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Apollo Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

265 West Nebraska St

Tucson AZ, 85706, Pima County

Phone: 520-545-2000

Ranking:

(1,212 out of 1,363, bottom 11%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Sunnyside Unified 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:	43		48		41		38		46		55		56
Total Students:	774		792		802		820		821		860		931
Grade 6:	241	31.1%	240	30.3%	291	36.3%	302	36.8%	274	33.4%	265	30.8%	312	33.5%
Grade 7:	243	31.4%	284	35.9%	280	34.9%	249	30.4%	257	31.3%	305	35.5%	308	33.1%
Grade 8:	290	37.5%	268	33.8%	231	28.8%	269	32.8%	290	35.3%	290	33.7%	311	33.4%
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:	390	50.4%	413	52.1%	408	50.9%	402	49.0%	416	50.7%	463	53.8%	507	54.5%
Female:	384	49.6%	379	47.9%	394	49.1%	418	51.0%	397	48.4%	389	45.2%	420	45.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	36	4.7%	31	3.9%	38	4.7%	36	4.4%	33	4.0%	26	3.0%	20	2.1%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	5	0.6%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	716	92.5%	736	92.9%	736	91.8%	759	92.6%	762	92.8%	808	94.0%	882	94.7%
Black:	8	1.0%	6	0.8%	9	1.1%	10	1.2%	12	1.5%	16	1.9%	15	1.6%
White:	13	1.7%	19	2.4%	16	2.0%	12	1.5%	9	1.1%	8	0.9%	13	1.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	576	74.4%	65	8.2%	NA	NA	574	70.0%	626	76.2%	669	77.8%	674	72.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	48	6.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	72	8.8%	56	6.8%	78	9.1%	135	14.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.17		16.43		19.47		21.58		17.93		15.60		16.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	501	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383	388	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380	391.95	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	382	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	381	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	479	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	494	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	498.15	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	486	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	489	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	537	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	480.03	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	480	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	479	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	530	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	401	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	405.21	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	403	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	397	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	496	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	511	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	520.75	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	518	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	510	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	529	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	530	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	485.58	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	486	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	477	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	535	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	415	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	417.71	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	407	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	408	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	506	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	509	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	508.91	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	498	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	500	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	486	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	492	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	498.81	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	489	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	490	511

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.3%	72.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	19.0%	27.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.0%	27.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.0%	72.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,786.0	$38,708.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,734.0	$32,102.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,510.0	$41,166.0

* Apollo Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.