0	59.3	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78.2	59.0	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75.9	60.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	44	42.1	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	55.2	39.9	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	34.5	55.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	31.6	58.3	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	44.8	49.4	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	47.4	52.1	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	17.2	35.5	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	26.3	41.6	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	34.6	49.7	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	32.1	51.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46.2	51.7	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	42.9	55.3	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	23.1	29.4	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	14.3	31.4	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	34.6	44.4	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	21.4	44.9	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	50.1	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	58.4	51.7	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	54.8	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	45.8	57.1	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	44	45.4	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	45.9	47.5	57.6
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	39.1	45.7	55.0
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	52.2	51.8	67.5
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	39.1	49.4	61.3

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	35.7%	38.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	64.3%	61.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	35.7%	30.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	64.3%	69.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,534.0	$45,163.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,078.0	$37,900.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,787.0	$48,391.0

* Whittier K-8 School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.