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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	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	353	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	362.92	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	357	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	358	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	443	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	448	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	450.14	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	446	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	451	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	464	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	368	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	377.6	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	372	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	370	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	460	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	469	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	472.51	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	467	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	467	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	490	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	498	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	501.78	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	499	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	494	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	491	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	372	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	383.58	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	384	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	379	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	486	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	479	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	490.56	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	489	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	485	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	518	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	506	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	477.7	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	480	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	482	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	511	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	392	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	404.19	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	398	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	403	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	490	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	497	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	505.84	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	501	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	501	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	519	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	516	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	486.67	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	486	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	485	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	538	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	408	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	411.71	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	417	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	414	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	505	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	515	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	520.33	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	521	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	518	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	529	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	518	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	485.67	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	485	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	477	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	540	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	421	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	421.13	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	421	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	429	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	511	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	518	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	522.23	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	509	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	484	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	494	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	502.53	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	501	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	503	511

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.