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Desert Canyon Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

10203 East Mcdowell Mountain R

Scottsdale AZ, 85255, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-484-6100

Ranking:

(52 out of 1,363, top 4%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Scottsdale 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:	30		34		37		36		40		39		40
Total Students:	510		585		613		690		723		730		682
Kindergarten:	81	15.9%	78	13.3%	70	11.4%	89	12.9%	83	11.5%	113	15.5%	102	15.0%
Grade 1:	78	15.3%	87	14.9%	109	17.8%	108	15.7%	138	19.1%	125	17.1%	127	18.6%
Grade 2:	71	13.9%	111	19.0%	93	15.2%	112	16.2%	123	17.0%	122	16.7%	121	17.7%
Grade 3:	104	20.4%	95	16.2%	111	18.1%	121	17.5%	129	17.8%	134	18.4%	108	15.8%
Grade 4:	93	18.2%	105	17.9%	114	18.6%	123	17.8%	142	19.6%	107	14.7%	133	19.5%
Grade 5:	83	16.3%	109	18.6%	116	18.9%	137	19.9%	108	14.9%	129	17.7%	91	13.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	265	52.0%	298	50.9%	305	49.8%	343	49.7%	362	50.1%	354	48.5%	327	47.9%
Female:	245	48.0%	287	49.1%	308	50.2%	347	50.3%	353	48.8%	368	50.4%	351	51.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	25	4.9%	28	4.8%	27	4.4%	33	4.8%	37	5.1%	45	6.2%	39	5.7%
Hispanic:	29	5.7%	34	5.8%	38	6.2%	33	4.8%	31	4.3%	30	4.1%	29	4.3%
Black:	12	2.4%	5	0.9%	11	1.8%	18	2.6%	16	2.2%	9	1.2%	7	1.0%
White:	428	83.9%	499	85.3%	515	84.0%	606	87.8%	638	88.2%	645	88.4%	606	88.9%
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:	13	2.5%	17	2.9%	22	3.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	33	6.5%	37	6.3%	41	6.7%	31	4.5%	23	3.2%	15	2.1%	13	1.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	9	1.8%	20	3.4%	8	1.3%	7	1.0%	4	0.6%	7	1.0%	2	0.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.83		17.16		16.41		19.29		18.13		18.60		17.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	476	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	390	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	395.62	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	393	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	394	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	481	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	485	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	484	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	484	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	484	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	516	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	397	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	412.93	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	406	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	400	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	504	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	503	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	512.35	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	501	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	502	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	540	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	542	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	569	558.02	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	547	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	539	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	541	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	419	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	417.67	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	416	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	412	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	523	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	520	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	520.55	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	520	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	521	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	565	545	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	561	556	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	521.05	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	527	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	520	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	39.4%	50.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.6%	50.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	9.1%	13.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.9%	86.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,851.0	$46,384.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,234.0	$37,158.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,113.0	$47,872.0

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