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Desert Palms Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11441 North 55th Ave

Glendale AZ, 85304, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-412-4600

Ranking:

(525 out of 1,363, top 39%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Peoria Unified School 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:	34		34		45		38		41		41		39
Total Students:	595		577		607		639		634		687		739
Prekindergarten:	31	5.2%	29	5.0%	26	4.3%	24	3.8%	15	2.4%	50	7.3%	52	7.0%
Kindergarten:	78	13.1%	69	12.0%	53	8.7%	50	7.8%	88	13.9%	67	9.8%	69	9.3%
Grade 1:	62	10.4%	68	11.8%	54	8.9%	89	13.9%	67	10.6%	67	9.8%	72	9.7%
Grade 2:	75	12.6%	48	8.3%	85	14.0%	63	9.9%	63	9.9%	71	10.3%	65	8.8%
Grade 3:	54	9.1%	70	12.1%	67	11.0%	69	10.8%	63	9.9%	54	7.9%	75	10.1%
Grade 4:	73	12.3%	61	10.6%	55	9.1%	66	10.3%	55	8.7%	76	11.1%	86	11.6%
Grade 5:	60	10.1%	58	10.1%	66	10.9%	64	10.0%	78	12.3%	82	11.9%	74	10.0%
Grade 6:	55	9.2%	61	10.6%	60	9.9%	83	13.0%	70	11.0%	66	9.6%	77	10.4%
Grade 7:	56	9.4%	51	8.8%	73	12.0%	69	10.8%	59	9.3%	73	10.6%	83	11.2%
Grade 8:	51	8.6%	62	10.7%	68	11.2%	62	9.7%	76	12.0%	81	11.8%	86	11.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	311	52.3%	305	52.9%	315	51.9%	337	52.7%	318	50.2%	350	50.9%	384	52.0%
Female:	284	47.7%	272	47.1%	292	48.1%	302	47.3%	308	48.6%	329	47.9%	351	47.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.8%	7	1.2%	7	1.2%	10	1.6%	16	2.5%	17	2.5%	16	2.2%
Asian:	21	3.5%	27	4.7%	16	2.6%	18	2.8%	28	4.4%	29	4.2%	25	3.4%
Hispanic:	220	37.0%	180	31.2%	224	36.9%	243	38.0%	228	36.0%	240	34.9%	257	34.8%
Black:	29	4.9%	33	5.7%	32	5.3%	33	5.2%	57	9.0%	69	10.0%	72	9.7%
White:	277	46.6%	293	50.8%	296	48.8%	290	45.4%	305	48.1%	332	48.3%	369	49.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.5%	7	1.2%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	40	6.7%	30	5.2%	28	4.6%	44	6.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	358	60.2%	333	57.7%	351	57.8%	368	57.6%	325	51.3%	308	44.8%	284	38.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	53	8.9%	49	8.5%	57	9.4%	56	8.8%	63	9.9%	66	9.6%	108	14.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.59		16.79		13.57		16.78		15.41		16.70		18.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	460	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	372	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	380.1	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	377	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	374	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	471	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	471	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	474.57	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	467	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	468	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	497	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	387	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	391.91	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	391	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	384	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	490	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	491	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	492.46	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	487	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	484	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	522	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	526	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	534.68	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	527	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	517	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	515	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	396	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383	400.79	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	397	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	396	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	502	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	502	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	505.75	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	500	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	505	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	541	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	526	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	535	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	501.76	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	505	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	504	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	536	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	415	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	418.4	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	415	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	411	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	510	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	521.87	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	514	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	509	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	543	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	552	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	503.58	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	508	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	504	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	567	568	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	433	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	435.2	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	434	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	432	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	527	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	534	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	539.83	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	537	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	536	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	563	554	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	564	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	508.3	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	509	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	503	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	577	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	450	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	452	446.29	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	441	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	458	443	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	541	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	543	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	536.74	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	527	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	526	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	518	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	521	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	522.74	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	520	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	513	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	63.9%	71.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	36.1%	28.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	44.4%	47.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	55.6%	52.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,325.0	$47,117.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,718.0	$37,908.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,610.0	$55,405.0

* Desert Palms 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.