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Palmer Lake Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

115 Upper Glenway

Palmer Lake CO, 80133, El Paso County

Phone: 719-488-4760

Ranking:

(260 out of 1,246, top 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Lewis-Palmer School District 38

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:	25		24		23		25		23		25		28
Total Students:	352		339		373		377		331		362		370
Prekindergarten:	30	8.5%	33	9.7%	52	13.9%	51	13.5%	33	10.0%	32	8.8%	28	7.6%
Kindergarten:	50	14.2%	37	10.9%	50	13.4%	38	10.1%	38	11.5%	36	9.9%	65	17.6%
Grade 1:	45	12.8%	50	14.7%	44	11.8%	38	10.1%	35	10.6%	69	19.1%	46	12.4%
Grade 2:	56	15.9%	44	13.0%	38	10.2%	38	10.1%	67	20.2%	47	13.0%	54	14.6%
Grade 3:	50	14.2%	38	11.2%	32	8.6%	66	17.5%	48	14.5%	56	15.5%	48	13.0%
Grade 4:	34	9.7%	36	10.6%	61	16.4%	45	11.9%	58	17.5%	53	14.6%	69	18.6%
Grade 5:	34	9.7%	56	16.5%	45	12.1%	52	13.8%	52	15.7%	69	19.1%	60	16.2%
Grade 6:	53	15.1%	45	13.3%	51	13.7%	49	13.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	173	49.1%	173	51.0%	194	52.0%	197	52.3%	164	49.5%	175	48.3%	185	50.0%
Female:	179	50.9%	166	49.0%	179	48.0%	180	47.7%	159	48.0%	179	49.4%	181	48.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	5	1.3%	8	2.1%	10	3.0%	8	2.2%	8	2.2%
Asian:	8	2.3%	9	2.7%	12	3.2%	9	2.4%	10	3.0%	13	3.6%	11	3.0%
Hispanic:	57	16.2%	57	16.8%	63	16.9%	66	17.5%	39	11.8%	49	13.5%	40	10.8%
Black:	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	4	1.2%	2	0.6%	2	0.5%
White:	263	74.7%	256	75.5%	275	73.7%	273	72.4%	268	81.0%	290	80.1%	309	83.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	5.7%	14	4.1%	15	4.0%	20	5.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	75	21.3%	91	26.8%	81	21.7%	67	17.8%	62	18.7%	71	19.6%	61	16.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	20	5.7%	20	5.9%	42	11.3%	33	8.8%	24	7.3%	32	8.8%	22	5.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.11		13.87		16.15		15.26		14.22		14.70		13.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	74	84	68
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	89	71
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	86	68
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	88	70
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	95	90	69
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	80	90	71
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71	86	69
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	84	85	72
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	77	88	71
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	86	88	71
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	78	90	71
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	90	89	73
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	83	70
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	88	73
2004	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58	65	52
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	71	56
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	63	72	52
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	70	79	55
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	52	67	50
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	76	76	53
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	61	67	51
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	54	72	51
2005	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	86	88	66
2006	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	81	90	69
2007	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	80	91	70
2008	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	87	88	68
2009	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	87	71
2010	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	84	90	70
2011	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	82	91	71
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	83	63
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	90	83	64
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	91	89	67
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	85	85	64
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	86	66
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	85	65
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	84	65
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	87	66
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	83	74	53
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	69	52
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	69	50
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	70	49
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	78	78	52
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	67	69	51
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	70	71	51
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	75	81	56
2004	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	85	58
2005	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	89	63
2006	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	90	65
2007	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	88	89	65
2008	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	87	89	65
2009	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	79	88	63
2010	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	86	65
2011	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	75	83	66
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	84	88	69
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	90	69
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	92	89	69
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	93	88	68
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	94	91	70
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	89	89	69
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	74	86	70
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	85	89	69
2006	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	61	65	37
2007	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	62	64	41
2008	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	55	66	44
2009	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	71	76	45
2010	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	50	70	47
2011	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	68	69	46
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	67	76	55
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	81	58
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	77	80	60
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	86	81	57
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76	83	59
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	80	80	58
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	72	79	58
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	73	79	61
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	72	82	63
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	83	90	71
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	69	84	62
TCAP
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	87.5	89.1	71.0
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% Proficient	85.3	87.0	72.3
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	81.2	85.3	73.9
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.4	85.9	73.3
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	71.9	70.5	52.5
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% Proficient	58.8	63.5	50.9
2012	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	85.7	71.5
2013	Math	4th Grade	% Proficient	68.6	88.8	71.7
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	76.7	84.6	67.0
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% Proficient	77.2	84.4	67.9
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	56.6	70.3	49.3
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% Proficient	62.9	67.9	53.1
2012	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.6	81.1	64.5
2013	Math	5th Grade	% Proficient	74.6	81.9	65.3
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	80.9	86.6	69.4
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% Proficient	81.8	87.7	70.3
2012	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	64.2	69.8	48.5
2013	Science	5th Grade	% Proficient	63.7	70.5	48.5
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	76.1	79.2	58.4
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% Proficient	78.2	78.2	57.2
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	62.9	80.0	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	69.8	75.6	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	81.5	91.7	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	88.3	88.7	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	68.6	78.9	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	74.4	76.1	57.6

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	34.6%	32.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	65.4%	68.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	15.4%	24.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	84.6%	76.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,060.0	$45,316.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,088.0	$35,062.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,691.0	$48,554.0

* Palmer Lake Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.