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Arizona Desert Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8803 West Van Buren St

Tolleson AZ, 85353, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-936-9740

Ranking:

(832 out of 1,363, bottom 39%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Tolleson 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:	21		21		24		19		22		29		30
Total Students:	431		400		395		414		435		522		521
Kindergarten:	72	16.7%	61	15.3%	59	14.9%	63	15.2%	66	15.2%	58	11.1%	63	12.1%
Grade 1:	76	17.6%	68	17.0%	64	16.2%	56	13.5%	54	12.4%	65	12.5%	65	12.5%
Grade 2:	64	14.8%	58	14.5%	53	13.4%	66	15.9%	76	17.5%	65	12.5%	54	10.4%
Grade 3:	64	14.8%	54	13.5%	60	15.2%	61	14.7%	63	14.5%	65	12.5%	64	12.3%
Grade 4:	58	13.5%	55	13.8%	58	14.7%	59	14.3%	60	13.8%	52	10.0%	59	11.3%
Grade 5:	49	11.4%	53	13.3%	56	14.2%	58	14.0%	55	12.6%	63	12.1%	68	13.1%
Grade 6:	48	11.1%	51	12.8%	45	11.4%	51	12.3%	60	13.8%	68	13.0%	51	9.8%
Grade 7:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	41	7.9%	47	9.0%
Grade 8:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	45	8.6%	50	9.6%
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:	202	46.9%	204	51.0%	188	47.6%	199	48.1%	204	46.9%	246	47.1%	253	48.6%
Female:	229	53.1%	196	49.0%	207	52.4%	215	51.9%	223	51.3%	268	51.3%	264	50.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.7%	6	1.5%	4	1.0%	7	1.7%	4	0.9%	8	1.5%	9	1.7%
Asian:	7	1.6%	4	1.0%	4	1.0%	8	1.9%	11	2.5%	13	2.5%	3	0.6%
Hispanic:	327	75.9%	317	79.3%	318	80.5%	329	79.5%	325	74.7%	396	75.9%	407	78.1%
Black:	56	13.0%	46	11.5%	43	10.9%	46	11.1%	59	13.6%	63	12.1%	51	9.8%
White:	32	7.4%	25	6.3%	25	6.3%	24	5.8%	36	8.3%	42	8.0%	51	9.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	324	75.2%	312	78.0%	292	73.9%	195	47.1%	320	73.6%	315	60.3%	306	58.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	37	8.6%	29	7.3%	33	8.4%	12	2.9%	60	13.8%	87	16.7%	114	21.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.52		19.05		16.46		21.79		20.23		18.00		17.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	433	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	359	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	362.16	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	354	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	349	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	439	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	446	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	446.58	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	439	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	432	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	470	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	371	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	380.43	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	365	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	366	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	458	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	458	466	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	472.02	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	459	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	455	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	485	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	494	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	496.82	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	486	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	485	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	487	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	373	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	383.18	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	370	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	371	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	480	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	480	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	489.71	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	476	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	476	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	496	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	498	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	484.23	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	481	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	476	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	526	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	406	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	399.19	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	397	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	394	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	489	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	499	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	503.89	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	487	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	491	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	537	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	521	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	479.12	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	476	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	487	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	537	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	505	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	527	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	537	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	512	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	488	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	65.2%	63.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	34.8%	37.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	4.0 years	4.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	69.6%	66.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	30.4%	33.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,875.0	$37,287.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,600.0	$34,985.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,074.0	$41,890.0

* Arizona Desert 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.