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Sierra Grande School District R-30

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Sierra Grande School District R-30 is located in south Colorado. Sierra Grande School District R-30 has 560.17 square miles of land area and 1.45 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Sierra Grande School District R-30 population is 1,988. Sierra Grande School District R-30 median household income is $37,132 in 2010-2014. Sierra Grande School District R-30 median house value is $100,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Sierra Grande School District R-30 is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (130 out of 154, bottom 16%) Elementary/Middle School: (129 out of 156, bottom 17%)* Rank: #154
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	1,988 (2010-2014), rank #114
Population Growth	21.44% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	3.54/sq mi, rank #119
Median Household Income:	$37,132 at 2010-2014—35.03% increase since 2005-2009, rank #154
Median House Price:	$100,900 at 2010-2014—-22.92% increase since 2005-2009, rank #151
Time Zone:	Mountain GMT -7:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	560.17 sq mi, rank #70
Water Area:	1.45 sq mi (0.26%), rank #68
State:	Colorado
County:	Costilla County
City:	Blanca, Fort Garland
Zip:	81123, 81133

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Sierra Grande School District R-30 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

17523 Hwy 160

Blanca CO, 81123, Costilla County

Phone: 719-379-3259

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	256	270	268	260	252	240	250
English Language Learner Students:	23	21	24	24	29	38	54
Total Teachers:	22.56	20.88	22.34	20.85	22.94	23.30	22.70
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	1.19	1.36	1.36	1.35	1.45	2.60	1.60
Elementary:	10.25	9.25	8.90	9.07	10.17	9.20	9.40
Secondary:	11.12	10.27	12.08	10.43	11.32	11.50	11.70
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	23.85	21.99	21.65	23.02	21.76	19.60	20.00
Instructional Aides:	4.00	3.30	3.00	3.98	2.69	1.00	1.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.46	0.60	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.43	1.42	1.45	1.45	1.10	NA
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.43	1.42	1.45	1.45	1.10	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.38	0.83	0.77	0.62	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.48	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	5.18	3.92	4.03	3.97	4.23	4.00	3.00
School Administrators:	2.77	2.00	1.00	1.62	1.00	2.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
Student Support Services:	0.15	0.14	1.05	1.05	0.99	0.20	0.10
Other Support Services:	9.13	9.20	8.70	8.70	9.32	8.70	9.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.35	12.93	12.00	12.47	10.99	10.30	11.01

Schools

Sierra Grande Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	17523 East Hwy 160, Blanca CO 81123
Sierra Grande K-12 School	Kindergarten to Grade 12	17523 East Hwy 160, Blanca CO 81123
Sierra Grande Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	17523 East Hwy 160, Blanca CO 81123

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
CSAP Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	14	27
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	11	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	18	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	25	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	23	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	21	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	59	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	53	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	66
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	58	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	11	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	36	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	47
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	27	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	33	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	37	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	16	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	32	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	35	47
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	14	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	47
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	51	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	71
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	53	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	71
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	73	70
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	33	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	46	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	43	52
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	75	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	31	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	72	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	46	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	60	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	94	70
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	73	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68	70
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	44	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	64	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	64
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	58	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	55	65
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	24	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	50	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	38	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	49
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	53	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41	51
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	38	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	65
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	82	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	66	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	70
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	56	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	29	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	25	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	44
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	24	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	46	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	13	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	33	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	41	59
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	52	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	32	61
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	26	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	34	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	75	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	59	61
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	43	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	48	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	85	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	71
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	52	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	64	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	59
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	39	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	28	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	21	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	29	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	24	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	50	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	31	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	37	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	35	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	50	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	64	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	24	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	45	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	43	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	54	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	50	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	20	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	50	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	38	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	13	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	41	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	28	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	20	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	25	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	15	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	29	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	28	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	58	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	54	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	38	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	44	68
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	29	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	33	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	24	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	24	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	25	48
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	39	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	31	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	37	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	30	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	19	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	31	55
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	32	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	11	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	21	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	15	35
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	22	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	47	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	20	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	53	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	53	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	58	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	57	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	42	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	65	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	47	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	58	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	32	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	40	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	33	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	21	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	39	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	30	53
TCAP Test
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	16.7	32.7
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	63.3	68.3
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	43.3	49.4
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	30	48.3
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61.3	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64.7	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	64.5	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52.9	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	38.8	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52.9	50.9
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	51.7	71.7
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	41.3	67.9
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	41.4	53.1
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	36.4	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	68.4	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	54.5	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	68.4	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	31.8	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	36.9	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	32	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	26.0	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	48	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	30.4	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	52	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	26.1	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	22.2	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	32.0	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	38.9	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	44.0	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	33.3	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	32.0	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	22.2	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	40.0	55.8
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	12.5	38.8
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	56.3	67.7
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	31.3	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$3,688,000	$13,761		$3,713,000	$14,281		$3,537,000	$14,036
Federal:	$289,000	$1,078	7.8%	$530,000	$2,038	14.3%	$411,000	$1,631	11.6%
State:	$969,000	$3,616	26.3%	$663,000	$2,550	17.9%	$948,000	$3,762	26.8%
Local:	$2,430,000	$9,067	65.9%	$2,520,000	$9,692	67.9%	$2,178,000	$8,643	61.6%
Total Expenditures:	$3,890,000	$14,515		$3,236,000	$12,446		$3,325,000	$13,194
Total Current Expenditures:	$3,175,000	$11,847		$3,071,000	$11,812		$3,053,000	$12,115
Instructional Expenditures:	$1,593,000	$5,944	50.2%	$1,562,000	$6,008	50.9%	$1,556,000	$6,175	51.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$268,000	$1,000	8.4%	$320,000	$1,231	10.4%	$308,000	$1,222	10.1%
Administration:	$563,000	$2,101	17.7%	$529,000	$2,035	17.2%	$540,000	$2,143	17.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$751,000	$2,802	23.7%	$660,000	$2,538	21.5%	$649,000	$2,575	21.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$620,000	$2,313		$79,000	$304		$179,000	$710
Construction:	$417,000	$1,556		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$56,000	$209		$67,000	$258		$77,000	$306

Total Salary:	$1,674,000	$6,246		$1,612,000	$6,200		$1,664,000	$6,603
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,007,000	$3,757	60.2%	$969,000	$3,727	60.1%	$1,015,000	$4,028	61.0%
Other Salary:	$667,000	$2,489	39.8%	$643,000	$2,473	39.9%	$649,000	$2,575	39.0%
Total Benefit:	$501,000	$1,869		$461,000	$1,773		$457,000	$1,813
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$299,000	$1,116	59.7%	$283,000	$1,088	61.4%	$276,000	$1,095	60.4%
Other Benefit:	$202,000	$754	40.3%	$178,000	$685	38.6%	$181,000	$718	39.6%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	40.0%	43.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.0%	56.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	20.0%	25.0%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	20.0%	18.8%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	26.7%	31.3%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	33.3%	25.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	0.0%	0.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,020.0	$38,306.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$23,848.0	$32,775.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$34,033.0	$34,100.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$44,026.0	$39,320.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$44,110.0	$45,725.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA	NA

* Sierra Grande School District R-30 was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.