Bales Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

25400 West Maricopa Rd

Buckeye AZ, 85326, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-847-8503

Ranking:

(974 out of 1,363, bottom 29%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Buckeye 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:	39		38		38		41		37		44		43
Total Students:	776		738		753		708		728		963		994
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Kindergarten:	90	11.6%	84	11.4%	99	13.1%	85	12.0%	95	13.0%	111	11.5%	121	12.2%
Grade 1:	84	10.8%	100	13.6%	91	12.1%	88	12.4%	86	11.8%	117	12.1%	107	10.8%
Grade 2:	95	12.2%	89	12.1%	94	12.5%	77	10.9%	87	12.0%	107	11.1%	132	13.3%
Grade 3:	92	11.9%	82	11.1%	72	9.6%	86	12.1%	75	10.3%	111	11.5%	115	11.6%
Grade 4:	91	11.7%	73	9.9%	90	12.0%	74	10.5%	84	11.5%	110	11.4%	98	9.9%
Grade 5:	71	9.1%	82	11.1%	71	9.4%	79	11.2%	79	10.9%	109	11.3%	114	11.5%
Grade 6:	95	12.2%	70	9.5%	83	11.0%	74	10.5%	76	10.4%	105	10.9%	110	11.1%
Grade 7:	80	10.3%	78	10.6%	71	9.4%	74	10.5%	67	9.2%	105	10.9%	83	8.4%
Grade 8:	77	9.9%	80	10.8%	81	10.8%	71	10.0%	79	10.9%	88	9.1%	113	11.4%
Ungraded:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	412	53.1%	396	53.7%	389	51.7%	363	51.3%	361	49.6%	477	49.5%	483	48.6%
Female:	364	46.9%	342	46.3%	364	48.3%	345	48.7%	359	49.3%	478	49.6%	507	51.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	10	1.3%	8	1.1%	8	1.1%	12	1.7%	9	1.2%	9	0.9%	5	0.5%
Asian:	7	0.9%	4	0.5%	5	0.7%	3	0.4%	5	0.7%	13	1.3%	22	2.2%
Hispanic:	441	56.8%	446	60.4%	458	60.8%	428	60.5%	421	57.8%	549	57.0%	580	58.4%
Black:	51	6.6%	42	5.7%	50	6.6%	44	6.2%	46	6.3%	70	7.3%	66	6.6%
White:	253	32.6%	231	31.3%	225	29.9%	214	30.2%	247	33.9%	322	33.4%	321	32.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	1.7%	5	0.7%	6	0.8%	6	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	519	66.9%	403	54.6%	415	55.1%	415	58.6%	410	56.3%	436	45.3%	474	47.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	74	9.5%	66	8.9%	54	7.2%	51	7.2%	58	8.0%	82	8.5%	105	10.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.00		19.44		19.85		17.44		19.87		22.00		22.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	438	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	353	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	362.92	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	357	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	358	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	443	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	448	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	450.14	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	446	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	451	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	464	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	368	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	377.6	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	372	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	370	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	460	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	469	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	472.51	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	467	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	467	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	490	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	498	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	501.78	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	499	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	494	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	491	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	372	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	383.58	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	384	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	379	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	486	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	479	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	490.56	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	489	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	485	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	518	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	506	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	477.7	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	480	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	482	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	511	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	392	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	404.19	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	398	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	403	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	490	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	497	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	505.84	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	501	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	501	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	519	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	516	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	486.67	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	486	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	485	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	538	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	408	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	411.71	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	417	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	414	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	505	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	515	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	520.33	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	521	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	518	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	529	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	518	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	485.67	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	485	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	477	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	540	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	421	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	421.13	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	421	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	429	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	511	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	518	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	522.23	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	509	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	484	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	494	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	502.53	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	501	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	503	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	85.0%	77.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	12.5%	22.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	60.0%	51.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	40.0%	48.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$34,363.0	$35,010.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,021.0	$32,658.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$39,376.0	$37,519.0

* Bales Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.