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Desert Mirage Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8605 West Maryland Ave

Glendale AZ, 85305, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-772-2215

Ranking:

(557 out of 1,363, top 41%)*

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:	30		34		38		35		37		40		38
Total Students:	627		648		686		684		767		797		841
Prekindergarten:	34	5.4%	41	6.3%	38	5.5%	22	3.2%	36	4.7%	58	7.3%	65	7.7%
Kindergarten:	49	7.8%	50	7.7%	50	7.3%	50	7.3%	72	9.4%	68	8.5%	71	8.4%
Grade 1:	60	9.6%	58	9.0%	71	10.3%	75	11.0%	69	9.0%	58	7.3%	75	8.9%
Grade 2:	58	9.3%	68	10.5%	80	11.7%	60	8.8%	66	8.6%	80	10.0%	85	10.1%
Grade 3:	70	11.2%	70	10.8%	65	9.5%	64	9.4%	79	10.3%	83	10.4%	80	9.5%
Grade 4:	72	11.5%	68	10.5%	62	9.0%	77	11.3%	82	10.7%	80	10.0%	94	11.2%
Grade 5:	69	11.0%	61	9.4%	82	12.0%	75	11.0%	82	10.7%	79	9.9%	97	11.5%
Grade 6:	65	10.4%	83	12.8%	74	10.8%	83	12.1%	79	10.3%	103	12.9%	92	10.9%
Grade 7:	78	12.4%	71	11.0%	84	12.2%	72	10.5%	104	13.6%	86	10.8%	93	11.1%
Grade 8:	72	11.5%	78	12.0%	80	11.7%	106	15.5%	98	12.8%	101	12.7%	89	10.6%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	0.1%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	337	53.7%	350	54.0%	366	53.4%	357	52.2%	393	51.2%	422	52.9%	443	52.7%
Female:	290	46.3%	298	46.0%	320	46.6%	327	47.8%	366	47.7%	367	46.0%	394	46.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	14	2.2%	16	2.5%	18	2.6%	13	1.9%	15	2.0%	19	2.4%	19	2.3%
Asian:	17	2.7%	16	2.5%	18	2.6%	19	2.8%	28	3.7%	31	3.9%	24	2.9%
Hispanic:	402	64.1%	396	61.1%	392	57.1%	381	55.7%	411	53.6%	434	54.5%	448	53.3%
Black:	34	5.4%	49	7.6%	51	7.4%	48	7.0%	63	8.2%	63	7.9%	65	7.7%
White:	141	22.5%	160	24.7%	189	27.6%	208	30.4%	250	32.6%	250	31.4%	285	33.9%
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:	19	3.0%	11	1.7%	18	2.6%	15	2.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	374	59.6%	352	54.3%	359	52.3%	292	42.7%	308	40.2%	235	29.5%	268	31.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	71	11.3%	68	10.5%	63	9.2%	32	4.7%	64	8.3%	67	8.4%	64	7.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.97		19.06		18.29		19.54		20.73		20.20		22.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	440	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	355	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	351.95	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	355	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	348	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	447	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	449	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	447.85	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	449	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	452	447	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	482	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	371	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	377.14	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	368	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	361	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	469	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	470	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	475.44	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	465	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	468	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	497	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	496	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	499.06	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	487	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	486	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	503	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	385	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	390.38	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	382	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383	372	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	486	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	490	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	494.36	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	487	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	488	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	508	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	521	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	489.15	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	488	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	489	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	520	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	408	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	412.95	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	412	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	405	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	493	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	505	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	510.58	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	510	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	503	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	538	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	533	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	490.87	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	494	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	495	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	570	548	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	419	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	430.56	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	425	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	425	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	512	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	523	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	530.8	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	529	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	528	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	531	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	538	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	494.32	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	498	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	491	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	554	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	431	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	431.96	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	436	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	437	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	523	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	524	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	523.28	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	522	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	519	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	496	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	501	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	505.36	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	505	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	504	511

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.9%	53.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.1%	46.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	27.0%	36.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	73.0%	63.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,743.0	$46,805.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,878.0	$42,070.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,027.0	$49,488.0

* Desert Mirage Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.