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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	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	372	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	380.1	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	377	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	374	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	471	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	471	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	474.57	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	467	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	468	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	497	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	387	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	391.91	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	391	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	384	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	490	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	491	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	492.46	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	487	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	484	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	522	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	526	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	534.68	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	527	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	517	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	515	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	396	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383	400.79	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	397	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	396	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	502	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	502	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	505.75	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	500	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	505	499
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	541	341
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	526	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	535	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	501.76	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	505	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	504	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	536	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	415	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	418.4	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	415	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	411	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	510	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	521.87	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	514	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	509	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	543	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	552	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	503.58	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	508	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	504	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	567	568	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	433	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	435.2	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	434	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	432	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	527	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	534	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	539.83	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	537	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	536	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	563	554	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	564	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	508.3	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	509	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	503	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	577	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	450	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	452	446.29	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	441	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	458	443	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	541	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	543	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	536.74	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	527	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	526	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	518	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	521	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	522.74	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	520	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	513	511

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.