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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	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	359	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	362.16	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	354	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	349	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	439	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	446	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	446.58	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	439	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	432	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	470	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	371	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	380.43	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	365	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	366	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	458	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	458	466	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	472.02	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	459	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	455	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	485	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	494	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	496.82	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	486	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	485	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	487	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	373	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	383.18	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	370	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	371	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	480	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	480	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	489.71	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	476	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	476	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	496	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	498	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	484.23	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	481	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	476	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	526	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	406	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	399.19	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	397	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	394	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	489	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	499	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	503.89	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	487	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	491	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	537	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	521	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	479.12	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	476	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	487	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	537	553
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	505	517
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	527	541
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	537	560
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	512	527
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	488	506

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.