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Alta Vista Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8785 Cr Ll

Lamar CO, 81052, Prowers County

Phone: 719-336-2154

Ranking:

(158 out of 1,246, top 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Lamar School District RE-2

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:	10		10		9		9		9		9		6
Total Students:	141		137		130		126		111		114		84
Kindergarten:	22	15.6%	23	16.8%	22	16.9%	22	17.5%	13	11.7%	20	17.5%	11	13.1%
Grade 1:	22	15.6%	21	15.3%	20	15.4%	16	12.7%	19	17.1%	18	15.8%	13	15.5%
Grade 2:	21	14.9%	20	14.6%	19	14.6%	18	14.3%	17	15.3%	15	13.2%	16	19.0%
Grade 3:	20	14.2%	20	14.6%	18	13.8%	17	13.5%	14	12.6%	19	16.7%	14	16.7%
Grade 4:	20	14.2%	21	15.3%	16	12.3%	18	14.3%	19	17.1%	15	13.2%	11	13.1%
Grade 5:	20	14.2%	19	13.9%	18	13.8%	20	15.9%	16	14.4%	13	11.4%	14	16.7%
Grade 6:	16	11.3%	13	9.5%	17	13.1%	15	11.9%	13	11.7%	14	12.3%	5	6.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	69	48.9%	66	48.2%	64	49.2%	66	52.4%	52	46.8%	61	53.5%	47	56.0%
Female:	72	51.1%	71	51.8%	66	50.8%	60	47.6%	51	45.9%	45	39.5%	33	39.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	1.8%	2	1.8%	2	2.4%
Hispanic:	34	24.1%	31	22.6%	29	22.3%	26	20.6%	14	12.6%	14	12.3%	13	15.5%
Black:	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	1.8%	2	1.8%	1	1.2%
White:	102	72.3%	99	72.3%	95	73.1%	93	73.8%	93	83.8%	96	84.2%	68	81.0%
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:	4	2.8%	5	3.6%	6	4.6%	7	5.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	28	19.9%	33	24.1%	28	21.5%	29	23.0%	22	19.8%	29	25.4%	23	27.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	19	13.5%	22	16.1%	26	20.0%	19	15.1%	26	23.4%	23	20.2%	21	25.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.84		14.20		14.40		13.94		12.70		13.10		13.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87	80	71
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	68	69
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	65	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	73	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	88	76	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	101	73	73
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	71	73
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	57	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	61	52
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100	58	53
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94	51	51
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	75	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	59	71
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	89	65	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	71	56	66
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	49	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	65	42	56
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	58	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	64	66
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	64	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	70	69
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	43	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	47	46
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	65	54	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	58	61
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	76	65	63
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	100	74	71
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	70	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100.0	62.3	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95.0	63.4	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	94.5	59.1	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	100.0	69.5	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	89.4	54.6	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85.0	48.1	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89.5	65.8	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	89.5	61.9	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	57.9	58.2	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	79.0	57.6	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	52.6	41.0	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	63.2	52.8	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.8	44.5	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88.9	58.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	58.8	46.1	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	83.4	57.2	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.0	28.1	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	77.8	41.0	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	47.1	32.9	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	50.9	57.2

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	100.0%	100.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	0.0%	0.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	80.0%	60.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$33,190.0	$29,303.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$34,004.0	$30,765.0

* Alta Vista Charter School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.