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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	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	355	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	351.95	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333	355	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337	348	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	432	447	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	449	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	447.85	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	449	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	447	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	482	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	371	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383	377.14	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	368	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	361	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	469	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	470	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	475.44	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	465	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	468	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	497	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	496	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	499.06	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	487	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	486	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	503	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	385	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	390.38	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	382	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	372	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	486	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	490	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	494.36	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	487	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	488	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	508	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	521	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	489.15	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	488	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	489	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	520	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	408	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	412.95	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	412	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	405	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	493	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	505	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	510.58	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	510	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	503	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	538	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	533	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	490.87	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	494	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	495	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	548	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	419	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	430.56	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	425	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	425	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	512	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	523	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	530.8	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	529	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	528	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	531	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	538	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	494.32	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	498	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	491	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	554	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	431	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	431.96	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	436	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	437	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	523	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	524	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	523.28	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	522	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	519	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	496	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	501	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	505.36	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	505	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	504	511
2012	Writing	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	450	480

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.