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Alta Vista Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8710 North 31st Ave

Phoenix AZ, 85051, Maricopa County

Phone: 602-347-2600

Ranking:

(896 out of 1,363, bottom 34%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Washington Elementary District

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:	33		31		30		27		30		34		34
Total Students:	620		580		573		540		573		625		681
Kindergarten:	109	17.6%	93	16.0%	103	18.0%	79	14.6%	83	14.5%	95	15.2%	97	14.2%
Grade 1:	92	14.8%	101	17.4%	82	14.3%	79	14.6%	77	13.4%	92	14.7%	110	16.2%
Grade 2:	99	16.0%	82	14.1%	69	12.0%	77	14.3%	81	14.1%	101	16.2%	95	14.0%
Grade 3:	69	11.1%	71	12.2%	80	14.0%	74	13.7%	85	14.8%	87	13.9%	87	12.8%
Grade 4:	87	14.0%	82	14.1%	83	14.5%	76	14.1%	80	14.0%	92	14.7%	98	14.4%
Grade 5:	80	12.9%	77	13.3%	84	14.7%	80	14.8%	91	15.9%	72	11.5%	87	12.8%
Grade 6:	84	13.5%	74	12.8%	71	12.4%	75	13.9%	76	13.3%	86	13.8%	107	15.7%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	314	50.6%	289	49.8%	282	49.2%	269	49.8%	277	48.3%	311	49.8%	360	52.9%
Female:	306	49.4%	291	50.2%	291	50.8%	271	50.2%	288	50.3%	306	49.0%	317	46.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	18	2.9%	24	4.1%	17	3.0%	25	4.6%	30	5.2%	36	5.8%	50	7.3%
Asian:	19	3.1%	14	2.4%	28	4.9%	35	6.5%	36	6.3%	18	2.9%	21	3.1%
Hispanic:	335	54.0%	330	56.9%	296	51.7%	234	43.3%	274	47.8%	314	50.2%	336	49.3%
Black:	95	15.3%	65	11.2%	87	15.2%	93	17.2%	82	14.3%	101	16.2%	86	12.6%
White:	133	21.5%	130	22.4%	133	23.2%	145	26.9%	151	26.4%	156	25.0%	188	27.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	6	1.0%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	3.2%	14	2.4%	6	1.0%	6	1.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	296	51.7%	290	46.4%	234	34.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	617	99.5%	577	99.5%	570	99.5%	537	99.4%	42	7.3%	332	53.1%	444	65.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.88		18.51		18.79		20.04		19.20		18.70		20.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	443	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	357	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	358.78	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	350	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	351	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	448	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	451	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	450.32	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	441	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	442	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	479	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	369	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	373.44	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	369	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	364	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	467	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	468	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	473.94	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	466	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	462	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	499	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	502	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	506.2	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	499	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	487	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	497	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	382	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380	384.26	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	378	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	378	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	485	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	493.69	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	485	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	518	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487.46	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	487	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	486	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	517	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	400	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377	405.86	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	396	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	396	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	493	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	500	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	508.95	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	499	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	500	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	538	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	536	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	489.48	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	491	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	489	499
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	428	434
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	525	529
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	504	510

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	40.5%	34.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	59.5%	65.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	56.8%	42.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	43.2%	57.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,862.0	$42,895.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,697.0	$36,913.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,642.0	$47,381.0

* Alta Vista Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.