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Desert Horizon Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8525 West Osborn Rd

Phoenix AZ, 85037, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-772-2215

Ranking:

(945 out of 1,363, bottom 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Pendergast Elementary District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	45		42		44		40		43		46		46
Total Students:	983		915		962		819		869		822		846
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	0.7%	7	0.8%	3	0.4%	1	0.1%
Kindergarten:	109	11.1%	74	8.1%	112	11.6%	89	10.9%	94	10.8%	97	11.8%	81	9.6%
Grade 1:	98	10.0%	104	11.4%	112	11.6%	85	10.4%	106	12.2%	82	10.0%	115	13.6%
Grade 2:	116	11.8%	113	12.3%	112	11.6%	86	10.5%	87	10.0%	104	12.7%	101	11.9%
Grade 3:	113	11.5%	107	11.7%	99	10.3%	87	10.6%	107	12.3%	90	10.9%	91	10.8%
Grade 4:	112	11.4%	89	9.7%	100	10.4%	96	11.7%	105	12.1%	97	11.8%	107	12.6%
Grade 5:	99	10.1%	103	11.3%	111	11.5%	95	11.6%	95	10.9%	109	13.3%	83	9.8%
Grade 6:	111	11.3%	119	13.0%	102	10.6%	94	11.5%	106	12.2%	81	9.9%	81	9.6%
Grade 7:	118	12.0%	102	11.1%	104	10.8%	106	12.9%	83	9.6%	76	9.2%	102	12.1%
Grade 8:	107	10.9%	104	11.4%	110	11.4%	75	9.2%	79	9.1%	83	10.1%	84	9.9%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	520	52.9%	488	53.3%	517	53.7%	418	51.0%	442	50.9%	419	51.0%	408	48.2%
Female:	463	47.1%	427	46.7%	445	46.3%	401	49.0%	419	48.2%	395	48.1%	434	51.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	16	1.6%	19	2.1%	18	1.9%	11	1.3%	19	2.2%	24	2.9%	22	2.6%
Asian:	6	0.6%	9	1.0%	8	0.8%	7	0.9%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	5	0.6%
Hispanic:	833	84.7%	753	82.3%	808	84.0%	707	86.3%	731	84.1%	687	83.6%	684	80.9%
Black:	52	5.3%	67	7.3%	56	5.8%	40	4.9%	47	5.4%	42	5.1%	35	4.1%
White:	65	6.6%	55	6.0%	63	6.5%	46	5.6%	68	7.8%	66	8.0%	100	11.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	1.1%	12	1.3%	9	0.9%	7	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	758	77.1%	693	75.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	636	73.2%	594	72.3%	586	69.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	87	8.9%	79	8.6%	959	99.7%	816	99.6%	100	11.5%	82	10.0%	75	8.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.84		21.69		21.86		20.58		20.30		17.80		18.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	440	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	355	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	351.95	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	355	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	348	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	432	447	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	449	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	447.85	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	449	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	447	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	482	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	371	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383	377.14	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	368	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	361	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	469	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	470	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	475.44	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	465	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	468	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	497	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	496	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	499.06	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	487	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	486	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	503	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	385	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	390.38	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	382	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	372	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	486	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	490	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	494.36	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	487	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	488	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	508	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	521	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	489.15	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	488	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	489	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	520	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	408	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	412.95	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	412	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	405	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	493	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	505	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	510.58	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	510	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	503	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	538	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	533	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	490.87	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	494	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	495	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	548	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	419	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	430.56	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	425	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	425	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	512	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	523	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	530.8	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	529	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	528	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	531	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	538	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	494.32	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	498	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	491	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	554	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	431	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	431.96	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	436	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	437	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	523	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	524	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	523.28	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	522	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	519	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	496	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	501	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	505.36	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	505	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	504	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	450	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	73.9%	79.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	26.1%	20.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	5.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	71.7%	67.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	28.3%	32.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,487.0	$41,265.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,473.0	$38,658.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,600.0	$46,595.0

* Desert Horizon Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.