Desert Sky Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

9850 East Rankin Loop

Tucson AZ, 85747, Pima County

Phone: 520-762-2040

Ranking:

(97 out of 1,363, top 7%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Vail 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:	37		35		30		32		36		43		40
Total Students:	741		757		700		664		697		748		735
Grade 6:	246	33.2%	229	30.3%	229	32.7%	200	30.1%	177	25.4%	175	23.4%	183	24.9%
Grade 7:	221	29.8%	281	37.1%	247	35.3%	228	34.3%	253	36.3%	288	38.5%	286	38.9%
Grade 8:	274	37.0%	247	32.6%	224	32.0%	236	35.5%	267	38.3%	285	38.1%	266	36.2%
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:	355	47.9%	365	48.2%	318	45.4%	321	48.3%	336	48.2%	355	47.5%	349	47.5%
Female:	386	52.1%	392	51.8%	382	54.6%	343	51.7%	353	50.6%	385	51.5%	382	52.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.7%	6	0.8%	6	0.9%	7	1.1%	5	0.7%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%
Asian:	21	2.8%	24	3.2%	25	3.6%	25	3.8%	28	4.0%	31	4.1%	34	4.6%
Hispanic:	226	30.5%	213	28.1%	194	27.7%	180	27.1%	175	25.1%	184	24.6%	162	22.0%
Black:	49	6.6%	51	6.7%	46	6.6%	32	4.8%	39	5.6%	48	6.4%	46	6.3%
White:	430	58.0%	457	60.4%	427	61.0%	419	63.1%	450	64.6%	481	64.3%	490	66.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	10	1.3%	6	0.8%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	149	20.1%	146	19.3%	97	13.9%	85	12.8%	91	13.1%	66	8.8%	58	7.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	53	7.2%	59	7.8%	53	7.6%	48	7.2%	49	7.0%	41	5.5%	40	5.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.09		21.39		23.33		20.84		19.35		17.40		18.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	576	568	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	438	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	448.26	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	441	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	431	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	529	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	529	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	538.61	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	537	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	530	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	564	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	564	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	520.14	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	524	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	521	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	592	589	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	458	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	452	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	456	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	452	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	547	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	555	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	554.32	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	556	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	561	555	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	570	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	567	571	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	521.55	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	525	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	515	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	601	595	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	469	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	466.45	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	461	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	464	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	557	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	560	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	553	556.83	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	548	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	553	550	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	547	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	548	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	548.92	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	551	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	541	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.8%	41.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.2%	59.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	4.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	70.7%	25.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	29.3%	74.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,246.0	$35,345.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,140.0	$31,956.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$36,502.0	$36,514.0

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