Carson Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

525 North Westwood

Mesa AZ, 85201, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-472-0200

Ranking:

(1,023 out of 1,363, bottom 25%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 9

School District: Mesa 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:	56		48		45		55		60		68		69
Total Students:	1,026		899		801		823		1,109		1,175		1,234
Grade 7:	535	52.1%	499	55.5%	390	48.7%	418	50.8%	343	30.9%	400	34.0%	429	34.8%
Grade 8:	491	47.9%	400	44.5%	411	51.3%	405	49.2%	381	34.4%	401	34.1%	382	31.0%
Grade 9:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	385	34.7%	374	31.8%	423	34.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	530	51.7%	445	49.5%	405	50.6%	424	51.5%	576	51.9%	602	51.2%	616	49.9%
Female:	496	48.3%	454	50.5%	396	49.4%	399	48.5%	525	47.3%	565	48.1%	614	49.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	134	13.1%	116	12.9%	94	11.7%	97	11.8%	117	10.6%	119	10.1%	109	8.8%
Asian:	21	2.0%	14	1.6%	17	2.1%	10	1.2%	28	2.5%	25	2.1%	24	1.9%
Hispanic:	577	56.2%	498	55.4%	454	56.7%	448	54.4%	592	53.4%	653	55.6%	698	56.6%
Black:	85	8.3%	62	6.9%	48	6.0%	66	8.0%	80	7.2%	74	6.3%	66	5.3%
White:	206	20.1%	201	22.4%	183	22.8%	201	24.4%	292	26.3%	304	25.9%	337	27.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.3%	8	0.9%	5	0.6%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	769	75.0%	658	73.2%	600	74.9%	594	72.2%	747	67.4%	661	56.3%	706	57.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	73	7.1%	77	8.6%	77	9.6%	67	8.1%	130	11.7%	111	9.4%	176	14.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.42		18.73		17.72		15.07		18.47		17.20		17.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	566	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	431	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	433.61	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	426	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	429	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	522	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	528	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	533.65	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	526	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	529	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	546	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	546	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	501.23	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	500	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	495	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	573	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	443	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	440.27	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	435	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	434	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	532	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	534	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	530.11	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	517	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	517	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	515	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	520	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	526.16	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	515	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	513	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	33.3%	30.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	66.7%	69.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	19.7%	18.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	80.3%	81.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$51,574.0	$51,361.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,225.0	$38,675.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,603.0	$54,233.0

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