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Ortega Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

401 Victoria Ave

Alamosa CO, 81101, Alamosa County

Phone: 719-587-1650

Ranking:

(947 out of 1,246, bottom 24%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Alamosa School District RE-11J

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	30		26		26		27		32		30		35
Total Students:	481		445		462		453		459		444		478
Grade 6:	166	34.5%	169	38.0%	161	34.8%	139	30.7%	179	39.0%	146	32.9%	159	33.3%
Grade 7:	160	33.3%	154	34.6%	132	28.6%	181	40.0%	139	30.3%	147	33.1%	158	33.1%
Grade 8:	155	32.2%	122	27.4%	169	36.6%	133	29.4%	141	30.7%	151	34.0%	161	33.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	237	49.3%	219	49.2%	205	44.4%	212	46.8%	236	51.4%	251	56.5%	268	56.1%
Female:	244	50.7%	226	50.8%	257	55.6%	241	53.2%	215	46.8%	185	41.7%	206	43.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	4	0.9%	5	1.1%	4	0.9%	3	0.7%	6	1.4%	4	0.8%
Asian:	5	1.0%	5	1.1%	5	1.1%	3	0.7%	0	0.0%	3	0.7%	5	1.0%
Hispanic:	305	63.4%	288	64.7%	280	60.6%	296	65.3%	283	61.7%	252	56.8%	274	57.3%
Black:	4	0.8%	4	0.9%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.7%	6	1.4%	4	0.8%
White:	162	33.7%	137	30.8%	164	35.5%	150	33.1%	170	37.0%	177	39.9%	191	40.0%
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	0.8%	7	1.6%	7	1.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	281	58.4%	271	60.9%	278	60.2%	261	57.6%	230	50.1%	220	49.5%	236	49.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	68	14.1%	67	15.1%	56	12.1%	60	13.2%	73	15.9%	58	13.1%	62	13.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.05		17.10		17.77		17.09		14.47		14.80		13.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	38	38	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	43	43	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	32	32	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	49	49	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	44	44	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	41	41	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	37	37	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	35	35	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	49	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	50	50	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	49	49	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	66	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	66	66	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	62	62	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	63	63	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	62	62	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	37	37	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	54	54	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	42	42	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	61	61	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	53	53	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	57	57	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	55	55	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	58	58	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	33	34	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	32	32	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	35	35	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	37	37	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	39	39	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	35	35	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	34	34	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	31	31	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	43	43	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	53	53	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	49	49	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	45	44	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	66	66	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	58	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	64	64	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	67	67	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	42	42	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	47	47	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	51	50	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	50	50	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	55	55	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	59	59	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	56	56	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	58	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	27	27	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	37	37	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	27	27	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	35	35	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	22	20	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	40	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	30	29	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	42	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	45	45	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	52	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	52	51	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	53	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	44	44	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	62	61	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	60	59	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	71	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	29	28	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	37	37	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	48	48	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	42	42	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	26	26	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	43	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	40	39	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	47	47	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	25	25	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	39	38	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	36	36	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	43	43	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	34	33	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	59	58	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	48	47	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	51	51	55
TCAP
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	43.3	43.0	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	52.1	51.7	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	67.5	67.1	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	71.9	71.4	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	56	55.7	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	50.9	50.6	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	29.6	28.7	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	39.2	38.7	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	63.2	62.8	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	65.3	64.5	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	60.8	59.7	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	56.2	55.4	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	39.9	36.5	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	39.1	36.0	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	70.6	67.7	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	63.7	59.0	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	43.1	39.5	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	41.8	37.7	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	56.2	52.1	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	48.2	44.3	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.7%	45.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.3%	54.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.2%	36.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.8%	63.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,480.0	$38,760.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,678.0	$29,975.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,331.0	$43,780.0

* Ortega Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.