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Desert Moon School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

23251 North 166th Dr

Surprise AZ, 85387, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-876-7000

Ranking:

(688 out of 1,363, bottom 50%)*

Type: Regular School

Status: Closed

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Dysart Unified District

Title I Eligible School: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	NA	NA	29		28		22		29		23
Total Students:	NA	NA	377		360		393		430		441
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	35	9.3%	41	11.4%	43	10.9%	44	10.2%	49	11.1%
Grade 1:	NA	NA	38	10.1%	43	11.9%	41	10.4%	52	12.1%	39	8.8%
Grade 2:	NA	NA	30	8.0%	37	10.3%	43	10.9%	38	8.8%	46	10.4%
Grade 3:	NA	NA	39	10.3%	39	10.8%	45	11.5%	51	11.9%	51	11.6%
Grade 4:	NA	NA	43	11.4%	41	11.4%	45	11.5%	42	9.8%	44	10.0%
Grade 5:	NA	NA	48	12.7%	37	10.3%	48	12.2%	43	10.0%	59	13.4%
Grade 6:	NA	NA	61	16.2%	49	13.6%	37	9.4%	53	12.3%	53	12.0%
Grade 7:	NA	NA	43	11.4%	37	10.3%	46	11.7%	51	11.9%	55	12.5%
Grade 8:	NA	NA	40	10.6%	36	10.0%	45	11.5%	56	13.0%	45	10.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	NA	NA	185	49.1%	194	53.9%	225	57.3%	227	52.8%	232	52.6%
Female:	NA	NA	192	50.9%	166	46.1%	168	42.7%	195	45.3%	201	45.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	NA	NA	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%
Asian:	NA	NA	2	0.5%	3	0.8%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	NA	NA	157	41.6%	166	46.1%	178	45.3%	212	49.3%	220	49.9%
Black:	NA	NA	13	3.4%	14	3.9%	18	4.6%	20	4.7%	15	3.4%
White:	NA	NA	191	50.7%	169	46.9%	186	47.3%	193	44.9%	204	46.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	NA	NA	11	2.9%	5	1.4%	7	1.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	193	51.2%	213	59.2%	224	57.0%	208	48.4%	200	45.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	29	7.7%	13	3.6%	39	9.9%	40	9.3%	62	14.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	NA	12.82		13.09		17.66		14.83		19.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	452	455	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	373	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	381.31	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336	372	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	374	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	466	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	458	465	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	468.37	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	463	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	463	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	491	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	391	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	395	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	391	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	386	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	479	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	486	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	486.65	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	481	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	480	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	508	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	517	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	521.34	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	514	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	506	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	510	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	403	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	406.39	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	396	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	397	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	495	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	501	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	505.94	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	497	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	501	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	530	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	538	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	501.85	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	499	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	498	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	527	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	419	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	423.66	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	414	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	414	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	500	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	510	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	519.42	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	511	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	510	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	546	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	546	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	502.89	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	502	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	502	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	548	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	424	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	432.1	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	431	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	431	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	517	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	528	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	535.53	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	532	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	536	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	546	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	566	563	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	501.42	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	502	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	498	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	557	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	433	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	437.84	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	440	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	441	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	525	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	533	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	531.21	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	522	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	525	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	503	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	506	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	515.21	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	514	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	513	511

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Desert Moon School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.