Altar Valley Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

16350 West Ajo Way

Tucson AZ, 85736, Pima County

Phone: 520-822-1484

Ranking:

(948 out of 1,363, bottom 30%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8

School District: Altar Valley 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:	16		17		18		20		22		20		21
Total Students:	274		317		321		304		297		312		301
Grade 5:	62	22.6%	71	22.4%	74	23.1%	80	26.3%	86	29.0%	75	24.0%	64	21.3%
Grade 6:	73	26.6%	71	22.4%	83	25.9%	88	28.9%	66	22.2%	72	23.1%	71	23.6%
Grade 7:	72	26.3%	83	26.2%	92	28.7%	67	22.0%	75	25.3%	74	23.7%	86	28.6%
Grade 8:	67	24.5%	92	29.0%	72	22.4%	69	22.7%	70	23.6%	91	29.2%	80	26.6%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	143	52.2%	160	50.5%	169	52.6%	152	50.0%	141	47.5%	158	50.6%	153	50.8%
Female:	131	47.8%	157	49.5%	152	47.4%	152	50.0%	148	49.8%	146	46.8%	144	47.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	15	5.5%	16	5.0%	18	5.6%	20	6.6%	17	5.7%	18	5.8%	13	4.3%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	150	54.7%	162	51.1%	157	48.9%	154	50.7%	151	50.8%	161	51.6%	163	54.2%
Black:	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	3	0.9%	4	1.3%	5	1.7%	7	2.2%	6	2.0%
White:	97	35.4%	131	41.3%	139	43.3%	123	40.5%	123	41.4%	126	40.4%	119	39.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	10	3.6%	5	1.6%	3	0.9%	2	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	189	69.0%	227	71.6%	214	66.7%	195	64.1%	189	63.6%	225	72.1%	215	71.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	7.7%	28	8.8%	20	6.2%	15	4.9%	22	7.4%	31	9.9%	34	11.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.56		19.21		17.83		15.20		13.81		16.00		14.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2013	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	0	0	N/A
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	0	0	N/A
2013	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	0	0	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	482	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	375	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	369.26	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	362	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	367	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	472	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	473	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	477.89	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	470	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	484	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	493	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	493	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	467.32	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	476	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	470	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	500	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	401	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	400.17	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	392	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	400	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	504.85	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	480	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	515	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	513	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	479.54	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	472	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	476	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	541	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	409	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	418.52	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	421	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	419	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	509	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	504	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	521.38	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	515	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	520	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	529	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	480.69	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	544	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	440	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	435.23	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	436	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	448	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	523	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	508.45	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	517	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	510	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	500.73	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.5%	50.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.5%	50.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.8%	30.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	68.2%	70.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,670.0	$37,667.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,638.0	$33,338.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,484.0	$39,522.0

* Altar Valley Middle 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.