Desert Mountain School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

35959 North 7th Ave

Phoenix AZ, 85086, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-445-5000

Ranking:

(436 out of 1,363, top 32%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Deer 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:	43		49		49		51		52		53		55
Total Students:	739		814		931		970		998		1,006		995
Prekindergarten:	38	5.1%	28	3.4%	13	1.4%	19	2.0%	18	1.8%	25	2.5%	24	2.4%
Kindergarten:	45	6.1%	62	7.6%	80	8.6%	78	8.0%	98	9.8%	111	11.0%	80	8.0%
Grade 1:	69	9.3%	80	9.8%	82	8.8%	95	9.8%	110	11.0%	90	8.9%	85	8.5%
Grade 2:	70	9.5%	66	8.1%	105	11.3%	117	12.1%	91	9.1%	90	8.9%	112	11.3%
Grade 3:	74	10.0%	94	11.5%	108	11.6%	97	10.0%	99	9.9%	113	11.2%	93	9.3%
Grade 4:	89	12.0%	93	11.4%	96	10.3%	104	10.7%	115	11.5%	98	9.7%	106	10.7%
Grade 5:	89	12.0%	88	10.8%	103	11.1%	120	12.4%	101	10.1%	113	11.2%	111	11.2%
Grade 6:	81	11.0%	89	10.9%	114	12.2%	102	10.5%	111	11.1%	112	11.1%	129	13.0%
Grade 7:	81	11.0%	109	13.4%	111	11.9%	114	11.8%	119	11.9%	125	12.4%	138	13.9%
Grade 8:	103	13.9%	105	12.9%	119	12.8%	124	12.8%	136	13.6%	129	12.8%	117	11.8%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	389	52.6%	433	53.2%	478	51.3%	477	49.2%	503	50.4%	520	51.7%	517	52.0%
Female:	350	47.4%	381	46.8%	453	48.7%	493	50.8%	487	48.8%	478	47.5%	474	47.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	1.1%	7	0.9%	3	0.3%	4	0.4%	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%
Asian:	15	2.0%	13	1.6%	16	1.7%	13	1.3%	16	1.6%	19	1.9%	15	1.5%
Hispanic:	103	13.9%	108	13.3%	119	12.8%	123	12.7%	95	9.5%	106	10.5%	109	11.0%
Black:	13	1.8%	11	1.4%	15	1.6%	16	1.6%	17	1.7%	9	0.9%	7	0.7%
White:	582	78.8%	650	79.9%	739	79.4%	779	80.3%	867	86.9%	872	86.7%	862	86.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	5	0.7%	9	1.1%	11	1.2%	6	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	1.8%	16	2.0%	28	3.0%	29	3.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	175	23.7%	175	21.5%	148	15.9%	123	12.7%	121	12.1%	81	8.1%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	30	4.1%	32	3.9%	37	4.0%	30	3.1%	38	3.8%	36	3.6%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.14		16.51		19.20		19.21		19.19		18.90		18.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	464	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	380	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	384.03	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	384	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377	388	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	474	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	474	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	474.68	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	472	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	479	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	499	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	391	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	398.67	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	397	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	394	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	494	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	497	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	500.7	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	492	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	495	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	526	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	533	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	544.87	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	536	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	531	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	517	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	403	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	408.92	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	404	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	406	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	510	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	510	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	515.77	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	513	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	515	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	536	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	547	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	512.22	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	515	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	517	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	544	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	420	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	425.53	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	423	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	423	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	519	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	523	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	531.56	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	527	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	527	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	549	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	565	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	517.86	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	520	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	513	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	566	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	437	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	436.37	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	439	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	444	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	529	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	540	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	545.83	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	545	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	550	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	553	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	563	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	513.25	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	516	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	512	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	559	577	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	446	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	447.67	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	447	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	446	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	548	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	546	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	547.56	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	537	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	539	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	521	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	527	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	535.2	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	531	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	528	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	68.8%	65.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	31.3%	34.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	64.6%	69.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	35.4%	30.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,905.0	$38,397.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,803.0	$35,850.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,563.0	$44,171.0

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