Desert Sky Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5130 West Grovers Ave

Glendale AZ, 85308, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-445-5000

Ranking:

(474 out of 1,363, top 35%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 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:	29		31		33		36		38		39		39
Total Students:	629		690		740		767		840		849		876
Grade 7:	286	45.5%	340	49.3%	343	46.4%	386	50.3%	388	46.2%	438	51.6%	431	49.2%
Grade 8:	343	54.5%	350	50.7%	397	53.6%	381	49.7%	452	53.8%	411	48.4%	445	50.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	323	51.4%	361	52.3%	403	54.5%	417	54.4%	451	53.7%	430	50.6%	438	50.0%
Female:	306	48.6%	329	47.7%	337	45.5%	350	45.6%	381	45.4%	411	48.4%	434	49.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	13	2.1%	8	1.2%	7	0.9%	9	1.2%	16	1.9%	14	1.6%	14	1.6%
Asian:	10	1.6%	10	1.4%	22	3.0%	23	3.0%	22	2.6%	27	3.2%	23	2.6%
Hispanic:	156	24.8%	168	24.3%	170	23.0%	166	21.6%	160	19.0%	177	20.8%	183	20.9%
Black:	29	4.6%	28	4.1%	31	4.2%	31	4.0%	47	5.6%	36	4.2%	34	3.9%
White:	400	63.6%	445	64.5%	487	65.8%	519	67.7%	595	70.8%	595	70.1%	622	71.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.6%	5	0.7%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	17	2.7%	26	3.8%	21	2.8%	18	2.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	252	40.1%	NA	NA	184	24.9%	183	23.9%	180	21.4%	150	17.7%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	69	11.0%	NA	NA	67	9.1%	38	5.0%	60	7.1%	82	9.7%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.69		22.26		22.28		21.07		21.88		22.10		22.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	566	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	437	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	436.37	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	439	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	444	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	529	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	540	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	545.83	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	545	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	550	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	553	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	563	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	513.25	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	516	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	512	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	572	577	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	446	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	447.67	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	447	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	446	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	548	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	546	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	547.56	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	537	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	539	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	521	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	527	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	535.2	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	531	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	528	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	67.5%	73.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.5%	26.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	35.0%	31.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.0%	68.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,405.0	$41,890.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,962.0	$36,258.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,413.0	$44,505.0

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