Desert Sands Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6308 West Campbell Ave

Phoenix AZ, 85033, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-691-4000

Ranking:

(991 out of 1,363, bottom 27%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Cartwright Elementary 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:	56		59		63		56		54		62		68
Total Students:	1,119		1,146		1,121		1,052		1,175		1,209		1,400
Grade 6:	359	32.1%	388	33.9%	372	33.2%	352	33.5%	384	32.7%	369	30.5%	476	34.0%
Grade 7:	388	34.7%	375	32.7%	366	32.6%	347	33.0%	391	33.3%	425	35.2%	467	33.4%
Grade 8:	372	33.2%	383	33.4%	383	34.2%	353	33.6%	400	34.0%	415	34.3%	457	32.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	561	50.1%	591	51.6%	570	50.8%	525	49.9%	568	48.3%	603	49.9%	716	51.1%
Female:	558	49.9%	555	48.4%	551	49.2%	527	50.1%	599	51.0%	598	49.5%	680	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	22	2.0%	18	1.6%	13	1.2%	5	0.5%	13	1.1%	18	1.5%	11	0.8%
Asian:	8	0.7%	7	0.6%	3	0.3%	4	0.4%	4	0.3%	9	0.7%	10	0.7%
Hispanic:	963	86.1%	980	85.5%	950	84.7%	908	86.3%	1,039	88.4%	1,068	88.3%	1,240	88.6%
Black:	67	6.0%	66	5.8%	83	7.4%	67	6.4%	49	4.2%	45	3.7%	58	4.1%
White:	53	4.7%	65	5.7%	63	5.6%	58	5.5%	70	6.0%	69	5.7%	81	5.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	0.4%	8	0.7%	7	0.6%	10	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	1,143	99.7%	943	84.1%	839	79.8%	843	71.7%	766	63.4%	902	64.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	1,116	99.7%	0	0.0%	57	5.1%	47	4.5%	75	6.4%	108	8.9%	145	10.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.98		19.49		17.85		18.78		21.76		19.50		20.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	387	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	481	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	481	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	512	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	398	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	406.93	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	401	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	403	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	480	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	493	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	500.7	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	492	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	492	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	513	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	516	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	475.61	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	473	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	483	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	536	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	407	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	412.44	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	413	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	416	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	495	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	506	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	513.77	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	516	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	515	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	501	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	519	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	484.27	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	485	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	482	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	542	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	418	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	419.7	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	415	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	423	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	503	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	505	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	506.02	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	499	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	483	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	485	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	491.59	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	493	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	60.0%	53.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	40.0%	46.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	46.2%	56.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	53.8%	43.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,477.0	$43,012.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,828.0	$38,328.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,034.0	$49,150.0

* Desert Sands Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.