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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	496
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	0	0	707
2013	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	0	0	478
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	482	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	375	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	369.26	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	362	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	367	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	472	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	473	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	477.89	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	470	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	484	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	493	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	493	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	467.32	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	476	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	470	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	500	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	401	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	400.17	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	392	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	400	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	504.85	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	480	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	515	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	513	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	479.54	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	472	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	476	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	541	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	409	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	418.52	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	421	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	419	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	509	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	504	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	521.38	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	515	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	520	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	529	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	480.69	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	544	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	440	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	435.23	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	436	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	448	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	523	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	508.45	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	517	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	510	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	500.73	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	511

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.