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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	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	380	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	384.03	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	384	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377	388	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	474	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	474	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	474.68	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	472	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	479	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	499	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	391	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	398.67	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	397	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	394	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	494	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	497	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	500.7	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	492	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	495	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	526	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	533	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	544.87	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	536	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	531	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	517	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	403	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	408.92	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	404	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	406	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	510	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	510	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	515.77	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	513	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	515	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	536	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	547	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	512.22	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	515	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	517	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	544	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	420	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	425.53	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	423	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	423	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	519	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	523	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	531.56	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	527	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	527	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	549	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	565	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	517.86	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	520	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	513	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	566	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	437	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	436.37	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	439	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	444	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	529	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	540	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	545.83	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	545	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	550	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	553	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	563	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	513.25	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	516	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	512	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	559	577	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	446	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	447.67	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	447	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	446	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	548	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	546	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	547.56	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	537	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	539	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	521	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	527	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	535.2	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	531	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	528	511

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.