Desert Cove Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11020 North 28th St

Phoenix AZ, 85028, Maricopa County

Phone: 602-449-3400

Ranking:

(417 out of 1,363, top 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Paradise Valley 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:	36		35		38		39		36		33		36
Total Students:	609		582		572		537		546		564		565
Kindergarten:	99	16.3%	77	13.2%	72	12.6%	62	11.5%	68	12.5%	71	12.6%	60	10.6%
Grade 1:	86	14.1%	74	12.7%	74	12.9%	82	15.3%	71	13.0%	73	12.9%	68	12.0%
Grade 2:	76	12.5%	87	14.9%	82	14.3%	73	13.6%	79	14.5%	77	13.7%	84	14.9%
Grade 3:	89	14.6%	93	16.0%	82	14.3%	78	14.5%	77	14.1%	82	14.5%	73	12.9%
Grade 4:	94	15.4%	84	14.4%	87	15.2%	73	13.6%	80	14.7%	88	15.6%	86	15.2%
Grade 5:	72	11.8%	87	14.9%	82	14.3%	81	15.1%	85	15.6%	83	14.7%	86	15.2%
Grade 6:	93	15.3%	80	13.7%	93	16.3%	88	16.4%	86	15.8%	89	15.8%	95	16.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	338	55.5%	323	55.5%	312	54.5%	278	51.8%	277	50.7%	278	49.3%	305	54.0%
Female:	271	44.5%	259	44.5%	260	45.5%	259	48.2%	261	47.8%	278	49.3%	256	45.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.8%	6	1.0%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	9	1.6%	10	1.8%	5	0.9%
Asian:	23	3.8%	21	3.6%	16	2.8%	15	2.8%	15	2.7%	10	1.8%	12	2.1%
Hispanic:	118	19.4%	112	19.2%	107	18.7%	107	19.9%	90	16.5%	82	14.5%	80	14.2%
Black:	15	2.5%	14	2.4%	15	2.6%	8	1.5%	31	5.7%	30	5.3%	21	3.7%
White:	409	67.2%	393	67.5%	387	67.7%	353	65.7%	401	73.4%	432	76.6%	447	79.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	35	5.7%	33	5.7%	38	6.6%	48	8.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	74	12.2%	232	39.9%	170	29.7%	133	24.8%	130	23.8%	126	22.3%	99	17.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	22	3.6%	26	4.5%	34	5.9%	33	6.1%	33	6.0%	31	5.5%	35	6.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.78		16.87		15.25		13.95		15.38		17.10		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	466	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	378	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	384.76	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	381	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	380	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	472	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	473	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	476.01	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	471	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	470	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	505	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	389	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	397.55	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	396	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	391	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	493	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	494	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	499.11	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	492	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	492	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	533	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	535	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	546.85	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	541	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	528	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	521	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	402	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	407.46	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	402	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	402	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	507	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	508	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	511.7	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	507	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	510	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	540	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	547	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	511.77	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	516	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	518	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	543	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	417	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	424.77	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	420	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	421	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	517	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	519	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525.23	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	522	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	523	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	557	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	563	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	514.61	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	516	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	518	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	22.9%	32.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	77.1%	67.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	19.0 years	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	17.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	97.1%	82.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$53,014.0	$52,388.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	$37,711.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,442.0	$55,533.0

* Desert Cove Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.